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darthdevidem01 on 04 February 2014
Samus Aran said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Samus Aran said:
darthdevidem01 said:
bananaking21 said:
insane. this just proofs that this is gaming strongest brand.

I was worried COD had overtaken it due to the past few years.

But...NO!

What I find funny is how GTAIV underperformed compared to Mario Kart Wii back in the day (they came out round the same time)

And now at the end of the gen GTAV gets REVENGE!


Mario Kart Wii is a game on one console and it was probably a lot cheaper to produce(plus took less time to develop). What revenge are you talking about lol? 

Anyway, don't know if GTA V deserves the sales or not, got bored with the franchise after GTA Vice City. 

Mate you weren't here in 2008 when GTAIV got its ass handed out to it by MK Wii & the Wii destroyed PS360 in sales in GTAIV launch month!

I still harbour scars from that year...


GTA V is like the average student who works really hard and gets good grades while Mario Kart Wii is the lazy genius who gets the highest grades and flaunts them in your face. 

And for the record, grades represent sales in my analogy, not review scores. 

hmm considering GTAV has almsot matched MK Wii sales in almost 4 monthns I'm not sure their grades will be equivalent :P :P



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Samus Aran on 04 February 2014
Damkos said:
Samus Aran said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Samus Aran said:
darthdevidem01 said:
bananaking21 said:
insane. this just proofs that this is gaming strongest brand.

I was worried COD had overtaken it due to the past few years.

But...NO!

What I find funny is how GTAIV underperformed compared to Mario Kart Wii back in the day (they came out round the same time)

And now at the end of the gen GTAV gets REVENGE!


Mario Kart Wii is a game on one console and it was probably a lot cheaper to produce(plus took less time to develop). What revenge are you talking about lol? 

Anyway, don't know if GTA V deserves the sales or not, got bored with the franchise after GTA Vice City. 

Mate you weren't here in 2008 when GTAIV got its ass handed out to it by MK Wii & the Wii destroyed PS360 in sales in GTAIV launch month!

I still harbour scars from that year...


GTA V is like the average student who works really hard and gets good grades while Mario Kart Wii is the lazy genius who gets the highest grades and flaunts them in your face. 

And for the record, grades represent sales in my analogy, not review scores. 

Looking at that I can't help but wonder why complexity of a game is a factor for some on sales/revenue.

surely, MKWii is simpler and smaller than GTA, but is it really a problem? I had SO MUCH fun playing Mario Kart Wii with my friends, 4 of us, all on Wii Wheels/remote sideways. Playing GTA V with them was nice, but it wasn't a good laugh. We played, we danced with the prostitues, did some missions. Nice, surely, but not that fun in a funny way.

Both of the games deserve their sales. And they really aren't for different demographics - they just cater to 2 different kinds of "fun". I like both, but played much more mario Kart, even though there is so much less space and options.


Hey, I agree with you. :) 

I'm glad Mario Kart 8 is looking like the best Wii U game right now in terms of graphics tough. Seems like more effort was put into this title. 



Damkos on 04 February 2014
Samus Aran said:
Damkos said:
Samus Aran said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Samus Aran said:
darthdevidem01 said:
bananaking21 said:
insane. this just proofs that this is gaming strongest brand.

I was worried COD had overtaken it due to the past few years.

But...NO!

What I find funny is how GTAIV underperformed compared to Mario Kart Wii back in the day (they came out round the same time)

And now at the end of the gen GTAV gets REVENGE!


Mario Kart Wii is a game on one console and it was probably a lot cheaper to produce(plus took less time to develop). What revenge are you talking about lol? 

Anyway, don't know if GTA V deserves the sales or not, got bored with the franchise after GTA Vice City. 

Mate you weren't here in 2008 when GTAIV got its ass handed out to it by MK Wii & the Wii destroyed PS360 in sales in GTAIV launch month!

I still harbour scars from that year...


GTA V is like the average student who works really hard and gets good grades while Mario Kart Wii is the lazy genius who gets the highest grades and flaunts them in your face. 

And for the record, grades represent sales in my analogy, not review scores. 

Looking at that I can't help but wonder why complexity of a game is a factor for some on sales/revenue.

surely, MKWii is simpler and smaller than GTA, but is it really a problem? I had SO MUCH fun playing Mario Kart Wii with my friends, 4 of us, all on Wii Wheels/remote sideways. Playing GTA V with them was nice, but it wasn't a good laugh. We played, we danced with the prostitues, did some missions. Nice, surely, but not that fun in a funny way.

Both of the games deserve their sales. And they really aren't for different demographics - they just cater to 2 different kinds of "fun". I like both, but played much more mario Kart, even though there is so much less space and options.


Hey, I agree with you. :) 

I'm glad Mario Kart 8 is looking like the best Wii U game right now in terms of graphics tough. Seems like more effort was put into this title. 

I know you do, I just used your point to introdce mine :)

It'd be nice ot have a beautiful Mario Kart 8, but if it becomes bland, not quirky and slow then I'd beg Nintendo to ditch that HD graphics and come back to fun. Moar power ups, moar characters, moar crazy tracks when you jump on shrooms or get fired up high to the DK mountain. oh, and I'd love a full rainbow cup with rainbow tracks only. Sounds silly, bout that's the best track always IMO.




FinalFantasyXIII on 04 February 2014
Samus Aran said:

Hey, I agree with you. :) 

I'm glad Mario Kart 8 is looking like the best Wii U game right now in terms of graphics tough. Seems like more effort was put into this title. 

Yeah, but it will only sell 2 million.

GTA5 sales proves what we all know now, and that is Nintendo is doomed when it comes to gaming home consoles. Their games no longer sell in large numbers, unless on a handheld. MK8 would sell better on 3DS/DS than the Wii U imho.



Cleary397 on 04 February 2014
AZWification said:

Wait. Doesn't it mean that GTAV is the best selling non-bundled game? Super Mario Bros was bundled, Wii Sports was bundled, Mario Kart Wii was ( and still is) bundled. Either way amazing sales for a very strong franchise.


You can get GTAV bundled with consoles, what are you on about? lol



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jlmurph2 on 04 February 2014

Isn't there a GTAV PS3 bundle?



AZWification on 04 February 2014
Cleary397 said:
AZWification said:

Wait. Doesn't it mean that GTAV is the best selling non-bundled game? Super Mario Bros was bundled, Wii Sports was bundled, Mario Kart Wii was ( and still is) bundled. Either way amazing sales for a very strong franchise.


You can get GTAV bundled with consoles, what are you on about? lol

Thanks, Captain Obvious. You are like  the 6th person to tell me this.  Nonethless, GTAV is still not as bundled as the games I mentioned.



                
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darthdevidem01 on 04 February 2014
jlmurph2 said:
Isn't there a GTAV PS3 bundle?

Yes but as said many times before in the thread the bundling is on nowhere near the level it is for most games in the Top 20! So compared to Wii Sports/Super Mario Bros etc it is essentially a "non bundled" game.



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SnowPrince on 04 February 2014
J_Allard said:
Uh, I bought a PS3 GTA V bundle for one of my brothers for Xmas.

Same here ! It was a true pain for me to find that bundle on launch week.