Fable Creator - GTAV Sales "Not Impressive"

Fable creator Peter Molynuex reveals how he is unimpressed with the speedy sales of Rockstar's open-world epic.

[Majin-vegeta]

Can someone please shut him up alread?

[-Foxtrot]

I think he's a little jealous in my opinion...

Thing is though Peter, that's what happens when you actually deliver most of the stuff you've went on about since your games reveal.

[Pintheshadows]

I couldn't agree with you more.

Words are just words Peter. Show me an example of one of your projects that actually lived up to your 'words'.

He is so far up his own arse he is staring at the roof of his mouth.

[zeee]

Oh yes, lets take the word of a mediocre game designer. Seriously, I can't stand this guy. When was the last time he did something awesome? Yeah, I figured!

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I haven't commented since this game came out, been busy playing it.

Lol that's why hes broke and needs kick starter to fund his little games.

Btw Peter you didn't leave the AAA buissness, the AAA business left YOU.

[SanMarco]

Just wait till Trevor Philips hears about this!

[ChrisW]

Ummm... Guys!!! He's talking about profit margins...

[Thehyph]

You know how you can tell he screwed up?
Every post on here has more agrees. He *bleeped* up enough to unite n4g even.

I think I'm in the same boat as everyone else; I laughed when I read the title.

[guitarded77]

@ ChrisW

Doesn't matter... it's still a stupid comparison. Sure some smaller games can turn 3+ million a day with a smaller investment, but that is not the entirety of gaming. We know GTA couldn't take that approach of development, and most GTA players are far less inclined to play the games (development formula) he's comparing it to and vice versa. Compare GTA to a blockbuster movie... compare the other games to 15 minute sitcoms. One makes advertising dollars, the other makes box office dollars. Both exist, but monetize in different ways. What GTAV did on day one was impressive.

[Xof]

Defensive fanboy much?

All he did was point out the (massive) earnings disparity between console and mobile games. GTAV had a massive budget and is raking in enormous amounts of money (approaching record-breaking in its market)... but what they're making of GTAV pales in comparison to the amount of money mobile games are generating.

Maybe the article would have been better served if Molyneux had explained his commnet more, but considering none of the 60-ish people who have thus far bothered to comment in this thread could be arsed to read his 20-word quote in the first place, it probably wouldn't have accomplished anything.

Molyneux isn't the one displaying childish emotionalism here: it's you all.

[Death]

Peter isn't directing his comments and insight to gamers. He's directing it at small developers looking to create something on a much smaller budget. Sometimes it's a matter of context, sometimes it's Peter not explaining himself to everyone that hears him.

For what it is worth the small developers/indies are the opposite of the Rockstars of the world. This is what everyone that cheers the indie scene is supporting. Games that can run on our smart phones and our consoles that generate s very nice profit margin.

[Boody-Bandit]

Rockstar is unimpressed with Peter Molynuex impressions on GTA V sales.

[dmeador]

Seems like my advice is the same on every title that is initially misleading to generate clicks: read the article, haha. He is completely correct that if you compare the profit margin on huge games like this to mobile, its no comparison.

[kraigslist_killa]

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!......Peter is butt hurt,.....back to you Bob.

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

Its pure jealousy, he wanted one of his games to hit 5mil (the 5mil club as he calls it) sales.it never happened for him.

Gta5 800mil dollars in a couple dayz and your not impressed lmfao.

[g4me_he4d]

I can't find a single adjective to describe this guy, words aren't enough anymore.

[SilentNegotiator]

Who cares about margins if you're making $550,000,000 profit at launch? How many mobile games make that in their lifetime?

[shoddy]

Damn gta5 cost $250mil to produce and they make $800mil in one day and he said that's not impressive?

I think his games are the impressive one.

[shadow2797]

He didn't do a very good job making his point. GTA V earned $800 million in 1 day and (according to Peter) will eclipse $1 billion in it's first month.

Then he says some mobile games sell $5 million a day.

Well, $800 million > $5 million
$5 million x 31 days in a month = $155 million
$1 billion > $155 million

Granted, there's a lot of factors to consider. One is a $60 AAA game with sales that will drop quickly, and one is a >$10 mobile game with a small budget that will have more consistent sales if it's popular. At face value, however, he doesn't back up his "unimpressive" claim very well.

[Philaroni]

@Shadow

Well with his logic then every single console game's sales including his own have not been impressive. I do see the point he makes, just it is a very dull one.

[Ju]

Shadow, I fully agree. I'm not impressed with his "$3M a day" - this usually isn't sustained business and and even if, I want to see how this applies to how many games, and over which time frame. To reach what GTA achieves in it's lifetime, this would require mobile games make this amount every single day, 365days a year. Which is quite unlikely. Well, both are great results if you are on the receiving side, don't get me wrong.

[Awesome_Gamer]

What a joke this guy has become.

[Jack_Of_All_Blades]

He's totally jelly

[BattleAxe]

"Fable Creator - GTAV Sales "Not Impressive"

If Geoff Keighley lets Molyneux back onto the Bonus Round, then he himself will lose all credibility.

[KazHiraiFTW]

The butthurt is strong with this one.

[Harkins1721]

Ya true hes quite annoying.

[oONinjavitiSOo]

Totally agree! So annoying! Comparing real games to mobile sh*t "games" is borderline retarded. People actually pay real money for mobile "games"? If you are a mobile "game" developer don't act like you hold any weight in the real gaming industry with you're uninspired phone trash. I wonder if these mobile "game" developers have ever heard of a thing called integrity?

[showtimefolks]

he wasn't impressed by sony/ps4 either

this man thinks too highly of himself, he over promises and under delivers

i am having fun with GTA5, its not a 10/10 but 9.10 for sure, and it deserves all its getting. stop hating and for once say congrats to RS for what they have delivered on 7-8 year old consoles is unbelievable

[badz149]

@Majin-vegeta

here. might be helpful

http://vublex.com/wp-conten...

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Alright, Light.. :3

[Deadpool101]

Peter Molynuex is a talented guy and has made some great games but some times he really needs think before he speaks.
I can understand the whole "look how impressive these mobile game revenues are and they cost a lot less to make" side of it but come on Peter. $700-800 million dollars worth of sales in one day is amazing whether it's a $150 million budget AAA game or a $50,000 indie title. Hell even Activision are problably impressed and they make stupid sums of money EVERY YEAR with the Call of Duty titles.
Peter should apologise and give Rockstar the praise they deserve, they've made an amazing game.
Plus his probably a little jealous that their open world is capable of even more things than he over promised that Fables could do.

[freezola75]

Ferreal Molynuex? Now you sir take a seat over there by Mr. Reggie "Meh" Fis Amie

These guys are incredible. One guy is mad that ppl won't be talking about his console as much after this November...

The other has a failed franchise (except for the 1st one).

Yea umm... Can I get some Milk with this PB & Jealous much sandwich please?

Rock★ earned that shit! Can they live... Sheesh

Peace

[nosferatuzodd]

wow the this guy cant make a good rpg if is life depends on it and he have the balls to talk about whats not impressive really

[Edito]

Let him be, his jealous and frustrated at the same time cause his games are simple not good enough...

[BallsEye]

As much as I don't like gaming on mobile, he is right. That stupid mobile games sell in huge numbers and bring gigantic profit.

[T2]

thats true but its more about them being free or convenient... unfortunately I can't play gta5 while stuck in an airport, but still, its a problem the vita is addressing....
because really ? If all I could ever play was angry birds I'd rather watch tv

[Ju]

Oh man...true...I played KZ Merc all end during my last flight in from Europe. More of those, please. .. a real GTA Vita version???

[avengers1978]

Hi Pete, I'm going to teach you a little math.
GTA V sells 800 million dollars, whatever mobile game you are talking about makes 3-5 million a day, so let's say 4 million a day, it will take 200 days for them to make what GTA V did in one day.

And I bet that GTA will still sell copies in that time frame also.

[grailly]

if you take into account that the mobile game cost 2-3 million to make and is earning 3-4 million a day it's a WAY batter investment than GTAV.

I don't know people are getting so mad, he's just stating that one game is earning relatively more money. I'm really sorry about it not being your preferred game...

[Baka-akaB]

Only a selection of mobile games make those outstanding numbers anyway . And among those , half comes from mobile gaming studios that already cemmented their place with previous successes such as Rovio and Gameloft .

So i'm not seeing his point there . Established publishers and studiosa re making the most profits in both of those industry , whatever the initial investment . not every single guy in his cave will have a breakout hit

[Ju]

Doesn't matter how much each costs to make. The margin @ $1B is so high, that cost of mobile games vs. block buster becomes a come in the base line. Total profit is still in the billions, while mobile games won't reach those, no matter how much those cost to make.

[Goku781]

He must be smoking something cause its not like you see that everyday, whether you like the game or not.

[kenshiro100]

Yep, I sense jealousy from this guy.

[Kingnichendrix]

Yeah the guy is a moron the quality of Fable just seems to get worse from the first yet GTA seems to improve on every sequel apart from GTA 4 never quite knew what to think about that compared to the others.

[Anon1974]

Wow. Way to create a flamebait headline without adding any context at all.

Read what Molyneux said (and maybe try to spell his name right) and you'll see he was making a very valid comparison. GTA's sales are amazing but when you compare it to the money coming in from mobile game sales it does pale in comparison to some of the mobile heavy hitters.

I know it happens all the time, but it still bugs me to see articles like this take their dev quotes out of context or spin them into some hit-baiting nonsense. And this one can't even be bothered to spell the man's name correctly. Downvote from me for this site.

[Bobby Kotex]

It's an apple to oranges comparison. Also there's was no need to trash the biggest entertainment launch of all time. He just comes off as bitter considering Fable 3 is a personal failure for him.

[Anon1974]

That's the thing. He doesn't come off as bitter. If you read the talk he gave, he's just stating a fact. The media is the one that's hyping the release of GTA while they largely ignore just how huge the mobile market is. It's an excellent point, and certainly one that made me stop and think.

As for Fable, what on earth does that have to do with anything? I can understand if he was up there saying "Look at the hundreds of millions mobile games make every single day. That's all me. Screw GTA," but that isn't even remotely what's being said here. There wasn't even a hint of ego in that statement. His statements have nothing to do with him personally and I don't understand how anyone thinks it does. People just love to dump all over this guy.

Edit: And how on earth has this not been taken down as a dupe? It's just a snippet of the talk that was reported here taken out of context and blown up as a flamebait headline...

http://n4g.com/news/1357866...

[Bobby Kotex]

Peter Molyneux - Not Impressive.

[yeahokchief]

He makes iphone games. Who cares what he thinks?

ROckstar are Kings!

[JsonHenry]

From an investment/R&D perspective and in comparison to mobile device sales it is not really that impressive.

The time and money it took them to make GTA5 vs what it cost to make smaller indie/app style games and the money they make per $1.00 invested just doesn't add up in favor of AAA gaming.

[ZHZ90]

I agree with you, Majin.

Was Fable 3 was that good game?
Nope, Angry Joe covers all this up.
Which means that Fable won't sell 800 million dollars in 24 hours just like GTAV did.

[Donnieboi]

Why you hatin', Petey?

[Majin-vegeta]

Cuz no one wanted to play my game MILO where you could touch a little boy xD.

[shivvy24]

Hahaha made my day

[freezola75]

Word as bond Majin! Bubs for the funny bub.

Preach.. Chuuuch... Tabernacle...

I dammn sure wasn't feeling that Milo cat..

I believe that an Amber Alert should've been issued for that cat years ago right?

[nosferatuzodd]

lol good one Micheal Jackson bastard lol i give you some bubbles for that one

[nerdeu]

Gamers: Fable-series "Not impressive"

[SniperControl]

What is going on with this guy lately??

[Heartnet]

Tbh he is correct when in comparison to certian mobile game hits that take a quarter of the time to develop with a tenth of the budget and they will make more than this game.

Games which are earning millions of dolla per day is impressive whereas spending 5 yrs + and hundreds of million of dollars to get twice / three that back... is un-impressive...

he is correct.

[grailly]

yeah, on top of that, if people read the article, they would realize he was just making a point, of course he thinks 800 million is impressive!

[JasonXS12]

But think about it, does Rockstar make you pay money just to play the next level of their game? No. All these mobile games are getting their money mainly from people who pay to play or win.

[maddfoxx]

Yes, but you don't get many mobile games that can push numbers like that. Mobile games can be played anywhere at any time and are very addicting. It doesn't help that most of them are "play to win" games. Mobile games target anyone with a Facebook account and a smart phone and take little to no effort to start up and play. Console games are only played on one system . . . a TV and time are required. Why is he even comparing the two when they are a part of two completely different markets? Its like one person claiming U2 has one of the highest grossing concert tours and then another person trying to downplay that success by saying that the movie Avatar grossed more money. The comparison doesn't make any sense at all. GTA5 broke so many records and is doing better than almost every console game released so far this gen, and hes trying to downplay that my comparing apples to oranges. . .

[maddfoxx]

The Iphone 5 is the best selling phone of 2013!

Molynuex - That's not impressive. Tomatoes make so much more money. . . now that's impressive.

[iMaim]

Now that's just sportmanship. Gamemanship. Whatever.

[gameseveryday]

I literally laughed when I read the title.

[qzp]

could be sarcasm

[mylogicss]

What?

[00]

I don't know how anyone can look at gta making 800 million in one day and say not impressive, that's goddamn insane.

[Brix90]

Yeah, What's close to a billion dollars in a couple days.

[MajorLazer]

One day ** that's right, Gta V nearly made a billion in one day and this fool is 'not impressed'. Say that when your games ever do that

[T2]

sadly this guy was too busy taking a franchise with potential and then attempting to milk it regularly, the franchise never improved in fact it got worse and worse.

[grailly]

@joecanada
do people even realize he's not at lionhead anymore?

[M-M]

So making nearly $1 billion dollars in one day isn't impressive? What's wrong with this guy?

[Heartnet]

But it wasnt one day.... not really... the orders just stacked from pre orders etc.... and then took it all at once...

But he comparison is spot on.. Low budget mobile games make more money than this overall... SO how can he be impressed after seeing that?

[Godmars290]

How, when you've made a series such as Fable which became less in terms of both production quality and sales, does someone say something so obviously stupid?

[JeffGUNZ]

Well said. This guy needs to duct tape his mouth shut.

[Heartnet]

Cuz some1 who makes hundreds of k per year know what there talking about whereas some random guy on the forrums knows nothing...

he isnt on about his games he is on about games in generall.. IF u saw the comparison in article ud know how unimpressive the amount of money gta will make..

[Godmars290]

The comparison is between production costs/profits of AAA console titles and hobbled together iOS titles. Actual opposite extremes of current game development. Of which its doubtful he's achieved the level of success on either platform which R* has on one. That by all counts they've managed to exceed expectations and promises where he's repeatedly under-delivered.

In his world view GTAV, which utilized hundreds of game makers who have developed an intricate virtual world, has less importance than the couple of people who put out Candy Crush.

That he has a history and reputation whereas I have none doesn't even register in this discussion.

[warczar]

@heartnet

who gives a shit how much money he makes being a microsoft apologist. the fact is he's only made 1 good god sim and fable. GTA consistently gets better while Fable consistently got worse. he has no room to talk.

[Heartnet]

It shows he knows alot... alot more than any1 on these forums...

It doesnt matter what he has made... he isnt on about fable.. he is on about profits and what triple A games achieve in comparison to mobile games.... Read the article before you comment

[warczar]

@heartnet

and I'm on about Fable and the empty promises old Pete makes. Comparing cell phone crap to AAA games is the stupidest comparison he could have made in the first place and he's commenting on how much money GTA made and I was just pointing out the fact that he will never make a game that makes 800 mil in one day so he should keep his mouth shut... just like you.

[WeAreLegion]

I thought reading the article would make this less cringeworthy, but it didn't. Great job, Pete. -_-

[UncleGermrod]

Big respect for Pete, but the last few times I heard him speak I was just baffled. He is like that once genus professor who now just sits in his lab and throws up crap from his face. What the hell happened man. I saw an interview where he was asked his opinion about the next gen consoles and he chose xbone and he just kept contradicting himself and sounding like a 12 yr old fanboy...and this is coming from someone who is more of an xbox guy (day one brah). But yea, he just needs to stop with this already.....

[grimmweisse]

Peter, go back to over-hyping your mediocre games. Promise so much but deliver so little!

[Az1mov]

This freaking dude is so bitter and stupid. He should retire and go play some golf in Los santos

[OrangePowerz]

How can you say that? He is awesome, he made Theme Hospital, Populous, Black and White and so on.

[0pie]

First, i dont know who did this shity article but his name is Peter Molyneux....

Molyneux should not be taken seriously. This guy is a has been that never was.
Everything he say is biased toward who he work with or with what he's actually doing as a game.

i still wonder why people ask him question about game industry...

Also ; this video is really related about what peter molyneux said!

[JohnS1313]

What a moron. Please just shut your trap and never talk about gaming again. You never have anything to say worth listening to.

[theWB27]

Fable Creator - GTAV Sales "Not Impressive"

One of the very few articles that can bring N4G together in harmony and say....BS.

I can not stop playing this game. 20 hours in and still have 30 missions to complete plus all the side stuff. Haven't even touched the stock market. A+ R*

[UncleGermrod]

I gotta get a copy asap man. just afraid ill wind up failing at life as a result lol

[theWB27]

I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't. Me and daylight have been at odds since I plopped it in my system...luckily I work nights.

[CaptainPunch]

He's just looking for attention, he hasn't put out a good game in years. Dudes a relic.

[ChipChipperson]

$800 million dummy. How about you put that much effort into your games and make more than that on release, then you can talk shit. Until then, stick your games up your ass and shut your mouth.

[solidboss07]

What a prick!

[grassyknoll]

"Mobile games... achieving 3 to 5 million a day". That's not impressive, it's depressing.

[Angeljuice]

Thats over a billion a year, and continues for several years to come. GTA makes money far quicker, but it won't be making a billion a year in two years time and the initial costs and development time on phone apps are tiny compared to GTA.
Lifetime revenues on these (select few) phone apps is far greater than what can be expected from GTA. That is his point, although he did say it in a sensationalist manner.

[grassyknoll]

I understand his point, that's why it's so depressing.

[warczar]

what cell phone game makes a billion a year for multiple years? I have to know because I have just as many games on my phone as the next guy but I've never spent a dime on one. So I have to know, what ios game are people spending real money on?

[grailly]

how dare you make sense? we're hating on molyneux, here!

[Angeljuice]

Ok, I'm with you now (and I agree). ;-)

[xKugo]

Does this mean that Fable is going to sell faster?
I would love to see that happen, lol

[Heartnet]

He didnt compare it to fable or any of the games he has been involved in....

he is comparing to mobile games... which cost 1% of what gta cost to make and will take in the same amount of money but they will make 1000% of their intial investment..

spend $200-$400m creating a game to tkae back $1-1.5bil or create a game that cost $1m and take the same amount? your choice

[Dex37]

He's mad because he didn't create Grand Theft Auto but instead he created fable. Ooooooooo!!!!!! so close better luck next time

[Benchm4rk]

Easy to say when when 1 game will shatter sales of everything he has done combined. At least GTA 5 lived up to the hype. Same can not be said for any of his games

[Angeljuice]

I loved Black and White!!! That's about it though.

[tigertron]

Someone is butt hurt.

[Godmars290]

Someone is talking more about the business side of gaming and casual gamers rather than something more involving, complex and above all expensive than GTAV. About how a game of that level is a gamble of an investment in time and effort.

Where he's wrong however is criticizing or downplaying that gamble after its paid off. More so when his own gambles of that type failed to pay off, in part due to his lack of effort.

[Omran]

Peter i have one question for you

where is Project Milo or whatever it is ?

[jay2]

Awww, why? because it didn't work out that way with any of your games in terms of sale...........SHUT UP.

[WitWolfy]

Project Milo..... enough said...

[CalibriSerif]

wow! that guy is an idi0t!

[GamerXD]

Molynuex should f*cking shut up already. He's a jealous loser. He can't even make Fable a great game. So freaking lame. He keeps talking but he don't actually realize he's a moron. Anyway, Who the f*ck cares about Mobile games? It's for casual losers. Get over it Peter Molyshit.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

his career is "not impressive"

[Crazay]

You want to know what isn't impressive Pete? Making claims about a franchise you're working on and making grandiose promises and statements and continually failing(miserably too I might add) to deliver on them.

[MasterCornholio]

You wish that you had those sales with your games.

Nexus 7 2013

[ElementX]

Well, in honesty you see GTAV ads plastered everywhere from buses to buildings. Of course when you have a large portion of the population exposed to ads they're going to take notice, in addition to the popularity of the franchise. I think that what he means by mobile game sales being impressive is that they are almost all by word of mouth, which is the best advertising. You never see ads for mobile games plastered around the city. For a small game created in a basement to be raking in millions a day is very impressive.

[modesign]

someone sounds jealous of GTA. i bet every fable titles combined have sold less than either the ps3 or xbox version of GTAv

[Dagobert]

Your mom's not impressive.

Snap!

[PerkAHolic]

Peter Molynuex: Kanye West of the gaming industry.

[JeffGUNZ]

At least Kanye produced some good stuff here and again. This guy has murdered the Fable series.

[MakiSaad2]

He worked with Microsoft that explains why he is mentally retarded

[JeffGUNZ]

Don't try and make this have anything to do with Microsoft. The game is multiplat and I am sure MS is excited for the sales as well. This guy speaks for himself and is an idiot. Simple as that.

[cactusjack]

is the next fable game coming to ps4, do explain multiplat. peter has been a tool since he was in bed with microsoft,

[JeffGUNZ]

Sure, it's fine to dislike him, but to insinuate hate towards MS on an article that has nothing to do with MS is fanboy trolling.

I was not talking about the next fable game being a multiplat, I am talking about GTA V being a multiplat and not an MS or Sony exclusive so Sony and MS should be left out of this discussion.

[NarcolepZZZZZZ]

I want Milo DAMMIT!

[SoulSercher620]

Hes mad becuse Fable cant sell like GTA or be as good as GTA either.

[CrossingEden]

Pretty sure by unimpressed he really means unsurprised.

[ArtificiallyYours]

Peter cannot even smile without making me want to punch his fucking face.

[GirlOnFire]

Fable all together isn't "impressive."
^~^

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Did he just compare 3-5 million to 1 BILLION? O_o

Guy needs a lesson on math. GTAV sold quicker than Black Ops 2 and that speaks volumes.

[Run_bare]

wow, he is a moron, a guy full of jealousy.

[KrimsonKody]

He's hating.
He could only wish that Fable could sell $1+billion in a week ($800 million as of Sept 19th).

[KrimsonKody]

Do your research instead of being so trollicious;

http://variety.com/2013/dig...

[Cherchez La Ghost]

800 Million within 24hrs. ?!! I need some of that sheit he's smoking!!

[KrimsonKody]

^^^
Look up!

[Mister_G]

Dem grapes, they're so sour :-S

[KrimsonKody]

You too, look up up!

[ilovefatgirls]

unfortunately it was peter molynuex that said it poor guy lol
gonna probably get some seething remarks for this myself, but the sales arent impressive or even surprising considering the amount of coverage it was getting and lets face it when was the last time we had something with some scale and an iota of depth worth talking about or playing.
all gta's are the same but they make for some decent enough story telling and escapism

[linkenski]

Here's a good tip Molyneux. Make a good game for once and you can get good sales too. Don't be butthurt and stop claiming authority ffs. You shouldn't even be relevant.

[linkenski]

Fun fact: Molyneux loves bullshit.

[mediate-this]

Read the article, he is comparing it to mobile game sales

[windblowsagain]

When is his next game coming.

Fablah one.

[Hakoom]

when he coul create a game that could sell over 5% of what gta v sold then maybe he can say its no impresive..

[hankmoody]

To say that the game's take so far is not impressive is kinda ridiculous but if you read what he says about the mobile game industry and how much that's bringing in, his comments make a little more sense.

[Upstate8987]

I can't stand this guy. Ever since the Fable II hype machine he created. He's such a pompous ass

[aLiEnViSiToR]

Mad mode: ACTIVATED xD

[Einhert]

go make a good game instead of commenting peter.....oh wait

[SatanSki]

The bigest clown of video games industry have spoken...

[Tzuno]

Peter these days...

[Amerowolf]

Every time there is something everyone likes, Peter Molyneux swoops in to be a massive tool about it.

Must be hard when your games have gotten progressively worse instead of better.

[lifeordeath617]

of course those "mobile" games sell alot. They are just $3.99-$4.99 average. But to see a $59.99-149.99 console software title make $800 mill in 24 hours is impressive indeed. Thats not even including the people who are waiting for the GTA Online lol.

[EL Lanf]

Yo Rockstar, Imma real happy for you but Rovio made one of the best games of all time.

[metalgod88]

Wow, this dude is so in denial right now. GTA V is probably the biggest selling game of all time.

[WickedLester]

Perhaps he should focus on making Fable a GOOD franchise rather than commenting on the sales of other games.

[wannabe gamer]

Honestly its the gaming world that should be unimpressed with his weak offerings the last few years. He has flopped and flopped and flopped again and its starting to make him appear jaded.

[Discod99]

Just go away. Nobody likes you or your stupid crappy games.

[Clarence]

How about fable is not impressive.

[_LarZen_]

I see that allot of people did not read the article or did not understand it's message.

[wannabe gamer]

he says that mobile games making a few million per day are more impressive. sorry no they aren't. those arent games they are money milking machines and not worth even a 10th of GTA 5 in terms of actual quality or entertainment per dollar spent.

[_LarZen_]

I see you do not understand it either. This is not talk about what game is more impressing.

It's economics!

A mobile game game do not cost millions to make, and R* have to sell GTA5 games for $265 million before they start earning any money.

A mobile game is much more cheap to develop and the point where the developers starts to earn money is faster.

That was the point with this article. But how much GTA5 will earn in the end compared to a successful mobile game I do not know.

That would be interesting to see some numbers on.

[wannabe gamer]

i understand fine. what im telling youis that no matter how much money those milk machines make they will never earn the integrity and respect of a quality product. so if mr molyfail wants to make tons of cash then sure he can go ahead and do it in the mobile space with whatever cashgrabbing nickel and diming app he wants but it will never earn him the critically acclaimed respect that he so desperately seeks.

im sure if rockstar wanted to take over mobile apps and gaming and enter that market they could do it easily and blow everyone.

[colinf438]

I see you read the comment section in the article, nice copy and paste lol

[Phils_Libra]

According to what I heard from my morning news (CBS This Morning) yesterday as I was getting dressed to go to work, GTA5 raking in over $800 million in sales in its first day beat out launch day sales of any physical game, movie, or music album, to date. During a time when we've been seeing many game developers abandon AAA games and move to mobile platforms (like Molynuex here), and AAA game developers and publishers have gone under in the last few years, this news about GTA5's instant critical success is not only impressive, but also refreshing and hopefully restores developers and publishers faith that there is still a lucrative place in making great big budget AAA games in this industry. As much as I like some indie games too, AAA games are still my bread and butter, as a gamer.

[SaxScrotumz]

Peter Molynuex needs to be humbled Iron Sheik style old country way.

[cyberninja]

Fable creator is an idiot, no offence, it's just what he really is.

[Godlovesgamers]

You had me at "Molynuex".

[MadSientist89]

nice try peter, now kindly stfu and crawl back to your fantasy world of empty outcomes.

[Cuders]

sound like a hater to me, you're not impressed by the GTA V sells, Yet you cant even make a decent game? Shut up.

[isarai]

Oh shut up Peter, go make some more promises you can't keep

[Harmonizer]

I think what he is trying to say is, that it is expected because of where the game is coming from, its' budget, the IP etc. and therefore not "that" impressive.

Small no-name mobile games that costs litterally nothing to make, earning millions of dollars. That is quite thats impressive.

Anyways, i still believe he is a bit of an Asshole.

[TheGrimReaper0011]

Did fable than really made that much money?
Besides, that proves that he is a pure business asshole.
He only thinks about money, where rockstar spend 265 MILLION ( i think =P ) dollars to make a great game
Fable IMO is fucking pathetic! Specially because the douche said that he was trying to make the greatest RPG ever.
Next time, he should try making it fun

[TheGrimReaper0011]

This guy needs to be shut up
When he said he wanted to make the greatest RPG ever, I got excited, but also disbelieved him. Like "Really? You better bring it then!" And Fable wasn't nowhere NEAR being the best RPG ever.
I honestly dont understand why this dude comes out and says this. Why would you care? Are you like EA now? Good press, bad press, so long as i get attention!
Maybe you should start making your own fucking games half decent before you critise others, you dick!

[Leio]

All talk and no substance

[jjb1981]

That's what separates casuals and hardcore. This game will last another 5-6 years. Candy crush will die out like every other mobile game does. Rockstar has produced a quality game. They're not charging people 99 cents every time they die. If they did they'd be making 5 million a day also. He's trying to downplay its success for attention.

[bromtown]

The best thing I can say about Fable is that you can shit your pants in Fable 2 which is quite amusing for 5 minutes. Other than that this guy has no right to say anything about other people's games. I think the gaming media should just blacklist the twat.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Oh Petey! I think your having some envy issues. Go give Milo a hug and it will be better.

[menghina]

Hahaha this troll face again go back in your little cube thing.

[LetoAtreides82]

I wonder why Peter Molynuex is stuck developing kickstarter games like Godus with £526,563 while RockStar makes a billion bucks in three days. Probably has something to do with his inability to to shut up, always promising things he can't deliver.

[knoxin]

some has sour grapes

[Soc5]

Doing something that's never been done before is usually impressive.

[colinf438]

I'm assuming the sales have surpassed a billion dollars by now... I'd say that's impressive, unlike small, money hemorrhaging apps.

[jakmckratos]

Remember when Fable III was great? Yeah me neither.

[AtomicGerbil]

What a prick!

[SITH]

The nerve to say something like that. 240 million to make... 1 billion in sales.

[SSJBen]

Says the guy who's always overpromised in his games... lol

[_cyrax]

Never heard of this guy till today, and to think he has something to say about a well-known game like gta series

[silvacrest]

peter, just STFO and make a decent game

and how about not talking shit when your last three games have been complete ass...

[Thomaticus]

Yeah, Fable is going to sale twice as fast as GTA V. (in some alternate universe...)

Why not say congratulations? Peter seemed more professional than this... maybe he was paraphrased.."incorrectly ."

[Aleithian]

There's a level of self-delusion that can only be reached by a few people. Bush. Obama. Hitler. Molyneux.

[buynit]

Damn you just compared bush and obama to hitler... That is delusional in its self.

[Aleithian]

Qua self-delusional, yes, I did, and with justice. I suggest you look up the meaning of the words "qua" and "compare." You see, "compare" does not mean "equate". I can, for instance, "compare" Bush to Hitler insofar as both launched wars of aggression without "equating" the extent of the wars they began. I can "compare" Obama to Hitler insofar as they both oversee domestic spying operations without "equating" the invasiveness of those spying operations. Similarly, I can "compare" Bush and Obama to Hitler insofar as they are all self-delusional, without "equating" the extent of their self-delusion. Now please take your pettiness elsewhere.

[Dante81]

Peter Molynuex is such a weiner. His face is so perfectly punchable.

[mahmoods26]

You know what Peter there's perspectives and then there's misinformation. bout 80% of mobile games barely sell above 100,000 copies. Only games that are massively marketed sell in those numbers. GTAV making 800 million is damn impressive on any level. Try making a game that's as innovative as this rather than just talking about making one.

[Baka-akaB]

Precisely , a selection of mobile games make those numbers he boast about . And half of those comes from already biug mobile game publishers like Rovio or Gameloft .

he barely have a point there , its a model swapping out EA for say Galmeloft . Garage dwelling coders having a break out mega hit arent that common , even in the mobile world .

Not to mention the amount of published/self published games far exceed the one in the usual console and pc market .

Way more fishes in the ocean , and only a selection coming out ahead

[1nsomniac]

He's so out of touch with life & everything in it. How can one man be so wrong about so many things & continuously fail but yet still feel relevant!?

[buynit]

I wonder the same thing, this guy is starting to get on my nerves as much as jack thompson

[TheFamous1]

What a fucking idiot.

[CarnageXB]

1 billion in sales in just a few days isn't impressive?

[JasonX43]

This, kids, as a true example of haterism! People that say negative stuff when something positive happens are what REALLY grind my gears!!!

[urwifeminder]

I am not impressed either but than again I am not in the industry will be waiting for a $20 pc version.

[just-joe]

I'm Molynuex, where's your billion dollar selling game?

[MonkeyOne]

GTA V is the Walmart of games.

It serves up the cheapest product and appeals to the lowest form of consumer there is: Typical Americans.

If this piece of tawdry trash loses to TLOU for GOTY i'll be very disappointed.

[Ashby_JC]

I usually dont comment about this fellow Peter M.

But he is an idiot.

So he is more impressed with "Candy Crush" and the like...OK

GO make games for mobile devices!!

I think he is clearly HATING that NOTHING he develops on consoles will EVER match the sales of ANY GTA game.

[bohemian 23]

Hey Pete, quit talking because that's all you do. If he spent half as much time making his game do and play how he says it will, instead of worrying about another devs success. He would be able to make a good game. Fable was the start to something that could have been great, but instead went down the crapper IMO.

[Orionsangel]

You know what we're not impressed with? Your Fable games.

*SHUTS DOOR!*

[buynit]

I felt the same about your games too..

[Ima9er4Life]

That guy is just hating thats all. Fable games never sold for 800mil in 24hrs. He is an annoying old fart, that rides microsoft's nuts, might as well cuz xbox and peter have something in common....they both are a lying piece of shit to get you to buy there product. Fuck micronerds

[RandomGamer]

Peter Molynuex is one of if not the most overrated person in gaming

[americanGTA]

Fable?

[jmidd00]

Peter is sooo over rated. The best he ever did in the gaming industry has come and gone! He has modest achievement and it hurts to see R* surpass his ambitions.

[MicDude]

C'mon man, $1 billion in 3 days is pretty impressive. Give credit where credit is due.

[cellur111]

How is that not impressive, Gta5 made over 800 million in a day and over a billion in 3. Has fable ever done that? I didn't think so.

[Makkanchor]

Fable wasnt so great of a game

[Gamer666]

Peter only wishes his games would do as good as GTA...

[dj3boud]

Said the guy with the fake kinect demo and the annually rehashed game. Will not value your input, thank you.

[darthkai]

Rather than roam free in a living, breathing world carefully crafted by years of hard work, Peter Molynuex would rather play Godus, a game where you sculpt your own boring and simplistic world by dragging layers of land back and forth. Peter Molynuex doesn't want a game that challenges him, that makes him start off with nothing and dares him to show what he's made of, he wants a game that reassures him he's god and gives him the power to shape earth from the get go.

[BlueTemplar]

Just about every single one of the mobile games he's talking about are "not impressive", just like Molyneuxs output for the last 20 years.

[jersey_kidd]

Peter needs to stop messing his own game i.e Fable III instead of hating on Rockstar's success. Five years $280 mil to develop this game i say thats dedication and their hard work has paid off big time!!! greatest game this generation

[spike]

Greatest game ever

[memots]

you know whats not impressive ? Any of your games since 2004 or Black and white.

You need to take a step back Peter. I used to be a huge fan of yours but this whole selling out thing has taken the best out of you.

We need another populous and Dungeon Keeper or even powermonger on genesis was awesome.