The big discount was to clear stock for Christmas period. It sold well then. Now after the discount ended they need to have other incentives down the line to sell hardware in less busy periods hence the GTA6 push. The ripple after the discount ends was expected. You don't just push all your supply at once with everything you have to offer. If there is a big game that pushes sales you don't then offer a discount on top, you pace it with supply (though the opposite often happens on black friday).
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The big discount was to clear stock for Christmas period. It sold well then. Now after the discount ended they need to have other incentives down the line to sell hardware in less busy periods hence the GTA6 push. The ripple after the discount ends was expected. You don't just push all your supply at once with everything you have to offer. If there is a big game that pushes sales you don't then offer a discount on top, you pace it with supply (though the opposite often happens on black friday).
PeteBull
Gold Member
Coz this time u get no ps6 exclusives on pc like was the case with most of ps5 games and late gen ps4 games.
Im just saying how it looks from my pov, ps5 value was non existant whole gen(literal 2 exclusive games i want to play, astro and demons souls + gt7 if we counting xgen with ps4), compared to that ps6 gonna give me access to all future ps6 exclusives that this time im not getting on pc and likely backwards compatibility "boost mode" to ps5 exclusives i didnt play till now, like i said, this time at least to me personally sony gonna provide much more value.
MisterXDTV
Member
GTA VI has been delayed 3 times before after the previous one came out 13 fucking years ago....
Why would they send emails when they don't know when it actually releases???
They send them now because they KNOW this time it's coming for sure
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Deerock71
Very Poor Hoice of Wor
reinking
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saintjules
Gold Member
It's crazy how people don't get that lol.
Guardian Monkey
Member
Why don't they just release it on ps4? It will probably run on potato pcs compared to a ps4 when released. Im not saying it will run/look great but with so many still on ps4s?
Bojji
Member
There is a chance that this game will barely keep 30fps on PS5, how do you expect it to run on PS4 with CPU 3-4x weaker?
Guardian Monkey
Member
We don't know anything yet is the point. We haven't even seen gameplay yet. So who knows. I'm just throwing against the wall, as it will be interesting to see what min spec pc runs it when it eventually comes out on pc.
Bojji
Member
I doubt it will be playable below Zen2, but we will see...
reinking
Gold Member
bitbydeath
Member
There's quite a lot of information about GTAVI on Rockstars website, has that always been there?
www.rockstargames.com
Grand Theft Auto VI - Rockstar Games
Vice City, USA. Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them. But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each...
bitbydeath
Member
Lots of pictures which are new to me.
I won't post them all but you get the point.
I won't post them all but you get the point.
Abysse
Member
Lots of pictures which are new to me.
I won't post them all but you get the point.
These dolls, which appear to have been made in 3D rendering programs for porn like Blender, are certainly a choice... that I'm not particularly fond of.
I can't unsee it anymore.
semiconscious
Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Rockstar presents wet cat testicle physicsLots of pictures which are new to me.
I won't post them all but you get the point.
bitbydeath
Member
I'm not sure what this means TBH.These dolls, which appear to have been made in 3D rendering programs for porn like Blender, are certainly a choice... that I'm not particularly fond of.
I can't unsee it anymore.
Any comparisons with what you're talking about?
Bojji
Member
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Whoever called this poster out for being an alt ofSweetTooth deserves an internet detective award. Nobody else had Nintendo living rent free in their head this terribly.
sorry
SweetTooth
i didnt mean to call the neogaf cops on you
RCU005
Member
Nintendo has sold 20 million Switch 2 because they ditched the Switch 1 for the most part and made people get the new console if they wanted to play the new games.
Sony did the exact opposite when they decided to put every game on PS4. So then begging people to upgrade is absurd and something they did to themselves.
Sony did the exact opposite when they decided to put every game on PS4. So then begging people to upgrade is absurd and something they did to themselves.
If you're broke, just say that.
They only did this when PS5 supply was all selling out and there was a Covid chip shortage though. When that was over crossgen was over.
It made sense because it wasn't like they could sell more PS5 than they were producing so why have the games suffer due to the shortage or delay them?
saintjules
Gold Member
Not an insider in the least, but my 'guy' told me that the last he heard about trailer 3 is/was scheduled for June, not May sadly.
So unless Rockstar has changed it to be for this month ahead of the earnings call, it will be next month.
So unless Rockstar has changed it to be for this month ahead of the earnings call, it will be next month.
Jinzo Prime
Member
I don't care about GTA.
ReasonBeing
Member
I didn't tell anyone your secret, I promise.Sony is DESPIRATE! Don't say otherwise!!
ReasonBeing
Member
Is there a cash prize that comes with said award? I do have a paypal. SorryWhoever called this poster out for being an alt of
SweetTooth
, I guess someone with some pull came across
Thebonehead
and I's investigation... my bad 
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
What is thisSony getting desperate af, as a sony games fan from mid 90s(psx obviously) who had ps4 since launchwindow(only managed to get it at msrp march 2014, demand was so crazy that retailers were doing nasty markups over msrp on their own here) and never bought ps5, i can feel sony is like that 40yo woman who just hit the wall and is noticing men stopped aproaching her and dont pay for her drinks anymore, she gets desperate enough to aproach men herself
It's called marketing. They are smart for doing this and if you've seen the analytics of active users, they and the industry needs to get people off the last generation.
They also have marketing rights to the game. Maybe your statement was tongue and cheek but it should be clear what they're doing.
Arguably the biggest release ever and it will be best on their platform. Kinda speaks for itself.
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
It won't flop on any system. WTF is even this? If anything it will do gangbusters and some on PS5. I don't even own a fucking PS5 and with the sales down as reported, it won't even matter. A mighty chunk of the PS5 install base will buy GTA6, regardless of how sales are going and given how sizeable it is? I see no chance for failure, unless WWIII lands on our collective laps.
asdasdasdbb
Member
They need half or more of the existing PS5/Series user base to buy GTA 6 within 3 months of release for it to not be a 'flop'.
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Soodanim
Member
This thread is a testament to stupidity. Not the OP, but any reply that suggests desperation of any kind. I don't know if the people saying it are children or just childish console warriors looking to stir up trouble, but it cannot come from a place of adulthood that has the most basic understanding of the real world.
Everyone involved is abundantly aware that GTA6 is the most highly anticipated game in a very long time, with more broad appeal than any that even came close, and will be a system seller for any platform. It's going to be a happening in popular culture. It will be all over mainstream media, and any concern groups will only make people want it more. Rockstar can't lose.
I'm not even interested in the game, I just have a brain in my head.
Everyone involved is abundantly aware that GTA6 is the most highly anticipated game in a very long time, with more broad appeal than any that even came close, and will be a system seller for any platform. It's going to be a happening in popular culture. It will be all over mainstream media, and any concern groups will only make people want it more. Rockstar can't lose.
I'm not even interested in the game, I just have a brain in my head.
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PeteBull
Gold Member
I on the other hand decided ps5/pr0 doesnt provide enough value this gen, so sony gonna see dust, my wallet my choice, and im a vivid playstation for 3 decades and i adore gta series xD
U and sony themselfs gotta ask very valid question- why person like myself decided to not get sony console this gen...
They better improve next gen before its too late, after all my wallet my choice =D
PatientGamer
Member
Is Sony stupid? Why would a PS4 household purchase a PS5 now to play a game that is 6 months away from release?
It'll only collect dust, and there's no guarantee that Rockstar will stick to that release date too.
It'll only collect dust, and there's no guarantee that Rockstar will stick to that release date too.
GTA6 needs to sell (93 million ps5+30 million series=123 million/2)=61.5 million units in 3 months to not be a 'flop'?
Edgelord79
Gold Member
This is why throw-away emails exist. So you never get marketing messages.
MMaRsu
Gold Member
All old from last year t2 dropLots of pictures which are new to me.
I won't post them all but you get the point.
RayHell
Member
"ps4 would be 120m units by now"Disagree here, ps5 has extremly weak competition compared to ps4( prices of pc hardware, xbox series total bust, switch2 barely has any exclusives yet on top of being weaker from series s) and it still is doing worse than ps4, ps4 would be 120m units by now(with its exclusives and 250$ in its 3rd and 200$ price in its 4rd year)
No it's not first because PS4 never reached 120M but also because if Ps4 sales didn't declined it would have reached 120M in it's 8th years.
Also you frame Switch 2 as not competition while they are a bigger success than the original Switch which was already the 2 best selling console of all time
Switch 2 sold 19.86 million units shipped in its first ~10 months compared to 13.12 million for the original (also dunno why you talk about exclusives and power while the subject is hardware sales)
Here's the charts for Ps5 vs Ps4 you should have checked before commenting.
Shifty1897
Member
Sending emails asking your customers to buy into your latest platform reeks of desperation.
You don't need to beg your customers to buy-in if your products (and platform exclusives) are so good they speak for themselves.
You don't need to beg your customers to buy-in if your products (and platform exclusives) are so good they speak for themselves.
Topher
Identifies as young
Then every single marketing campaign ever is "desperation" and "begging". Weird take man