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Analyst: Grand Theft Auto IV Expected To Be Number One Seller In 08
Analyst: Grand Theft Auto IV Expected To Be Number One Seller In 08
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 18:54 — Feature by Jonathan
You can expect THQ to be popping champagne bottles if these numbers turn out to be correct. Hudson Square Research has just come out with their findings of expected game sales and revenues of the top 20 games of 2008. At the top of the list? Grand Theft Auto IV with a staggering 13 million copies. What’s even more impressive is the Wii Fit will potentially outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl by over a million copies. Some other interesting (questionable) placements are #11 Gears of War 2 with 7 million copies sold, #5 Final Fantasy XIII with 8 million copies sold and #13 Metal Gear Solid 4 with 6 million copies sold.
Source: GameDaily
Comments
Replayability Rating
MJB — Sat, 04/05/2008 - 18:01You wonder if the games are geared to a minimum of replayability in order to ensure a new annual purchase cycle by bored gamers? Consumers should establish a further rating scheme which relates price to replay in order to determine value. There has to be a better way to recylce games that have already been purchased.
questionable numbers...
Virago — Mon, 04/07/2008 - 15:43My guess is that some of the numbers listed there are a result of late 08 releases. Metal Gear Solid for example should sell PS3s let alone move more then 6 million copies. I'm not sure when it will be released this year though so it might only be later 4th quarter.
To answer your question MJB... I think Valve has a great system in Steam. Gamers can pay a more reasonable fee, download an entire game, and simply delete it from their PC when they are done. I wouldn't be surprised if the next consoles had alternatives to DVD or Blueray for their games. Bandwidth is quickly becoming abundant and the money publishers would save could potentially be put back into gamers pockets!