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stewroids on 07 December 2009

GTA 4 for the 360 has sold 7.35 million on the 360 and 6.01 million on the PS3. While the numbers are impressive for both consoles, it's kind of disappointing to see such a large sales gap between the two platforms, especially since GTA was once home to Sony's platform. Why do you think the game didn't sell as well on the PS3? Was it due to the difference in install base? Now that the PS3 is fully competitive with it's 360 counterpart, will the sales be a bit more even for Rockstar's next outing? DISCUSS my fellow vgChartz members!



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kingofwale on 07 December 2009

How is that a "large sale gap"??

considering the console install base gap at the time, not to mention 50 million dollars worth of exclusives. I personally think it's very very close



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stewroids on 07 December 2009
kingofwale said:
How is that a "large sale gap"??

considering the console install base gap at the time, not to mention 50 million dollars worth of exclusives. I personally think it's very very close

It is a large gap considering that all previous GTA titles have been home to the Playstation...one would at least expect the sales to be on par.



dsgrue3 on 07 December 2009
stewroids said:
kingofwale said:
How is that a "large sale gap"??

considering the console install base gap at the time, not to mention 50 million dollars worth of exclusives. I personally think it's very very close

It is a large gap considering that all previous GTA titles have been home to the Playstation...one would at least expect the sales to be on par.

Why? The gap seems minimal.



Feylic on 07 December 2009

Thats a pretty small gap for $50mil in exclusive content, and a 8 million console lead...



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I like Bacon on 08 December 2009

That is not a large gap at all.



themanwithnoname on 08 December 2009

Spin it however you want it guys.



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FreeTalkLive on 08 December 2009
stewroids said:
kingofwale said:
How is that a "large sale gap"??

considering the console install base gap at the time, not to mention 50 million dollars worth of exclusives. I personally think it's very very close

It is a large gap considering that all previous GTA titles have been home to the Playstation...one would at least expect the sales to be on par.

Since when?  GTA was on PC and GBA.  It was also on Xbox, if you don't know.  Didn't it start as a PC game?  Maybe it was on even more systems.



 

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Xxain on 08 December 2009

That isnt a large gap by any standard....



Yakuzaice on 08 December 2009

PS3 is even leading for sales in 2009.