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NJ5 on 23 March 2009

Just let word of mouth do its magic. In the meantime, wait and see.



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Esa-Petteri on 23 March 2009
NJ5 said:
Just let word of mouth do its magic. In the meantime, wait and see.

Yea, let's hope that. It is the best game on ds. :)

 



FreeTalkLive on 23 March 2009

5th place is fine for Chinatown Wars. I wasn't sure it would open so well. I still expect to to reach 1 million in sales, which will mean a ton of profit for TT.



 

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shinyuhadouken on 23 March 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
stof said:
Again guys, who would it sell to initially? Go to the games profile, look up DS games by sales and look for the highest selling "M" game. GTA CW isn't selling to an existing userbase. It's the game that will bring that userbase in to the fold, meaning we'll probably see a successful future for other more "adult" DS games as well.

Christmas 09, top 15. Stand by it.

So are you saying that ds is for kids or what? That is confusing.

It doesn't neccessarily have to mean kids. Demopgrahic simply applies to the type of people that play the games. 30 year old guy playing rpgs on the DS. He wouldn't be interested in GTA.

 



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Esa-Petteri on 23 March 2009
shinyuhadouken said:
Esa-Petteri said:
stof said:
Again guys, who would it sell to initially? Go to the games profile, look up DS games by sales and look for the highest selling "M" game. GTA CW isn't selling to an existing userbase. It's the game that will bring that userbase in to the fold, meaning we'll probably see a successful future for other more "adult" DS games as well.

Christmas 09, top 15. Stand by it.

So are you saying that ds is for kids or what? That is confusing.

It doesn't neccessarily have to mean kids. Demopgrahic simply applies to the type of people that play the games. 30 year old guy playing rpgs on the DS. He wouldn't be interested in GTA.

 

Why not? I play jrpg:s on DS and I think gta:cw is the best game on that platform..

 



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Arius Dion on 23 March 2009

You'd think people would learn after the numerous "flop" claims of games that went on to receive either sequels or platinum selling status.



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shinyuhadouken on 23 March 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
shinyuhadouken said:
Esa-Petteri said:
stof said:
Again guys, who would it sell to initially? Go to the games profile, look up DS games by sales and look for the highest selling "M" game. GTA CW isn't selling to an existing userbase. It's the game that will bring that userbase in to the fold, meaning we'll probably see a successful future for other more "adult" DS games as well.

Christmas 09, top 15. Stand by it.

So are you saying that ds is for kids or what? That is confusing.

It doesn't neccessarily have to mean kids. Demopgrahic simply applies to the type of people that play the games. 30 year old guy playing rpgs on the DS. He wouldn't be interested in GTA.

 

Why not? I play jrpg:s on DS and I think gta:cw is the best game on that platform..

 

 

It was just an example. Take it easy..



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stof on 23 March 2009

Ok, so far the highest selling DS game I found that could be in any way relatable to GTA CW was Call of duty Modern Warfare.

It's at postition 142 with .51M sales (not including Europe). Clearly, the DS userbase doesn't have much of a "human violence" demographic... YET. It takes games to bring gamers. and GTA Chinatown Wars is one of the biggest games you can get. This is going to be the definition of a system seller.



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Demotruk on 23 March 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
shinyuhadouken said:
Esa-Petteri said:
stof said:
Again guys, who would it sell to initially? Go to the games profile, look up DS games by sales and look for the highest selling "M" game. GTA CW isn't selling to an existing userbase. It's the game that will bring that userbase in to the fold, meaning we'll probably see a successful future for other more "adult" DS games as well.

Christmas 09, top 15. Stand by it.

So are you saying that ds is for kids or what? That is confusing.

It doesn't neccessarily have to mean kids. Demopgrahic simply applies to the type of people that play the games. 30 year old guy playing rpgs on the DS. He wouldn't be interested in GTA.

 

Why not? I play jrpg:s on DS and I think gta:cw is the best game on that platform..

 

 

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megaman79 on 23 March 2009

Im sick of traitorous MFr's who cut down Nintendo at every chance they get. Have some respect for the company that started everything.


If your not English you don't know anything about advertising and marketing or the PR that preceded the release of GTA CTW in the UK. After its release it got better reviews that KZ2, HW, SF4, RE5 and MW, see what happens next week.
Judging by the first day its low, of course unlike the PSP which has NO CHOICE of games, the DS has many more, but audiences and buzz will take time because no one expected it to be as great as it is.




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