Norion said:
Well stock issues would've prevented that from making any difference but if that wasn't an issue back then then it would've caused a spike in sales sure. The thing is though is that happening early on in the generation doesn't go against my point since the first COD not on the PS4 and Xbox One isn't gonna impact sales that much since by then the vast majority of the COD console audience will already have bought a gen 9 console.
My point is that a game as big as RDR2 is plenty big enough to cause a spike in sales when released early on in a generation but when released late in the gen its immediate impact is heavily diminished. You're right that GTA is in its own league though so it'll still cause a big spike the month it comes out but I do think sales will return to normal after a few weeks since since by then the rush of people buying a console for GTA 6 will be over. |
Also, I think there's a clear underestimating of how patient a good amount of players on PC aren't gonna cave in to play it immediately.
Rockstar knows a large chunk of their audience are only PC players. I doubt the port there is gonna take more than a year or two if they wish to really make that revenue.
The PC release was 10M on launch day so Rockstar isn't gonna forego such a market for too long.
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