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killer7 on 13 February 2025
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JRPGfan said:
JohnVG said:

9.5 millions in the last quarter.

It would be good to know how those millions had been shipped by regions, Sony.

I always have that feeling Sony does strange things when they panic to sell everything is alright in the media. But ok, 9.5 millions.

They sell more than 9.5m in a quarter..... and your take is "sony does strange things when they panic to sell everything is alright" ??

Are they (sony) doing badly? If they didn't have stock issues the first 2 years, they would be ahead of the PS4 is launch aligned.
(they are like 1.5m below atm.... but GTA alone could fix that)

Also... in 2024, the PS5 sold like 20.2m units to the xsx/s's ~4m units.
(if your outselling your competition by a factor of 5.... last year.... why would you be in panic mode, trying to sell "everything is alright"?)

killer7 said:

It was a good quater! Why would anyone downplay this fact?! No need to shit on other persons! Did I shit on anyone when the Switch crushed 150 million in record timing? Yes 9,5 million is very good. It will be the peak quater. The only thing that amuses me is why everyone is giving so much credit to GTA VI. Yes it will probably have the highest launch numbers off all time and the PS5 version will be BY FAR the best selling version (also FAR better than the PC version will be when it launches). But asuming it could drive HW numbers to insane hights when we all know the game is multiplattform to me seems to be a bit wishfull thinking. Its like saying that Xbox would celebrate a huge comeback when we even know MS does not care about hardware anymore! The Series is getting outsold by an 8 years old handheld thats about to be replaced regulary. I think the Series will not even outsell Switch 2 when GTA VI launches! 1 week maximum and even thats being optimistic...

Except its not multi platform...   Its Playstation and Xbox exclusive for ~1,5-2 years.
And not everyone has a PC that can run a game that looks like it.... while alot of people want to play a new GTA.
(so even when its out on pc, it'll likely still benefit consoles for a few years to come)

Its obviously going to push hardware, there is no reason to think otherwise.


Lets say GTA adds ~20% more sales to both consoles.
Xbox instead of doing 4m, goes onto sell 4.8m instead in 2025.
PS5 instead of doing 20.2m goes onto sell 24m instead in 2025.

Thats basically the "pushes hardware" stuff we re talking about.... don't expect miracles from 1 game.
However, you shouldn't ignore or write off its effect either.

4,8 m. instead of 4 m. is quite realistic. 24 instead of 20,2? Maybe 23 but 24 is a bit much. People who want GTA VI, will be buying consoles now. 

"Exclusive" means if a game releases on one plattform only. Is God Of War Ragnarök "exclusive" despite the fact it still released on PC? I don't think we should call GTA VI "exclusive" if it does not release on 1 plattform only.

By the time GTAVI comes out you will get PCs that run the game sufficiantly for about 2k. GTAVI is a great looking game (i will get it as well on my SeX, even the Collectors Edition like i got with GTA V!) but not a graphical Benchmark like games f.e. Uncharted 2, or Gears Of War where back in 2009 and 2006. You won't need a high end PC to run the game.