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LordTheNightKnight on 01 May 2008
rodmass1 said:
Great sales figures but did the media hype sell this game or was it because it's a great game?

Doesn't anyone remember all the hit games that came before in this series? This game didn't need the hype or reviews. 



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windbane on 01 May 2008
bobobologna said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
naznatips said:
MANUELF said:
Jlaff said:
Of course the PS3 is going to have healthy GTA4 numbers. Everyone who owns one is hungry for something to play.

QFT, caution, you probably be banned for trolling.


You're both trolling. Don't do it again.


The closest thing that could be said is that it's been a little while since the last major release for the PS3, but that's about it.


The funny thing is that all the latest major releases have been multiplatform.  Dark Sector, Rainbow 6: Vegas, Devil May Cry 4, Condemned 2, Army of Two, and Viking.  I can't think of any major titles that have been released that have been exclusive to one of the 2 HD consoles, except GT5 Prologue, which ironically, is on the PS3.

OT:  Very impressive numbers.  I picked up GTA 4 for the PS3 yesterday from Circuit City.  They had 3 copies left after I bought a copy, and the guy behind me bought one.  I didn't see any XBox360 copies (probably sold out).  They had about 3 XBox360 SE copies, and about 6 PS3 SE copies.


Add Burnout and MGO. The first of which was slightly better on PS3 and the 2nd exclusive to PS3. Oh right, and the best baseball game ths year is MLB08: The Show, another PS3 exclusive. Yeah, nothing to play... Nevermind that GTA sold tremondously well on PS2 (all 3 being among the most ever) where the game lineup was unprecedented.



Picko on 01 May 2008
rodmass1 said:
Great sales figures but did the media hype sell this game or was it because it's a great game?

Yeah, because it is not like it wasn't the best selling series last generation.

 It's not the media hype that is getting it the sales, its the sales that got it the media hype. You're falling for the "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy, coming after something doesn't necessary mean it was caused by what came before - in this case sales resulting from media hype. It got hugely hyped by the media as a result of the massive success that came last generation.



 
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Yojimbo on 01 May 2008

My predictions were to low for this game :(

Edit: I will probably win my bet now^^ 



 
Skeeuk on 01 May 2008
Red*Pokemon*Trainer said:
Nice numbers for the PS3,next up MGS 4.

slight disagreement.

next up haze, then ferrari challenge then mgs4



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RDBRaptor on 01 May 2008

Amazing numbers, wow. I'm not a big GTA fan but I feel as if I'm required to play this game. The online play is definitely making it seem worth it.



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