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I'm pretty new to the Vgchartz community (Nintendo fanboy here<<<) but there seems to be a lot of incredibly inappropriate pictures displayed on people's profile images or in their signiture section. I like to discuss things about videogames and not have to worry about seeing porn.

-An engaged guy who is waiting for marriage to have sex for the first time.



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MikeRox said:

It printed so much money, I bet it was way above what Nintendo ever projected too!

 

$265m! That is scary! It'll more than recoup the entire cost in 2013 though. I think I'll hold out for a "next gen" version or a better PC.

@Bold:  I wish I could be able to do this, but the game just looks so damn good and I'm hyped as shit for it.  Either way though I will probably double dip and get the ps4 version if it comes out. 



Dulfite said:

I'm pretty new to the Vgchartz community (Nintendo fanboy here<<<) but there seems to be a lot of incredibly inappropriate pictures displayed on people's profile images or in their signiture section. I like to discuss things about videogames and not have to worry about seeing porn.

-An engaged guy who is waiting for marriage to have sex for the first time.


Nintendo for Life!

As for the inappropriate pictures, that's been an area of controversy on this website for a while. I forget what the exact protocal is, but I'd ask people politely to change their avies and sigs and, if this doesn't work, contact a moderator.

On topic... I'm going to guess that they'll need to sell about 12 million copies to break even. Considering how IV sold about 20 million on the PS360 alone, they'll most likely make loads of profit. ESPECIALLY if they port it around to the PC, 8th gen consoles, etc.

It's also worth noting that GTA games seem to sell better latter in a system's life, at least if PS2 sales are any indcator.



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nnodley said:

@Bold:  I wish I could be able to do this, but the game just looks so damn good and I'm hyped as shit for it.  Either way though I will probably double dip and get the ps4 version if it comes out. 


I'm getting married next month and KillZone Mercenary just came out, so I'm sure I can hold off until next year :D



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Just a quick question: when people say it needs 10mil copies to break even, is that refering to the profit margin of the full price or taking the full price of the game into consideration?



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the-pi-guy said:
DélioPT said:
Just a quick question: when people say it needs 10mil copies to break even, is that refering to the profit margin of the full price or taking the full price of the game into consideration?

It's taking into account that out of the 60$, the publisher takes about 27$ out of it.  There's a chart somewhere, but I don't care to look for it everytime.  

Don`t worry, I remember that chart. At least i remember some parts of it.
It`s just sometimes i see people doing the math taking into account the full price. So i asked to be sure.

Thanks.



I think this is officially the most expensive game to date. Previous to this one was Star Wars: The old republic with $200 million I believe.



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Thats insane!



MikeRox said:
nnodley said:

@Bold:  I wish I could be able to do this, but the game just looks so damn good and I'm hyped as shit for it.  Either way though I will probably double dip and get the ps4 version if it comes out. 


I'm getting married next month and KillZone Mercenary just came out, so I'm sure I can hold off until next year :D

Ah well then I can see how you would need to try and hold off.  This game looks to need every bit of your attention.  :-p



They'll prob make all that back quickly!