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Forums - Sales Discussion - Why is GTA so much more popular in EU than in the US now?

I bought it on ps3 but will buy it again on ps4 when I get a ps4 due to first person mode which I much prefer and the upgrade in graphics. I'm in the UK. I think game prices fall faster in the UK/Europe so many people wait to buy in Europe for a better price perhaps this spreads out the sales more.

How do videogame retail sales compare across the whole of Europe compared to the USA. I thought USA vs Europe was very close now and it may be the portion of sales in Europe are skewed more towards console game sales. I thought I'd read that PC game piracy was much worse in Europe than the USA.



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I'm more surprised by the reception GTA V got in japan, it seemed like initially it did rather well in japan if i remember correctly



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Europeans are more violent than there American counter parts? jk



Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
Grand Theft Auto V PS3 2013 Action Take-Two Interactive 6.39 8.16 0.87 4.01 19.43
Grand Theft Auto V X360 2013 Action Take-Two Interactive 8.75 4.89 0.06 1.23 14.94
Grand Theft Auto V PS4 2014 Action Take-Two Interactive 1.86 2.46 0.14 1.43 5.88
Grand Theft Auto V XOne 2014 Action Take-Two Interactive 1.13 0.98 0.00 0.21 2.32
TOTAL 18,13 16,49 1,07 6,88 42,57

GTA is still more popular in NA. The high attach ratio of PS owners compared to XBone ones is the main difference it looks otherwise.



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Darwinianevolution said:
Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
Grand Theft Auto V PS3 2013 Action Take-Two Interactive 6.39 8.16 0.87 4.01 19.43
Grand Theft Auto V X360 2013 Action Take-Two Interactive 8.75 4.89 0.06 1.23 14.94
Grand Theft Auto V PS4 2014 Action Take-Two Interactive 1.86 2.46 0.14 1.43 5.88
Grand Theft Auto V XOne 2014 Action Take-Two Interactive 1.13 0.98 0.00 0.21 2.32
TOTAL         18,13 16,49 1,07 6,88 42,57

GTA is still more popular in NA. The high attach ratio of PS owners compared to XBone ones is the main difference it looks otherwise.

8 gen has higher sales than the US tough



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I would love to say its because GTA is a satire of the US, but i'm not sure how accurate that would be. Heh