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Impressive?

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I predicted this! 6 16.67%
 
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LipeJJ on 21 January 2016

So, after 2 years from the original release, and 1 from the new, GTA V remastered for the next gen systems still managed to stay on the top 10 of best selling games of the year! That's a feat very few games can be proud of (Call of Duty, Pokémon and a few others).

The game sold 4.3m on PS4 and 1.9m on XB1 in 2015, making for a total of 6.2m, according to VGChartz of course. These numbers are obviously not counting digital sales, so it's even more impressive.

Have you imagined this big of a success for this remastered version before launch? I remember many people expecting it to reach 5~8m LT (combined, myself included). Now LT sales are around 14m... and still growing. What do you think guys?



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LudicrousSpeed on 21 January 2016

Yes. I mean, it's GTA. It sold shit tons on PS360, only makes sense it would sell shit tons on next gen, especially with the new stuff they added. Not to mention, Heists online.



LipeJJ on 21 January 2016
LudicrousSpeed said:
Yes. I mean, it's GTA. It sold shit tons on PS360, only makes sense it would sell shit tons on next gen, especially with the new stuff they added. Not to mention, Heists online.

 


I think we all expected it to sell amazingly well on next gen systems, but this much? It's basically above 99% of new AAA games, despite being a last gen remaster.

I can't imagine how much GTA VI will sell. =o



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AlfredoTurkey on 21 January 2016

Well, to be fair, it should have never launched in the 7th generation. I knew they were going to release it on PS4 so I waited a year and bought it then.



OdinHades on 21 January 2016

It's very impressive indeed. GTA is nothing less than the biggest gaming franchise on this planet. It literally dwarfs any other title that releases today, even Call of Duty has no chance against this behemoth of an IP! Ok, granted, Minecraft is still above it, but only because mobile - it's literally everywhere! =D
I'm just happy GTA is in good hands. Just imagine how EA would have ruined it if they had been successful with buying T2 some years ago. Ugh.

I also remember how GTA 4 had a trailer for its first trailer - and everyone was excited as fuck! GTA is the only game that can pull something like that off. I can't wait for the first bits of info on GTA 6!



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hershel_layton on 21 January 2016

A game as big as that is bound to do well.




 

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anamme on 21 January 2016
AlfredoTurkey said:
Well, to be fair, it should have never launched in the 7th generation. I knew they were going to release it on PS4 so I waited a year and bought it then.

Except that it has sold more than 35m copies on the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined, according to VGC   :)





pastro243 on 21 January 2016

I didn't think it would be this big honestly



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AlfredoTurkey on 22 January 2016
anamme said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Well, to be fair, it should have never launched in the 7th generation. I knew they were going to release it on PS4 so I waited a year and bought it then.

Except that it has sold more than 35m copies on the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined, according to VGC   :)

 

Right and every single copy was inferior and ran poorly. Cleary the choice to release it on those two consoles was based entirely on revenue and not the well being of the game.



ghostkiller12121 on 22 January 2016

i imagine next year the ps4 version will sell 1m-2m and the xone version will sell 1m