Take-Two announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, on top of an update on sales for Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. Yet, some games have been internally delayed and canceled.
180million units sold is crazy but of course its 3 different generation of consoles etc. 50million is that number you think a exclusive game could reach. Amazes me how 1 system can sell over 100mil consoles and games can't even reach 40 million hell some cant even do 10mil on multiplat
It never ceases to surprise me either. The closest we ever see in terms of consistency outside our a juggernaut like GTA or Minecraft, are some Nintendo games (not all though), but its just hard to understand what are so many people even playing with their consoles for most games to sell “so little” when there are such massive install bases
CoD is another one, though it can vary a lot from one release to the other, still pretty big number compared against most other games. I’d say FIFA is a better example than Madden or NBA 2k (which do sell a lot, but not as much as FIFA), just not to that same astronomical level (and if we are separating by levels, Nintendo isnt even close to GTA V or Minecraft anyway)
Fortnite is free, so its not really something I would consider when discussing sales vs install base, regardless of just how much money it makes
It's because the actual industry consists of 80% casuals who play nothing but CoD, Fortnite, apex legends, f2p, GaaS games. I too scratch my head but that's the reality, like Shawn layden said the industry hasn't moved FWD in that regard.
I wouldn't say 80 percent play those types of games. There's plenty of people that buy a system and just end up not having the time. My brother works at the post office puts in mad hours. I was on ps the other day. Seen it showed he hadn't been on in 5 months. I'd consider him casual also. I meant to add he doesn't play those types of games either.
The attach rate for video games have never been higher. Wasn't PS2 the best selling console of all time? I think the best selling game was GTASA. San Andreas sold under 20 million copies. Now you have games seling 30-50 million copies on the switch. PS1/PS2/PS3 was really purchased to be a cheap multimedia device cd/dvd/blueray
Crazy how both games are beyond what any other studio put out in terms of quality and scale.
Great games take time.
You can’t complain about unfinished, buggy, generic releases. Then also complain when studios take their time to craft masterpieces that is beyond what everyone else is making.
It’s sad to think a major publisher like that probably doesn’t even have 3 games in development, let alone being released every year like every major publisher
Their dev cycle has become insanely slow....seriously, as of RDR 2 it literally takes them a decade to make ONE game.
Now, I would argue this leads to games which are simply stunning, so is likely needed. But I wish they could have at least a couple of games in the pipeline at once.
lol and no 60 fps patch for next gen consoles. :D
180million units sold is crazy but of course its 3 different generation of consoles etc. 50million is that number you think a exclusive game could reach. Amazes me how 1 system can sell over 100mil consoles and games can't even reach 40 million hell some cant even do 10mil on multiplat
Crazy how in the past 10 years Rockstar have only released GTAV and Red Dead Redemption II
If it wasn't for that stupid GTA Online we'd have had more, possibly even Bully 2
How many games is Rockstar working on?
It’s sad to think a major publisher like that probably doesn’t even have 3 games in development, let alone being released every year like every major publisher
Jesus, just make a Midnight Club already. Not even for the money, just for the beauty of it!
A new Midnight Club with PSVR 2 would send the world crazy imo.