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SvennoJ on 03 May 2024
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Wman1996 said:
Shatts said:

It should pass 40m just from GTA 6 alone, but fully dependent on that game. Of course sales are dropping cuz the market is so stale right now. But once the games actually come, then it shouldn't be difficult to sell a couple of millions. There are multiple factors to take into consideration tho. Like whether Microsoft would keep supporting it, whether GTA 6 will be delayed, whether GTA 6 will stay console-exclusive at launch, whether Switch 2 can play third-party AAA games.

Yeah. GTA is bigger now than it was on the original Xbox (GTA didn't help the original Xbox in a meaningful way) where there were intentionally delayed ports. 

There's no current confirmation for a PC version (we know it will happen either at launch or later on) which helps Xbox Series X/S and PS5. 

While Series S has worse specs than Series X and PS5, there is appeal for a console that's $300 USD or cheaper to play GTA VI. 

GTA VI in both the short-term and long-term will likely boost Series sales by at least 2 million, if not 5 million or more. 

50 million, and especially around 57.96 million of the Xbox One seems like a difficult unlikely battle. 42-45 million? It's quite plausible. I feel like 40 million is near the floor right now, not the ceiling. 

They denied having a PS4 / XOne version in the works as well when GTA 5 launched 2 months before PS4 / XOne launched. I bought it a year later for PS4 instead of playing it early. This time GTA 6 should still launch well before the next generation comes out, but there are already rumors it will be delayed to 2026. No idea how much of a hardware sales boost you can get 5 / 6 years into the generation.

Consoles aren't really dropping in price anymore, but there are plenty second hand options. Consoles sales seem to get more front loaded with the prices staying high. GTA 6 will give a big software boost anyway, dunno how many people will buy a 5 year old console for launch price to play one game. If you haven't found a reason to own either PS5 or Series yet, seems kinda expensive just to play one game.

Anyone have any idea how much GTA5 boosted ps3/360 sales in September 2013 if at all?