Conina said:
Why look at the 2013 sales? Most console players interested in the GTA series already bought their PS3s and Xbox360s in 2008 or the following years for GTA 4, so they already had one for the GTA 5 launch. Nobody was expecting a hardware boost for Xbox 360 or PS3 in September 2013 when the announced nextgen consoles were only two months away. And many gamers waited for the inevitable nextgen ports (PS4 + Xbox One + PC) of GTA 5... or they double dipped. |
GTA IV was very interesting on VGChartz because January-March was all about how GTA IV will sell a ton in April and boost X360/PS3 sales and hurt the Wii, A ton of discussions but reality was =>
March the month before GTAIV release
NPD:
- Wii - 721K
- Xbox 360 - 262K
- PlayStation 3 - 257K
April the month with GTA IV
- Wii 714.2K
- Xbox 360 188.0K
- PlayStation 3 187.1K
Neogaf was also in shock
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