GTA IV Sales: Split 50/50 over Xbox and PS3
US weighs in equal to international sales
Take-Two has revealed that the 13 million units of Grand Theft Auto IV it has sold are split more or less evenly across platforms.
Speaking in a conference call following Take-Two's recent financials, one analyst asked, "...can you give us an idea as to this 13 million GTA 4 units, how many of those are Xbox 360 platform? So what's the addressable market for the downloadable The Lost and Damned."
The response from Lainie Goldstein, CFO of Take-Two, was, "It's approximately 50/50, Ed."
It should be borne in mind, of course, that while that split probably refers to Xbox 360/PS3, the game is out on three platforms. Where's the PC version? Were its sales so negligible that they weren't worth a mention? It seems unlikely, given that 24% of Take-Two's revenue for most recent quarter came from PC game sales and a large chunk of that must have been GTA IV for Games for Windows.
It should also be borne in mind that the 13 million sales were as of January 31st - two and a half weeks prior to the launch of the 360-exclusive Lost and Damned.
Speaking about the geographical breakdown - US sales versus international sales - Goldstein added, "It's about 50/50 there as well."
For more on Take-Two's financials, see SPOnG's earlier coverage.
Source: Seeking Alpha
Speaking in a conference call following Take-Two's recent financials, one analyst asked, "...can you give us an idea as to this 13 million GTA 4 units, how many of those are Xbox 360 platform? So what's the addressable market for the downloadable The Lost and Damned."
The response from Lainie Goldstein, CFO of Take-Two, was, "It's approximately 50/50, Ed."
It should be borne in mind, of course, that while that split probably refers to Xbox 360/PS3, the game is out on three platforms. Where's the PC version? Were its sales so negligible that they weren't worth a mention? It seems unlikely, given that 24% of Take-Two's revenue for most recent quarter came from PC game sales and a large chunk of that must have been GTA IV for Games for Windows.
It should also be borne in mind that the 13 million sales were as of January 31st - two and a half weeks prior to the launch of the 360-exclusive Lost and Damned.
Speaking about the geographical breakdown - US sales versus international sales - Goldstein added, "It's about 50/50 there as well."
For more on Take-Two's financials, see SPOnG's earlier coverage.
Source: Seeking Alpha
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config 11 Mar 2009 13:12
1/3
Would anybody have bought GTA4 solely on the basis of Lost and Damned? I don't think so - the DLC groupies would almost certainly have bought GTA4 either on the box copy's own merits or the promise of future DLC.
Which make me wonder, did the lure of "exclusive DLC" for the 360 buoy up the platform's market share and if so, how would the split have looked had the L&D DLC also come to PS3, or even PS3 exclusive.
Which make me wonder, did the lure of "exclusive DLC" for the 360 buoy up the platform's market share and if so, how would the split have looked had the L&D DLC also come to PS3, or even PS3 exclusive.
NR03 11 Mar 2009 18:27
2/3
Who cares!? Really!? At the end of the day, what lame ass hermit really gives two tosses about what format sold more copies of the same game? Does it increase/decrease the enjoyment? NO! Will it help you pay the bills? NO!
I stopped giving a damn about any form of sales figures in video gaming long, long ago at a good young age, thankfully I avoided being a anti-social misfit by not spouting which gaming system sold more copies of "Bunney Basher" or whatever the hell it was at the time that the nerd's were argumentatively creaming over
For god sakes people, just play your damn games and enjoy them without embarrasing yourself into short, shrivelled pointless arguements on behalf of big corporate giants that probably just sit there in their towers and laugh at you, not caring of your opinion and just grinning that they got your hard earned money!
I stopped giving a damn about any form of sales figures in video gaming long, long ago at a good young age, thankfully I avoided being a anti-social misfit by not spouting which gaming system sold more copies of "Bunney Basher" or whatever the hell it was at the time that the nerd's were argumentatively creaming over
For god sakes people, just play your damn games and enjoy them without embarrasing yourself into short, shrivelled pointless arguements on behalf of big corporate giants that probably just sit there in their towers and laugh at you, not caring of your opinion and just grinning that they got your hard earned money!
deleted 11 Mar 2009 21:34
3/3
SO angry, you need a hug! or maybe playing too much GTA does cause s**t to happen!
anyhoo, agre with config, if sale sof 360 were to take into account those buying on the basis of DLC did this save face for MS on a 50/50 basis, i got 360 version for future DLC as i knew PS3 wouldnt have it at least not all of it, and also acheivements, loves me acheivements.
anyhoo, agre with config, if sale sof 360 were to take into account those buying on the basis of DLC did this save face for MS on a 50/50 basis, i got 360 version for future DLC as i knew PS3 wouldnt have it at least not all of it, and also acheivements, loves me acheivements.