Look at the Amazon bestsellers list in USA and European countries. People really like GTA V, and they would really like the definitive version of GTA V as well.

Vena said:

Don't see much aside from the ranking of a years old, popular game. I am asking if people still care about GTAV in the sense that they'd go out and buy a console over it. This isn't GTAV as it released a year ago, this GTAV as a port for a game everyone and their dog has already played out. (I guess, this is more a highlight of the PS4 simply lacking anything over the holiday as a major seller aside from this, but its not even exclusive. M$ has at least one new title its pushing (?) and the *other port* in MCC as well as still having GTAV available.)

Well, either way, it will be interesting to watch the pissing contest between X1 and PS4 this holiday.

Don't see much aside from the ranking of a years old, popular game. I am asking if people still care about GTAV in the sense that they'd go out and buy a console over it. This isn't GTAV as it released a year ago, this GTAV as a port for a game everyone and their dog has already played out. (I guess, this is more a highlight of the PS4 simply lacking anything over the holiday as a major seller aside from this, but its not even exclusive. M$ has at least one new title its pushing (?) and the *other port* in MCC as well as still having GTAV available.)

Well, either way, it will be interesting to watch the pissing contest between X1 and PS4 this holiday.

Sony has LBP 3 to push some PS4's, and regardless of whether or not you've already played GTA V the current-gen version is definitely worth buying. Nobody would buy a console for just GTA V of course, but the PS4's library will be sizeable by the time of its release, so it is definitely worth it to get this bundle.

LBP3 is niche, so I don't tend to consider it as much of a system pusher (also not exlcusive).

As for GTAV, the problem I foresee (aside from my questioning how relevant it is today, especially with the actual definitive version coming to PC) is that as this is not a new game there is a high chance that M$ can play around this the way they did with Destiny (getting around the exclusive marketting deal) while also presenting new games. In NA, at least, I can see M$ very strongly pushing Halo/Unity/COD + Free Game (that just so happens to include GTAV) as their holiday push, which would dwarf this type of bundle offering whereas with Destiny it was new game vs. new game. EU is already a lost cause for X1, and this move by Sony seems like overkill or pointless as I'd have to wonder just how much of a difference it would even make as they have that market cornered.

I wouldn't be surprised if this didn't come stateside, actually, for the above reasons. Mayhaps, Sony will do a Destiny+GTAV bundle here in an attempt to counter Halo:MCC, but I wonder if Destiny will still be relevant by then as it will be up against COD (M$ marketting), Halo (MS exclusive), and other new games. I have this suspicion that the Destiny backlash may have shaken up plans for this holiday rather... oddly for all parties involved. Will be interesting to see what Halo/COD do to its playerbaser, and Sony bet a lot on Destiny as their holiday push.

LBP3 is niche, so I don't tend to consider it as much of a system pusher (also not exlcusive).

As for GTAV, the problem I foresee (aside from my questioning how relevant it is today, especially with the actual definitive version coming to PC) is that as this is not a new game there is a high chance that M$ can play around this the way they did with Destiny (getting around the exclusive marketting deal) while also presenting new games. In NA, at least, I can see M$ very strongly pushing Halo/Unity/COD + Free Game (that just so happens to include GTAV) as their holiday push, which would dwarf this type of bundle offering whereas with Destiny it was new game vs. new game. EU is already a lost cause for X1, and this move by Sony seems like overkill or pointless as I'd have to wonder just how much of a difference it would even make as they have that market cornered.

I wouldn't be surprised if this didn't come stateside, actually, for the above reasons. Mayhaps, Sony will do a Destiny+GTAV bundle here in an attempt to counter Halo:MCC, but I wonder if Destiny will still be relevant by then as it will be up against COD (M$ marketting), Halo (MS exclusive), and other new games. I have this suspicion that the Destiny backlash may have shaken up plans for this holiday rather... oddly for all parties involved. Will be interesting to see what Halo/COD do to its playerbaser, and Sony bet a lot on Destiny as their holiday push.

Anything to say about the topic itself?

I am pretty sure GTAV is part of this topic, and my questioning the relevance of this bundle is perfectly valid.