Grand Theft Auto V Sells One Million Copies in Just a Day

GTA V has been released and according to various stats, Rockstar’s open-world title has already broken the one million sales barrier. According to Steam Spy there are currently almost one million users on Steam that own Grand Theft Auto V.

[ape007]

GTA V is literally PHENOMENAL, sales wise, quailty wise...With rich history and maintained great consistency throughout the years!

Rockstar North, Hats Off, a huge fan since Body Harvest on N64!

[Crimzon]

Shame that this thinking allows Rockstar to get away with whatever they want, like repeatedly reducing the amount of money players can earn in GTA Online so they can sell more of their DLC Shark Cards.

Sucks seeing a good game ruined with disgraceful DLC practices, but they get away with it because they're Rockstar and everyone loves GTA.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

lol man please. Who even buys those?

[exnoob]

Sorry, I was meant to agree with you. Take a bubble instead.

[MasterBaker]

Money glitches are the way to go, I have 50million dollars in GTA online right now.

[yezz]

If you do all heists with the same crew, you can earn couple of millions just by doing those... Only lazy people buy those cards.

I've earned 12.6 million just by doing missions, heists and races with my friends. There is no way that you are going to need those shark cars.

[BattleAxe]

Who cares about the online portion. If you're buying a GTA game to play online, then you're buying it for all the wrong reasons.

[Kleptic]

^you're aware this isn't a new game, right?

what about everyone that beat it, you know, almost 2 years ago? If they buy GTA V again mostly for the online additions made, they're buying it for 'all the wrong reasons'?

get over yourself...

[paul-p1988]

@Kwiet "lol man please. Who even buys those? "

The $60million dollars Rockstar made in THE FIRST YEAR of GTA Online solely through the sale of Shark Cards says that quite a few people did

[porkChop]

Actually, with the Heists update, Rockstar set all the payouts and stuff back to normal. If a job is a $9,000 job, it will give you $9,000 every time you do that job. Whereas before, you would get a significantly reduced payout. Since the Heists update it is WAY easier to make money. Rockstar finally fixed the biggest problem with GTA Online. The Shark cards are no longer necessary to enjoy the game.

[Minute Man 721]

I thought Rare did Body Harvest

[JJShredder]

It was called DMA Design which became Rockstar North.

My god, I would love a current-gen Body-Harvest game!

[SilentNegotiator]

It's literally the only GTA game that I could be bothered to finish. I love GTA5.

[starchild]

Yeah, it's doing wonderfully and smashing records all along the way.

To put these PC figures in perspective, first realize that these are only the numbers sold on Steam, so the actual total figure will be somewhat higher. Also consider that it took both the PS4 and XB1 combined to reach about 3 million sold after a WEEK.
http://n4g.com/news/1630764...

So for the game to sell a million copies on Steam in only 24 hours is pretty impressive. Especially considering it's releasing much later and many people have already played it on their consoles and moved on.

[Saryk]

I bought two copies on Greenman gaming. I was shocked to see that they were not Steam keys but Rockstar keys.

[UltraNova]

"Also consider that it took both the PS4 and XB1 combined to reach about 3 million sold after a WEEK"

What you forgot to consider yourself is that console gamers bought 30 million copies already and its safe to say that most of the next gen owners could have already played the game.

Let me elaborate further, the ps3 and 360 sold 11.2 million copies in 24HOURS. So a measly 1+ million on PC is nothing to put it lightly.

http://www.guinnessworldrec...

Anw, its no surprise PC gamers rushed to get the game after almost 2 years of waiting. With that upcoming MOD support who wouldn't?

[DARK WITNESS]

I would just like to point out...

I bought the 360 version
the PS4 version
and the xbox one version

If I had a pc powerful enough I would buy it again for PC.

The only thing that is bugging me about the console versions (mostly the xboxone version which is what I play the most) is the horrible whitewashed filter. I didn't realise what it was at first but the 1.25 update removed it and the difference became clear, and then 1.26 added it back.

Personally I hate it.

other then that, the game i think is a technical master piece!

[decrypt]

This should be a big red flag in the face of Rockstar. Perhaps they will finally fold and give PC releases the same priority as Consoles.

Its no doubt its been console makers money hatting rockstar to delay the PC version so more people are forced to buy consoles. This however should make Rockstar think again, specailly considering PC versions tend to sell for a very long long time. Unlike console versions of games that die of few months post launch, PC versions just keep selling.

@Saryk

Bought the game of Greenman gaming too, 22% off not bad. I almost never pay 60usd for a PC game.

[BassMan125]

Fun fact : GTA V PC hasn't been cracked yet. And they said the protection is more complex than denuvo. Many people ended giving up and bought the game.

Great job Rockstar!

[Linwelin]

You can get the game for £16 it's not worth pirating an amazing game like this. GMG China was selling it for £16. I got my copy from Nuuvem for £20

[rainslacker]

I don't disagree with you, but didn't GTA5 sell something over 10 million in a week on consoles upon release?

1 million for a port is pretty respectable profit wise. I dunno why people try so hard to get Rockstar to do PC first/same time. They never have for GTA, even when GTA wasn't that amazing.

I don't know if money-hatting had anything to do with it. I know it's been there for DLC, but not the game. But here's a thought, if console makers are money hatting, then maybe Steam should start money hatting too. Or be proactive and do what these companies are doing to get these perks. You can complain about it until the cows come home, but in the end, money talks, and it sucks, but that's the way it is.

[SunnyZ]

@rainslacker
Why do people keep saying this is a port.
After having played the game this is 100% NOT a port.
The engine was built from the ground up with PC in mind.
Yes, console and PC share the same game assets, obviously. But the engine is the MAIN thing, and it is not a port.

[Kleptic]

^and not to mention...the first GTA's very much were 'PC games' initially...GTAI was released on MS-Dos in 1997, and ported to PS1 in 98...

sequels followed the same routine...

it wasn't until GTA3 that it became a console-centric franchise...

[Kidmyst]

Should also show Developers PC gaming is not dead like many people think it is.

[aviator189]

This game is unstoppable in every sense, literally.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Probably the only game I will ever buy 3 times

[jagstar44]

Been downloading it all day, at 34gb -_-

[XB1_PS4]

You're still using free AOL disks eh?

[TheFirstClassic]

My download speed on steam is usually 2.2 mb/s, but it was 150 kb/s yesterday. Probably because of all the traffic with everyone buying and downloading the game, I was only at 2% downloaded after two hours. The speed is back to normal now though, I'm up to 30% after two hours.

[XB1_PS4]

@Cpayne

Wow, I actually had no issues downloading it yesterday. It took 1h20m to download the whole thing at around 11mbps.

[TheFirstClassic]

I feel your pain. I actually wasn't going to buy this game on pc though, but a friend of mine whom I'm steam game sharing with did, so I'm downloading it now.

[wakeNbake]

Well of course it did its GTA.

[traumadisaster]

I bought retail so I'm not on steam while playing. Btw for 37.99 with GCU at bestbuy.

[DarthSocio]

I've sort of lost all hype for the story DLC now tbh, They've made us wait almost 2 years for it. Just put out GTA 6 instead :/

[Jalva]

Edit: Replied to wrong person.

[Sir_Simba]

When GTA v made a billion, activision started bragging about how they send a billion worth of copies to retailers for COD Ghost.

GTA V most expensive game ever made, activision bragged about spending 500 million on destiny franchise

GTA V sells a million on Pc after a 2 years release on consoles, activision will bring destiny to PC say they almost almost sold a million copies in a few days (they will never give the exact number)
Rockstar has made a money printing franchise.

[Epicon]

Not to be a joykill, but that isn't that impressive considering GTA5 sold 11.2 million in one day one PS3+360. That was two months before the launch of the PS4 and XB1 as well. Unless sales outside of steam account for much more.

[MasterCornholio]

Well in terms of PC sales its very good.

:)

[gamernova]

Considering that there are more consoles out there than there are gaming PCs, it is. See, you're assuming that there are a comparable amount of gaming PCs out there to the consoles and that just isn't true. So if you factor the percentage of purchases based on capable gaming PCs in comparison with how many of a console were sold and how many people bought GTA V for that particular console (compare with one console only) then you get more telling information. It is difficult, of course, to define exactly what constitutes a gaming PC. For example, I wouldn't call a PC that can run LoL a gaming PC necessarily. It can be but LoL isn't particularly graphics intensive.

[Death]

Spoken like a true console gamer. According to this, there are over 900 million PC gamers. http://www.forbes.com/sites...

You may want to rethink just how big your console world really is. My gaming rig is a couple years older than my PS4 and Xbox One. It still outperforms them both by a pretty big margin. If I want to increase the amount, a trip to my neighborhood electronics store and a little bit of cash will make it happen.

[2pacalypsenow]

@death

So you are saying that out of those 900 million PC gamers only over 1 million play GTA day one ? vs 11 million out of 100 mil on ps3/xb360

[gamernova]

I am an exclusive PC gamer other than my 3DS! LOL

See, PC gamers aren't all created equal. Some PC gamers have hardware that can handle GTA and some don't. You can still be a PC gamer and have a PC that can't handle GTA but I am not speaking about that. I am talking about the amount of PCs out there that actually have the capability of handling GTA V. So I am saying that it isn't fair to say that 1 million isn't as impressive as the whatever million seen on one particular console. The thing to see is how many gamers who have a capable machine first and compare the ratio of how many of the capable pc owners actually bought GTA to the ratio of people who bought the PS3 for example and actually bought the game.

I am implying that the PC sales may possibly have a comparable ratio to one console in terms of ratio ( don't know the actual numbers)

I really have no idea how that makes me a console gamer lol I am sticking up for the PC.

[uth11]

I call BS on that 900 million number. That means like 1 in every 6 people on this planet is a PC gamer, including all third-world countries. I don't even think 1 out of 6 people in first world countries are PC gamers, unless you count Facebook games. I suspect that's the key to it.

[Death]

You can understand 260+ million people own a PS3, 360 or Wii, but you can't understand 900 million being PC gamers? It's cool that you call BS on this stat, but can you back it up?

Steam has 75 million unique users.
League of Legends has 70 million users.
Cross Fire has 100 million users.
http://www.forbes.com/sites...

What do you think the attach rate is for these games and services?

@Myst
I do the majority of my gaming on consoles. I am also a PC gamer. PC gaming has always been much bigger than console gaming. Understanding reality does not make you an elitist. It just makes you better informed.

[xxzerkerrxx]

you are forgetting something very important.

this is only steam through digital sales.

and its quite unfair to compare pc to xbox and ps combined in a game that took almost 2 years

[Lon3wolf]

That's just Steam figures though, not retail and Rockstar :D

[hiredhelp]

Your right lonewolf waiting for someone to notice this.

[hello12]

Most people claim they have high end PC's but the reality is most PC gamers have crappy machines its one of the reasons league of legends and dota are so popular any computer can play them games.

Piracy is another thing killing PC gaming, but its also getting harder for the pirates to crack games.

You can buy GTA5 by directlink and other sources online doesn't have to be all steam!

[Eldyraen]

I agreed in part as I'm sure there are a ton of of gamers that do have less powerful pcs but you don't need the best to run most games today and besides graphics cards most pcs sold today can run games fine. We are only now seeing CPUs from several yars ago become minimum requirements in fact.

Mobas are popular as they are easy, short entertainment--a game or two on them last around an hour or bit more and often less. They're just simple fun (some smiler than others) which is easy to fit into a schedule. They're sort of just above mobile/Facebook games though in a lot of people eyes but I could care less as I got hooked back in Warcraft 3 days (Aos/dota/etc). I have spent more time on mobas or mmos than probably every other game genre combined and regret nothing.

Pirating exists of course and it's far from a nonissue but it's not like all pc gamers do it. People just like to throw it out because it's a truth but not as much of a relevant one as it used to be. Granted for some games it's a huge loss of profit for companies but most people that pirate were never going to buy the game anyways. The losses are inflated by that simple fact even if it is still wrong to do so.

[ShottyGibs]

And the best part is most of those crappy machines still outpace the consoles

[Seafort]

I don't have the PC version on steam as I activated on Social Club launcher so yes there is more places that count than steam.

Quite a few online retailers such as Greenman Gaming and Nuuvem had Social Club keys and not steam keys.

I got the game from GMG myself.

Approx. 1 million sold in a day is really good for PC as games tend to sell over the long term and don't just fizzle out like console sales do in the first month.

[starchild]

Considering the game has already come out on so many platforms, to be getting this many sales in one day on the PC is quite phenomenal.

A lot of fans and others interested in the game would have likely not wanted to wait to play the game and would have just bought the game for whatever console they owned at the time. Many of these people would not buy the game again on PC no matter how much better it looks.

The PS3 and 360 were mature platforms with large installed bases and they were the first platforms the game released on, so of course the sales were going to be highest there.

The other thing is that the PC has the largest selection of games to choose from so sales are spread out among more titles and games tend to continue to sell well over a much longer period of time.

[Psychotica]

Not really fair compare the sale of GTA at first release to a release that is 18 months later. At first release nobody has played it at all and the hype is massive. I would be surprised if the PS4 sales were anywhere near the PS3\360 sales numbers.

[playstation4epic]

Ps4 xbone sold 10 million.

[ScamperCamper]

No surprise here. It's going to be the best value in a game EVER. If you can't get your moneys worth from this purchase then there is something wrong with you.

[MasterCornholio]

Well its a great game so it's no surprise that it sold so well.

:)

[gamernova]

God I love these numbers. I wish I could rub this in the face of people that think that all PC gamers are pirates. PC gaming looking strong!! :)

[Christopher]

I wouldn't say that these numbers really disprove that concept.

Day 1 on consoles: 11.21 million
Sold so far on consoles: 45 million
Day 1 on PC: 1 million

While good numbers, it's obvious more people paid for the game on consoles than PC. And, it's also more likely that people who wanted it on PC but played on consoles first might pirate rather than double dipping for the same game.

[IrishSt0ner]

Those numbers are biased. You can not compare day one sales for the new GTA to a remaster. Many gamers would have bought the first release.

The remaster sold 1.8million in its first month on current gen consoles.

The remaster sold 1million day one on steam alone, and likely the same overall as it took consoles a month to reach.

That's a fairer comparison, albeit not without its own flaws.

[Christopher]

***Those numbers are biased. You can not compare day one sales for the new GTA to a remaster. Many gamers would have bought the first release. ***

Those numbers aren't biased. They are exactly what they are. I think you mean to say that my assumption may be biased due to the interpretation of the numbers.

***The remaster sold 1.8million in its first month on current gen consoles. ***

And sold 10m in 4 months on XBO and PS4... It also released in November, not a period where there were no new games to compete with it. I think your number is off a bit, though, since I can't find that at all but can find the 10m amount from February articles on total sales of the series on consoles.

Source: http://www.polygon.com/2015...

***The remaster sold 1million day one on steam alone, and likely the same overall as it took consoles a month to reach. ***

Other than not thinking your figure is correct, that still does absolutely nothing to support your claim that piracy is not a thing to be concerned with on PC.

Edit: 30% of day 1 on consoles make up total sales. Taking that, then you will see a 3m after 4-6 months on PC, which is still less than those sold on just the PS4/XBO, let alone 7th generation consoles. I think if people didn't pirate and bought instead we would see a good 2m day one on PC if it wasn't there. That's just my opinion.

[Seafort]

And who's fault is that for delaying the game for 2 years on PC and then expect PC gamers to buy a 2 year old game for full price?

I managed to get it a bit cheaper but not by much. If Rockstar was expecting massive sales from a platform they really don't give 2 shits about they have another thing coming :)

To me 1 million sales on first day is pretty damn good for PC version.

Now how about you split each platform up and compare those numbers instead of clumping all the consoles together and comparing it to 1 platform, the PC.

[gamernova]

Your numbers are based on the premise that there are just as many capable GTA V PCs out there as there are consoles for one particular platform. I don't think there is. Although there maybe a lot of PC gamers out there, not all of them have a system that can handle GTA. I think one million on day one is an amazing figure to ignorant people who think all PC gamers are pirates. We really need the numbers comparing purchases per capable pc and get the ratio to really get telling information, though.

You made assumption based on those numbers though. You didn't simply just state them.

You said that the numbers don't really disprove piracy and you're right. But you're wrong if you think no one ever said that all PC gamers are pirates. Hell, when I started PC gaming a lot of my friends said it must be nice never having to pay for a game. You would be surprised at the amount of ignorance as it relates to PC gamers.

The ratio doesn't exist and never will? Wow, you must be some elite psychic or something You sure make a lot of generalizations based on no information. The numbers are what matters but the numbers serve as a function of other numbers. In order to completely understand what numbers mean, you have to know how they interact as a function to what we are comparing them to. Saying that no one ever said all PC gamers are pirates is running on the assumption you know what everyone has ever said...ever. Furthermore, saying that ratios cannot be built based on hardware profiles to detect PC capability is also very narrow minded.

I am not saying that piracy does not exist. I am simply focusing on the ignorant few that firmly believe PC gaming is all about piracy.

[Christopher]

***And who's fault is that for delaying the game for 2 years on PC and then expect PC gamers to buy a 2 year old game for full price? ****

Supports my thoughts on piracy being a factor even more, wouldn't you say?

***Now how about you split each platform up and compare those numbers instead of clumping all the consoles together and comparing it to 1 platform, the PC.***

11m on PS3/360 alone, so let's say 50/50 and you still have 5.5m apiece.

I don't have day 1 on PS4/36, but assuming the usual 30%, it would be at least 3.3m, 1.65m apiece for PS4/XBO (though, highly doubt that for XBO since it sold about 1/3 as many compared to the PS4 in total).

So, I'd say PC alone probably outsold XBO, but not any other console.

I still think that w/o piracy, it would have sold at least 2m, possibly even more.

***Your numbers are based on the premise that there are just as many capable GTA V PCs out there as there are consoles for one particular platform.***

My numbers don't say any such thing. My numbers are directly from R* and inform you of the sales patterns of the game on 7th and 8th generation consoles. That is it.

***I think one million on day one is an amazing figure to ignorant people who think all PC gamers are pirates.***

First, no one thinks all PC gamers are pirates. Second, my numbers only go to disprove that piracy isn't an issue just because of 1m day one sales on PC. I know a ton of people who are downloading this game illegally right now. Most of them owned and played the game on 7th and/or 8th gen consoles already.

***We really need the numbers comparing purchases per capable pc and get the ratio to really get telling information, though.***

No such thing exists and never will. You're essentially saying that piracy cannot be a discussion because we are unable to ever get the numbers even though we have countless developers who see how many times their games are pirated versus how many are sold on a regular basis and say that piracy is a thing and it does take sales away from them.

[starchild]

Ok, first of all, of course the sales are going to be highest for the platforms it first releases on. The sales are generally going to drop off on each successive platform. That's just common sense.

Second of all, why are you adding in data about how the game sold on 4 different consoles over the long haul and comparing it to day one sales on the PC? I'm sorry, but that just makes it seem like you are trying to make the PC look bad. There's no other reason for it. The PC will obviously have its own long term sales figures that we can revisit later. The PC of all platforms tends to have games "slow burn" over the long haul.

It should also be pointed out that these are the figures from Steam alone. While Steam is certainly the largest seller of PC games, it's not the only one.

Finally, its not very realistic or fair to compare the PC, a single platform, against several different console platforms added together.

If you wanted a reasonable comparison you would have listed the day 1 sales for each platform. The rest of that stuff is irrelevant.

[IrishSt0ner]

Bias refers to the selector, not the mathematical object.. any capable reader knows the definition of my sentence. Granted, on semantics, you're technically correct.

I used these suggested Nov'14 NPD numbers:

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.bi...

The point of my argument was to say it's a better comparison. I think GTA V PC will outsell 8th generation console versions over time, or at least come very close. If GTA6 were to release simultaneously the ratio would not be anywhere near as large as 11:1.

I have never claimed piracy is not a thing to be concerned with, it has crippled the PC gaming industry for many years.

My view is with the correct content delivery soultions it can be sucessfully combated, and is happening right now on Steam.

GTA IV sold abysmally on PC, not entering overall NPD game sales. GTA V PC may very well top this months games sales, and yes agreed it would sell a lot more if piracy wasn't so rampant... however in my opinion the trend is going significantly in the right direction.

[Christopher]

*** I'm sorry, but that just makes it seem like you are trying to make the PC look bad. There's no other reason for it.***

Wait... You can make the PC look all awesome, but I can't present anything that contradicts "how awesome"?

***If you wanted a reasonable comparison you would have listed the day 1 sales for each platform. The rest of that stuff is irrelevant.***

I did...

***I have never claimed piracy is not a thing to be concerned with, it has crippled the PC gaming industry for many years.***

Did you fail to see the comment I responded to originally, then? It did claim such a thing.

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Look, people are getting bent out of shape of seeing bigger numbers elsewhere. That's not to say that 1m sold on PC is not a good thing, but I was responding to someone who thought this mean that piracy was not a thing to be concerned with on PC. My figures showed that the day 1 sales on PC just can't be used to make that sort of statement. It's not supporting it. It just is.

At no time did I ever say anything about the day 1 sales being bad, PC being anything inferior or crappy, or anything of the like. My whole point was... don't use 1m sold on day 1 on PC as a way of saying that piracy isn't a problem on PCs... that's not a statement you should make and the numbers don't support it.

Edit: And if you need to see why I brought this up at all, look at the comment to which I was responding.

[xxzerkerrxx]

piracy ? there is not even a crack out yet.

[LordSane]

Those numbers just conform that many PC gamers own a console and unlike console only gamers don't want to rebuy the same game twice.

[WizzroSupreme]

Grand Theft Auto V deserves it. Such a fantastic game.

[Activemessiah]

Well played.

[hangdang]

But PC gamers don't buy games??

[TRASHBOAT___]

we also dont suck genitals

[JokerDem]

Ofcourse it did, I'm playing it still at this very moment, quality game.

[iistuii]

I just had a go on my pals running at 1440p with it nearly maxed out & running at 60fps & I just thought it looked miles better than I'd played on my PS4. It's so clear & the detail just stands out so much more. And those jaggies are ironed out. I only finished it a while back so I will wait for it to come down in price & I will get it & although my monitor is only 1080p my GTx780 should run it fine. Great sales on topic..

[WeAreLegion]

What CPU? I'm hoping I can do 60 fps 1080p on this with my rig.

[sourav93]

If I remember correctly, you're sporting a 770, right? Preliminary benchmarks from multiple sites show that the 770 can run it on max at 1080p at around 50 to 60 fps. Dial down a couple of settings and you'll get your 1080p/60fps sweet spot.

Or I could be completely wrong and you've got a different GPU :P

[iistuii]

I've overclocked my i5 to 4.5, but 99% of my games can run max settings & from what my friends PC had when I played it earlier has the same CPU but a 780ti & he was running it 1440p so I'm sure I'd be fine at 1080p.

[WeAreLegion]

Thanks for the info, guys! Helpful bubbles all around!

[F0XHOUND]

GTA is literally the beast of all games. Bloodborne just hit 1million, to put GTA's size into perspective! The two can't be compared of course, 1million is huge for bloodborne and if it can total 3-5million that'd be insane. GTA, even after multi plat last gen, multi this gen.... it still draws stupid numbers DAY 1 on PC.

Beast!

[Artemidorus]

Why have people got to drag consoles into this? It's a PC moment let them have it.

[spence52490]

Hit agree if you've bought this three!!

[BassMan125]

And with summer sale is getting near I bet that number will double easily.
There's no reason now to abandon PC for Red Dead Redemption 2 now, huh, Rockstar?

[TeamLeaptrade]

I expected it to sell a lot. I wonder how much sales they'll make this month.

[Maul_T_Pass]

That's impossible because all PC gamers download their games illegally... /sarcasm

[Skankinruby]

Never for the life of me will i understand why people love this game so much.

[iistuii]

I suppose it's just what people like. I get what you say though. I played Bloodbourne & I wouldn't give it a 2 let lone the 9's & 10's it's getting.

[Psychotica]

You can't understand huge open world do whatever you want type of game with tons of things to do and explore??

[--bienio--]

Rockstar take a look at what Pc players are Now:) don't forget this when Tou announce RDR2 :)

[Stapleface]

I'm glad to be one of those buyers. The game is finally at the quality it deserves. It runs fantastic online and off on my pc. I for one am glad they took all this time to polish the pc version. The attention to detail in this game is just crazy.

[i8urCAKE]

why are people in comments talking about pc vs console sales? it doesn't matter

[MultiConsoleGamer]

My favorite game in the series. Well deserved success. PC version is absolutely the definitive version.

I'm going to have to change my screen name as it really seems that PC is the way to go this gen. Congratulations Rockstar!

[Kran]

And that's just Steam alone...

[KontryBoy706]

And console fanboys say all PC gamers just pirate and never buy games unless they are on sale.... LIES