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ItsaMii on 13 September 2008
Onyxmeth said:

A lot of sales for past GTA games came when the games hit the 19.99 price point. I know it gave San Andreas a second life on the shelf. Once they do it for GTA IV I'm sure it'll see the extra 5 or so million they wanted.

 

I don`t think they want to break sales records. They are more interested in profits. Selling 5 million at that price is the same as selling 1.7 million right now. Marketing and shipping costs won`t go down with the price. i don`t know if the retailers slice of the pie follow the price cut or not. What I mean is that they may not even make 5 bucks at that price point.

Another important factor is the used games market. The only one to profit on those sales is Gamestop.



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Legend11 on 13 September 2008

I don't get why both Take-Two and Microsoft are not pushing the episodic content due out between November 2008 and January 2009. It would help to get GTAIV back onto magazine covers, gaming websites, message boards, etc (basically free advertising for the game).



Onyxmeth on 13 September 2008
ItsaMii said:
Onyxmeth said:

A lot of sales for past GTA games came when the games hit the 19.99 price point. I know it gave San Andreas a second life on the shelf. Once they do it for GTA IV I'm sure it'll see the extra 5 or so million they wanted.

 

I don`t think they want to break sales records. They are more interested in profits. Selling 5 million at that price is the same as selling 1.7 million right now. Marketing and shipping costs won`t go down with the price. i don`t know if the retailers slice of the pie follow the price cut or not. What I mean is that they may not even make 5 bucks at that price point.

Another important factor is the used games market. The only one to profit on those sales is Gamestop.

Well actually I only meant 19.99 as an example of last gen Greatest Hits pricing, and the extra legs it gave San Andreas. This gen it's 29.99. Do remember there's also the possibility of releasing a Game of the Year edition on the 360 once the 360 DLC releases, same as COD4 got. Sales would boost for that. Maybe they can release it fo full download on PS3 too, like EA did with Burnout Paradise. There's also the upcoming PC version, which they can throw on Steam and see if it sticks.

My point was that I personally think there can be plenty of sales life left in GTA IV, and plenty more cash to be made.

 



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Commando on 13 September 2008

I blame Wii Fit!



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akuma587 on 13 September 2008

Boo frickin' hoo. (Plays world's smallest violin).



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yuexxx on 13 September 2008

THE PS2 VERSION SOLD OVER 14 MILLONS ( 4 MILLOS MORE TAHN GTAIV)
AND THE BUDGET OF THIS TITLES IS VERY COMPARE TO GTAIV

THIS IS THE REASON OF " NOT MEET SALES"



Kenny on 13 September 2008

What I really want to know is how many copies they were expecting the game to sell. Honestly, I'm sure they've already more than broken even on the game in spite of its ludicrously high budget, and it's already one of the best sellers of this generation, so what more could they possibly want out of the Grand Theft Auto franchise?



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brute on 13 September 2008

I thought they said that it's sold over 10 million?
Why does this say 8.5?Maybe this is using that chart that shows only the U.S,U.K and Japan,but then again those markets don't equal up to 8.5 million.



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FishyJoe on 13 September 2008
brute said:
I thought they said that it's sold over 10 million?
Why does this say 8.5?Maybe this is using that chart that shows only the U.S,U.K and Japan,but then again those markets don't equal up to 8.5 million.

 

Sales to retailers: 11 million

Sales to consumers: 8.5 million



Galaki on 13 September 2008
FishyJoe said:

Sales to retailers: 11 million

Sales to consumers: 8.5 million

 

2.5 M still on the shelves means they can't sell anymore to retailers. They also have to compete with used units.

They probably expected to sell 15M before having a price cut.

They probably want a bucklet load on money from EA acquisition and having "low" sales of GTA4 is not helping.



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