COGconnected Writes: Today on COG Considers, it looks like in-game advertisements are making a comeback! This time a full month after the game's release!
Take-Two Interactive Software announced new sales numbers for Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and more of its games.
That's 5 million sales for GTA5 in 2.5 months. That's 2 million sales for RDR2 sales in 8 months. There are game companies that would kill to have 2 million sales within 8 months of release, let alone 3 years later.
GTA5 will be the best selling game this year if it releases for SeriesX and PS5. Without those releases, it will fall within the top 3 best selling games. Insane.
So I think it's Minecraft and then Tetris whose sales are unattainable for the foreseeable future.
Well, I would assume the biggest games of 2021 in terms of sales would be Call of Duty 2020, Call of Duty 2021, Halo Infinite, Forza, a Nintendo game, Far Cry 6, Grand Theft Auto 5, Diablo 2, and Battlefield.
Call of Duty 2020 - From Jan to Dec, there's lots of time to sell
Call of Duty 2021 - Generally CoD or Rockstar have the best selling game each year
Halo Infinite - I would bet on Halo, but gamepass has me confused on what sales will be.
Forza - Same as Halo, less popular
Nintendo - Since the Switch had been out, they have had a game in the top 5. This year might be New Horizons again.
Far Cry 6 - Never realized how big this franchise was. FC5 sold about 6 million copies week one, if I'm correct.
Diablo - Another Blizzard releases sells large amounts.
Battlefield - People want something to take on CoD.
Predictions:
1. CoD 2021
2. Halo Infinite
3. GTA5 with re-release
4. Far Cry 6
5. Battlefield
6. Diablo
7. Nintendo game
8. Forza
Prediction, but I probably won't be too far off. Horizon might makes its way in there because of PS4. Couple of other heavy hitters, but I think this will be close.
Thats an impressive number for sure, but the game has been out for 7-8yrs, and most would be re-purchases on new systems since its been available on PS3 PS4 X360 X1 and PC and that number will go up once they release another version for PS5 and Im sure Series X....goes to show that people will buy the same thing again and again, NIntendo taught everyone that with the Wii, WiiU and Switch.....sad for gamers but great for these companies that only spend minimal money and rake in the cash...
GTA was ranked as the 13th highest grossing game franchise of all time a few years ago ( https://www.titlemax.com/di... It’s probably higher up the list now. Crazy how R* has been able to generate so many sales of GTA , despite the franchise being relatively infrequently released.
The games pale in comparison to the merchandise sales, which is where Pokemon has made its real money.
It doesn't matter if its been out for 7-8 years: show me a game that has been out for that long with these numbers. And blaming Nintendo here is a bit forced
But that would leave many microtransactions without a home, and someone at Take-Two will have to wait a few months as the new install base grows before getting their gold-plated shark tank bar.
you should check out Strange Man's newest video on YouTube. He discovered a new easter egg in RDR2 that teases the GTA 6 location. It metaphorically mentions the internal struggle at Rockstar and how they're having trouble deciding on whether to continue with GTA Online or move on to the next project. It was kind of depressing to watch
In my opinion, this still feels like it would be much more impressive if it weren't a multi-platform/generation title.
Yes, and it too was multiplatform. Wii Sports, for example, was 82 million on one platform.
I didn't say it wasn't impressive, I just chose not to scale it in my opinion. But to try to answer your question, in a sense, it just feels like cheating. I suppose I'm used to console titles being of their generation and not getting a re-release every gen since their inception, outside Tetris, of course.
So, what makes this milestone impressive to you?
Well if you wouldn't copy me you wouldn't know that. But hey, maybe bad decisions come in a set?
Wii Sports came with every Wii and is a child-friendly game. GTA V is 18+ and still sold nearly double.
Interesting look at it, and I didn't even consider the rating, MajorLazer. But I will say GTA V has the advantage of being a proven IP, had an extra boost from PC sales, and houses online multiplayer, which, let's face it, is the reason it's still selling 8 years later because most everyone have already beat it.
People are pissed at Rockstar and saying that they are taking too long but I’m tired of great series churning out mediocre entries.
I love the fact that Rockstar takes it time and when it does release we get an absolute generation defining banger.
There is a reason why Rockstar’s games sit at 95+ metacritic every generation. Quality like RDR2 and GTAV takes time.
We allllll know that when GTA6 drops it is going to be out of this world.
And I think more companies should do that instead of releasing the same drivel every year.
Appreciate your thoughts on this. Got me to think about it differently and I now am in complete agreement with this take on R*. I wish they didn't do so much milking of their two previous games, but if the next entries are also incredible, can't be too upset.
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I'm sure there is a market for in-game advertisements. I think multiplayer games can benefit from being cheaper and having a bigger player base and making up for it with advertising. If a game has 1,000,000 players weekly that adds up to a lot of people looking at a product.
However, if they charge for a full-priced game, have micro-transactions, AND In-game ads: You are a greedy company (I know, every companies goal is to make the most money) and will be criticized for it.
I pay for the hardware, the electric, game, internet, and a subscription service on consoles just to play it. I'll be damn if I'm gonna sit through ads on top of it all. I'm not even counting the slimy MTs that plagues these sports games. The saddest thing of all is if nobody would buy these games, this shit would stop immediately.
there is no place for un-skippable ads or advertisements in video games. tv streaming services, live tv, youtube are enough. i dont want to have my f'n video game time interrupted by sh*t like this. if "next gen" is moving to lower or non-existent loading times then this shouldnt be a topic. but if they are put in games i will be pissed as im sure others will be also.
Free to play games? Fair enough.
A game you just charged me £70 for? Go fuck yourself sunshine