ron123 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Just read here. 5.18 million sales of the consoles and only 40,000 sales for PC (which is cheaper then a console version). That is just 0.76% of all the sales and even less percentage of money. Looks like we won't see another GTA PC version!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loczek47 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Who f*cking cares , Im not fanboy of consoles , but do you want to buy next poorly customized GTA for PC ? It just like wasting money in dirt....Also your avatar f*cking rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon25 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Looks like we won't see another GTA PC version!! I can guarantee with my soul that we will see all GTAs before GTA V(next gen, I mean) appears. That means we will see 2 another GTAs before its fate on PC is unknown. Why? Porting a whole engine (RAGE) for just one game just isn't worth it. Besides, even the Social Club has some info that it is for "grand theft auto iv pc and future releases". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalids19 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 hey men we will see future release But they better make it a good port or else it will end up like this!40,000 only!! wTF!!!!!!! just like assassins credd but assasins creeds Pc sales are growing now!!!thats a miracle its one of the top twenty in best selling in uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loczek47 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Looks like we won't see another GTA PC version!! I can guarantee with my soul that we will see all GTAs before GTA V(next gen, I mean) appears. That means we will see 2 another GTAs before its fate on PC is unknown. Why? Porting a whole engine (RAGE) for just one game just isn't worth it. Besides, even the Social Club has some info that it is for "grand theft auto iv pc and future releases". Before of release of GTA IV on pc , rockstar said that IV will be last PC GTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon25 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Looks like we won't see another GTA PC version!! I can guarantee with my soul that we will see all GTAs before GTA V(next gen, I mean) appears. That means we will see 2 another GTAs before its fate on PC is unknown. Why? Porting a whole engine (RAGE) for just one game just isn't worth it. Besides, even the Social Club has some info that it is for "grand theft auto iv pc and future releases". Before of release of GTA IV on pc , rockstar said that IV will be last PC GTA. And they said there won't be GTA IV for PC. Oh, and GTA III too. Oh, and Vice City! Oh, and San Andreas! Besides you're like the 5th person to tell me this, and none of these five ever gave a source for this information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Doesnt seem to be a complete or accurate info, it probably doesnt include Steam and D2D charts, and according to this site GTA 4 had the 3rd and 1st places on dec 15th. http://kotaku.com/5110853/pc-sales-charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Before of release of GTA IV on pc , rockstar said that IV will be last PC GTA. Erm Rockstar said nothing of the sort, show some proof that Rockstar said GTA 4 was going to be the last GTA on the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I wonder how many times was the game pirated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron123 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Doesnt seem to be a complete or accurate info, it probably doesnt include Steam and D2D charts, and according to this site GTA 4 had the 3rd and 1st places on dec 15th. http://kotaku.com/5110853/pc-sales-charts Of course we can't know the exact numbers in 100%, and of course many people will buy the PC version in the future (after some patch and after getting future hardware). And still the percentage of the money that Rockstar will get will be very close to ZERO!!! - and this is the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArecBalrin Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Part of me does wonder wether it's because most people already own it on console, but then I remember that 5 million is still small for what I would have expected it to do in the US. There are squillions like me waiting to buy the game and only the absence of a well-publicised 'title update' is preventing us. Even an official announcement would be all it takes to get me to buy it; I'm not very strong-willed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron123 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 I wonder how many times was the game pirated. I read that till now the numbers are 500,000-700.000 downloaded versions, pirates share their games because no-one wants to download some 14 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 All i know is that im pretty happy with my copy, bought in UK btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArecBalrin Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 On the bright side, if the 40,000 counts Steam and D2D sales, SecuROM has likely cost Rockstar a lot more than it saved them. May they never use that horrible bloatware again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrise Driver Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) 5.18 million sales of the consoles and only 40,000 sales for PC (which is cheaper then a console version).That is just 0.76% of all the sales and even less percentage of money. Give us the number of sales in Europe (especially in Germany and Poland) and in the whole world. I bet the situation is more and more better there. BTW The're almost 9.5 mln. total sold Half-Life PC copies. Most of them were sold in a few months and years after the release. Edited January 21, 2009 by Street Mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blades Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 (especially in Germany and Poland) Yeah, every time I play online all the servers almost always have at least 2 or 3 Germans in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharmingCharlie Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I don't think the sales figues of GTA 4 will affect a future GTA using the Rage engine. After all they have the engine working on the PC now so it wouldn't cost an awful lot to bring another Rage GTA to the PC. However this does put the next series of GTA's in doubt on the PC unless sales improve drastically it just won't be worth it to rockstar. Why would Rockstar invest money in a format that brings them less than 1% of sales (regardless of the reasons), it just makes sense to them to ditch the PC and concentrate their resources on the console. No doubt the figures will be a lil bit better for Europe which is considered to be the PC's homeland now. However I am not expecting them to be much better than 40,000. Still nothing we can really do about it now but it is looking more and more like you will need a console to do any gaming in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 every time I play online all the servers almost always have at least 2 or 3 Germans in them. K, so according to op this would result in 40,005 copies lol j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 it is looking more and more like you will need a console to do any gaming in the future. Oh no, please dont say that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicotin3 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 All i know is that im pretty happy with my copy, bought in UK btw. http://www.ghostaholic.com/datas/users/194...attachment2.jpg Same here, betwean single and multiplayer im getting more out of this game than from all the other games i played in the past 2 years. I think what might be hurting the sales are bad press and high system requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thales100 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Same here, betwean single and multiplayer im getting more out of this game than from all the other games i played in the past 2 years. I think what might be hurting the sales are bad press and high system requirements. x2, best game ive played since HL2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noVa Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 bought both the console and the pc version hows that for being a fanboy. console = first dibs see if its a good game. PC = for long term gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron123 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) I don't think the sales figues of GTA 4 will affect a future GTA using the Rage engine. After all they have the engine working on the PC now so it wouldn't cost an awful lot to bring another Rage GTA to the PC. However this does put the next series of GTA's in doubt on the PC unless sales improve drastically it just won't be worth it to rockstar. Why would Rockstar invest money in a format that brings them less than 1% of sales (regardless of the reasons), it just makes sense to them to ditch the PC and concentrate their resources on the console. No doubt the figures will be a lil bit better for Europe which is considered to be the PC's homeland now. However I am not expecting them to be much better than 40,000. Still nothing we can really do about it now but it is looking more and more like you will need a console to do any gaming in the future. I think that consoles corp should be happy to have a PC market, if every gamer get a console then most of the pirates will transfer to the consoles and will kill the sells as they did to the pc gameing market. Edited January 21, 2009 by ron123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reznor Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 With the bad reviews and bugs description it's normal Many people will buy it when it will be patched . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Part of me does wonder wether it's because most people already own it on console, but then I remember that 5 million is still small for what I would have expected it to do in the US. There are squillions like me waiting to buy the game and only the absence of a well-publicised 'title update' is preventing us. Even an official announcement would be all it takes to get me to buy it; I'm not very strong-willed. Get rid of the sig. You said you WOULD buy it. If you dont even have it how can you complain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chngdman Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 It is not PC sales to blame. It is console buyers to blame. It is their fault, and always was, in any generation, in any title. It is the console buyers to blame. The console makers, sure, but the buyers more. I'm not bashing anyone for owning a console "forgive them father, for they know not what they do". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvr2fst Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I think that consoles corp should be happy to have a PC market, if every gamer get a console then most of the pirates will transfer to the consoles and will kill the sells as they did to the pc gameing market. I dislike Piracy but a little thing inside me would like to see it get blown over entirely to the consoles so we PCers can get back what we once owned. That is wrong I know.....kinda makes me a hypocrite. Ok I dont mean it but......we have lost a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UndeadDevil Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Doesnt seem to be a complete or accurate info, it probably doesnt include Steam and D2D charts, and according to this site GTA 4 had the 3rd and 1st places on dec 15th. It deffo doesn't include Steam sales, because GTA IV was one of the best selling games on Steam back in December and is still in the Top 10 list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArecBalrin Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Part of me does wonder wether it's because most people already own it on console, but then I remember that 5 million is still small for what I would have expected it to do in the US. There are squillions like me waiting to buy the game and only the absence of a well-publicised 'title update' is preventing us. Even an official announcement would be all it takes to get me to buy it; I'm not very strong-willed. Get rid of the sig. You said you WOULD buy it. If you dont even have it how can you complain? Sorry I'm not to blame if you consistently failed to read the repeated times in the month since I joined, in a considerable number of threads, that I have stated I do not own the game and that the sig reflects my sentiment, not my intention. I've explained in detail why I'm here criticising the state of things and have no interest in repeating it ad infinitum. If you're going to pick an arguement with someone, make sure you know what their position is first otherwise if it is similiar to your own you could be arguing with yourself without knowing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UndeadDevil Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I dislike Piracy but a little thing inside me would like to see it get blown over entirely to the consoles so we PCers can get back what we once owned. That is wrong I know.....kinda makes me a hypocrite. Ok I dont mean it but......we have lost a lot. GTA IV was pirated more on Xbox 360 than PC, and thats on the initial 5 days before release torrent stats!! (Yeah it leaked) You'd be amazed at how quick and easy it is to unlock a Xbox 360... (Assuming you have a VIA SATA Controller) Besides, most of the people with issues with GTA IV are Pirates, and I assume anyone who pirated it before buying it can confirm this. Rockstar did more than the drunken cam, put it that way. Not signed into RGSC + Offline GFWL Profile = lower FPS. This was the case for me anyways. (Yes I pirate then buy, especally for those games I can't return if they're crap/don't work on my machine!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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