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Lucas-Rio on 29 September 2013

This is going to be adjusted down by a few millions after NPD numbers.



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Lucas-Rio on 29 September 2013
Lawlight said:
Mark my words when I say no game on the 3DS or WiiU will beat GTA5's first week sales.


Mark my words when I say it won't reach the sales of MKWii or Wii fit.



Lucas-Rio on 29 September 2013
pezus said:
Lucas-Rio said:
This is going to be adjusted down by a few millions after NPD numbers.

Sure it will. Even after Take-Two gave us the revenue themselves.


No way it sold 17.5 millions FW and you know it.

12-14 millions is the maximum it could have sold. As for the revenue => shipped.



Lucas-Rio on 29 September 2013
pezus said:
Lucas-Rio said:
pezus said:
Lucas-Rio said:
This is going to be adjusted down by a few millions after NPD numbers.

Sure it will. Even after Take-Two gave us the revenue themselves.


No way it sold 17.5 millions FW and you know it.

12-14 millions is the maximum it could have sold. As for the revenue => shipped.

No, I don't actually know it. Why is 12-14m the maximum? That doesn't make any sense.

Also, that revenue was sold to consumers, otherwise the revenue wouldn't be over 1 billion...(the retailers buy it for less than $60).


The revenue generated by the game is the price*the number of sales (taxes and retailers cut included, like in movie business).

The game is 90$ in Europe (70€ = 90$) and 70$ in USA. Make the calcul with VGchartz numbers and it still is way above the 1 billon number.



GdaTyler on 29 September 2013

GTA V's a beast. Nuff said.



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Lawlight on 29 September 2013
Lucas-Rio said:
Lawlight said:
Mark my words when I say no game on the 3DS or WiiU will beat GTA5's first week sales.


Mark my words when I say it won't reach the sales of MKWii or Wii fit.


Of course it won't - those were games sold when the Wii fad was going on. Basically when the casuals were on board. Those days are gone.



Moren on 29 September 2013
Lawlight said:

1. Mark my words when I say no game on the 3DS or WiiU will beat GTA5's first week sales.

2. Of course it won't - those were games sold when the Wii fad was going on. Basically when the casuals were on board. Those days are gone.

1. A multiplat game that is record breaking? No shit, Sherlock.

2. Is that a bad trolling attempt? Seems like it.



A_C_E on 29 September 2013
pezus said:
Lucas-Rio said:
pezus said:
Lucas-Rio said:
pezus said:
Lucas-Rio said:
This is going to be adjusted down by a few millions after NPD numbers.

Sure it will. Even after Take-Two gave us the revenue themselves.


No way it sold 17.5 millions FW and you know it.

12-14 millions is the maximum it could have sold. As for the revenue => shipped.

No, I don't actually know it. Why is 12-14m the maximum? That doesn't make any sense.

Also, that revenue was sold to consumers, otherwise the revenue wouldn't be over 1 billion...(the retailers buy it for less than $60).


The revenue generated by the game is the price*the number of sales (taxes and retailers cut included, like in movie business).

The game is 90$ in Europe (70€ = 90$) and 70$ in USA. Make the calcul with VGchartz numbers and it still is way above the 1 billon number.

Lol, so what's with you saying revenue => shipped? You just proved yourself wrong. Because if it was shipped, over 1billion sales would reflect a much higher sales number than 17.5m (because Take-Two doesn't get $60 for each game). 

The movie business reports ticket sales, just like Take-Two reported game sales to consumers. The shipments were likely 20m or more for the first week.

Publisher's revenue is made from selling to the retailer/market, not the consumer. The store has to buy the games from Take-Two then its the stores job to sell it, not the other way around. Your movie business analogy didn't make any sense considering publishers don't know how many units were sold to consumers, only how many they sold to retail. The only thing the head corporation has 100% data on is how many units they shipped to the retailer. You learn something new every day. Your welcome.



Lawlight on 29 September 2013
morenoingrato said:
Lawlight said:

1. Mark my words when I say no game on the 3DS or WiiU will beat GTA5's first week sales.

2. Of course it won't - those were games sold when the Wii fad was going on. Basically when the casuals were on board. Those days are gone.

1. A multiplat game that is record breaking? No shit, Sherlock.

2. Is that a bad trolling attempt? Seems like it.


1. Well, tell that to the delusional people who think that Pokemon X/Y will outsell GTAV.

2. No, it just the truth. The casuals don't care about the Wii brand anymore.



oniyide on 29 September 2013
A_C_E said:
oniyide said:
^^fair enough, i just dont agree i dont think as much people know the distinction between a IW COD and a Treyarch one so IMHO that holds no bearing, but im willing to bet one month sig control that Ghosts doesnt past Blops2 and sure as hell wont pass MW3

Sure, why not. I'll take the bet. Never had a bet on VGChartz before so might as well. What's the guideline for sales? Are we talking first week, first month or LT?

one week avatar control. I say maybe. 4 months of sales. We could see the legs of the game by then and compare it it will be well after the holiday rush.