Pachter: GTA 4 DLC hasn't sold as hoped.

Wow, genius. I would have NEVER figured that out.

He's got a point. The game sold about 50/50 on PS3 and the 360. Unlike PS3, you have to pay for the online service Xbox Live, so right off the bat that eliminates some of your potential market for DLC on the 360.

lolfaqs

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and you know that Take Two confirmed that the game sold about 50/50 on PS3 and 350 and, thus, hasn't been a system seller despite M$ having exclusive DLC for it, right?

The year is still going, but guess how many 360s and PS3s were sold in 2008: over 10 million each. Yup, despite PS3 costing twice at much, it sold about the same amount of consoles in 2008 as the 360.

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MS thought a GTA4 DLC would've changed the way people would look at the subject, guess they thought wrong.

lolfaqs

They also thought it would sell 360s and copies of GTA IV on the 360, which they were also wrong about.

I sold decent enough and it isnt on PS3.

Nice try.

It's because the game is already fun enough. No need to spend more money on it.TheDuffman26

and that's why M$ and Rockstar refuse to release sales numbers according to Pachter.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/03/26/gdc-rockstar-should-have-had-more-realistic-expectations-for-the-lost-and-damned-says-patcher/

"I just don't think it has met their expectations, and it would have been better if they had set their expectations realistically."

Pachter opined that the Live attach rate is one of the reasons The Lost and Damned hadn't hit the intended mark.

"The main reason is because not too many Xbox 360 owners are hooked up to Xbox Live," he said.

"100 percent of GTA IV owners are not hooked up to XBL. Therefore by definition, not every single person who owns GTA IV has Xbox Live. Because of this, I don't think the numbers were as high as they had hoped for.

lolfaqs

It costs $20. Not too many people want to spend another $20 when they already spent $60.

Kahuna_1

DLC hasnt sold as well has hoped?? That could mean anything. They couldve expected it to sell 1.50m and it sells 1.30m and that would be "not as well as hoped" Anyway, TC is a known cow, he posted this for a reason, MS has stated that if the DLC was sold at retail, then it wouldve OUTSOLD Killzone 2, so my question to TC is, Did killzone 2 "not sell as well as hoped"?? Let me guess......NO right??? Because its on PS3. Now cows take Pachters word as the truth, but somehow he doesnt know what he is talkin about when he talks bad about PS3 :roll:

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I sold decent enough and it isnt on PS3.

Nice try.

-M117-

And thats what really bothers Sony fanboys.

I thought cows didn't care about sales.

and that's why M$ and Rockstar refuse to release sales numbers according to Pachter.

http://www.vg247.com/2009/03/26/gdc-rockstar-should-have-had-more-realistic-expectations-for-the-lost-and-damned-says-patcher/

"I just don't think it has met their expectations, and it would have been better if they had set their expectations realistically."

Pachter opined that the Live attach rate is one of the reasons The Lost and Damned hadn't hit the intended mark.

"The main reason is because not too many Xbox 360 owners are hooked up to Xbox Live," he said.

"100 percent of GTA IV owners are not hooked up to XBL. Therefore by definition, not every single person who owns GTA IV has Xbox Live. Because of this, I don't think the numbers were as high as they had hoped for.

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I sold decent enough and it isnt on PS3.

Nice try.

GabeNewellsPie

And thats what really bothers Sony fanboys.

I thought cows didn't care about sales.

U kidding?

cows played sales ever since PS1 was sales king.

Sales in in Cows blood. They dont know how to NOT play sales :lol:

It sold more like 80/20 on the 360 over the ps3

cows are still bitter over it not being on the ps3

poor cows :(

poor rockstar, M$ set them up borrowing that 50million$ :/

no wonder they are working on a PS3 exclusive new franchise

Rhubarb9

Maybe it would have sold better if they put it on all 3 platforms (granted the pc one wouldn't sell at all but that something else entirely).

Maybe it would have sold better if they put it on all 3 platforms (granted the pc one wouldn't sell at all but that something else entirely) it would have sold better.

Whiteblade999

ya but then cows get to play it. Thats not cool :P

Michael Patcher is back at it again huh? People do know this is the same guy that predicted that GTA IV would help the PS3 and 360 outsell the Wii, The Wii's sales bubble would burst fairly quickly, GTA IV would sell more on the PS3 than the 360 and that Sony would have dropped the price of the PS3 by now.

With a track record like that, how could he be wrong? :|

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poor rockstar, M$ set them up borrowing that 50million$ :/

no wonder they are working on a PS3 exclusive new franchise

Toriko42

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poor rockstar, M$ set them up borrowing that 50million$ :/

no wonder they are working on a PS3 exclusive new franchise

Rhubarb9

no its coming to 360. I believe Phil Harrison dropped the ball. Either way if u search L.A Noire on kotaku.com, u should find something.

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poor rockstar, M$ set them up borrowing that 50million$ :/

no wonder they are working on a PS3 exclusive new franchise

Toriko42

Exactly, they sure did.

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[QUOTE="Toriko42"] IGN is pretty slow to update that site. The PS3 exclusive project is LA Noire, and Rockstar confirmed it coming to the 360 a long time ago.

-M117-

no its coming to 360. I believe Phil Harrison dropped the ball. Either way if u search L.A Noire on kotaku.com, u should find something.

He's got a point. The game sold about 50/50 on PS3 and the 360. Unlike PS3, you have to pay for the online service Xbox Live, so right off the bat that eliminates some of your potential market for DLC on the 360.

lolfaqs

what? gold is just to basically play online...thats it

and their is silver which is free too you know

to Download Dlc or anything else you don't need gold

oh right we all should listen to what this Patcher guy say just like how he say "this gen will be the last gen for consoles"

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