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Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by yaeger »

DigitalSea wrote: post #10

What is even more impressive about this figure is that it's just XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 sales. GTA V hasn't been announced for PC yet which is a severely underrated market when it comes to games I reckon. If GTA V launched with a PC version I think they would have eclipsed $1 billion in 24 hours, easily, if not 1.1. I played this yesterday (I don't own a console) at a friends house and what they've been able to a…

You can only imagine what that game could look like if it were designed for PC and not decade old consoles with hardware that was mid-range when the consoles came out.

It sucks that every major game lately is just made for the lowest common denominator and then if we are lucky, we get a half assed PC port. Dear god what a mess GTA IV was and how many patches it took to actually get it to a workable state.

I still wait on a studio that actually takes enough pride in their work to develop something that really pushes the envelope of PC gaming. You could take that then and show even the "Next Gen" consoles what actually is possible nowadays if you don't go for the bargain basement.

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by mcantelon »

shire wrote: post #51

This game is just pure awesome. I think all this hype is largely due to the previous generation GTA games. I've played all the other ones. Favorites are Vice City and San Andreas. Previous versions definitely led the way for a great promotion and grand opening for this game. The game play is mind blowing. I'm surprised the revenue surpassed Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 though that is one of the most popular games out now…

I was underwhelmed by GTA 4, because of the sluggishness (on PS3), but that's reportedly gone. One of the cooler things I've heard about GTA 5 is that they're, when online game play goes online (later this month), going to create in-game television by piping in other player's gameplay framed with newcaster narration.

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by valryon »

product50 wrote: post #56
sspiff wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know about Rockstar, but from what I've heard from game developers from big studios, they're driven like slaves. Crunch time, unpaid overtime, wages that are not paid on time, etc etc. It's easier to be on time and on budget if you break rules like 8 hour days and proper remuneration of the workforce.

If you don't know about Rockstar then don't comment. This is a great game and it really appears that the developers have put their everything in building it. Sometimes people want to work hard to make sure their output is a success. It is not always about 40hrs work week. A great company is one which creates a culture to build impressive products and where employees feel motivated to be a part of it. I am not saying…

For Red Dead Redemption, wives of the developers has written several open letters to show the world the horrible condition their husbands were facing.

You can easily find this story, like on Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RockstarSpouse/20100107/4032/...

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by NicoJuicy »

dualogy wrote: post #16
adamnemecek wrote: post #4

Kind of surprised that marketing cost them more than development ($115m vs $150m).

Often missed is the massive amount of motion-captured acting and voice acting in that game. How many voice actors just for random peds, hundreds? Another big-ticket budget item is clearly music licensing and celebrity involvement for major-character voice acting (like GTA:SA had Samuel L. Jackson in a major role for example and some old-school rap celebs for "radio moderator" talking).

Not only celebs, Soulwax a belgian music group created their own Radio Station on GTA V...

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by jiggy2011 »

valryon wrote: post #64
product50 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't know about Rockstar then don't comment. This is a great game and it really appears that the developers have put their everything in building it. Sometimes people want to work hard to make sure their output is a success. It is not always about 40hrs work week. A great company is one which creates a culture to build impressive products and where employees feel motivated to be a part of it. I am not saying…

For Red Dead Redemption, wives of the developers has written several open letters to show the world the horrible condition their husbands were facing. You can easily find this story, like on Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RockstarSpouse/20100107/4032/...

So Rockstar San Diego is 100% male then?

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by jiggy2011 »

yaeger wrote: post #61
DigitalSea wrote: post #10

What is even more impressive about this figure is that it's just XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 sales. GTA V hasn't been announced for PC yet which is a severely underrated market when it comes to games I reckon. If GTA V launched with a PC version I think they would have eclipsed $1 billion in 24 hours, easily, if not 1.1. I played this yesterday (I don't own a console) at a friends house and what they've been able to a…

You can only imagine what that game could look like if it were designed for PC and not decade old consoles with hardware that was mid-range when the consoles came out. It sucks that every major game lately is just made for the lowest common denominator and then if we are lucky, we get a half assed PC port. Dear god what a mess GTA IV was and how many patches it took to actually get it to a workable state. I still wai…

You could if you target really high end PCs but a lot of the PC market is now laptops or people who don't want to upgrade every 6 months to a year.

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by roel_v »

jevinskie wrote: post #6
adamnemecek wrote: post #4

Kind of surprised that marketing cost them more than development ($115m vs $150m).

$115 million? Wow. How many developers/artists/QA/management folks (or man-hours) does that buy you?

Question is, would it have made the game better? Or would it have been the same game with more content (so that you could hunt 1000 different animals instead of 50 (just throwing out number, I don't know the actuals)) but which nobody knew about?

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by KellanPea »

yaeger wrote: post #61
DigitalSea wrote: post #10

What is even more impressive about this figure is that it's just XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 sales. GTA V hasn't been announced for PC yet which is a severely underrated market when it comes to games I reckon. If GTA V launched with a PC version I think they would have eclipsed $1 billion in 24 hours, easily, if not 1.1. I played this yesterday (I don't own a console) at a friends house and what they've been able to a…

You can only imagine what that game could look like if it were designed for PC and not decade old consoles with hardware that was mid-range when the consoles came out. It sucks that every major game lately is just made for the lowest common denominator and then if we are lucky, we get a half assed PC port. Dear god what a mess GTA IV was and how many patches it took to actually get it to a workable state. I still wai…

Xbox one may actually live up to this...we'll see

Re: Grand Theft Auto V Earns $800 Million in a Day

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Post by robmcm »

adventured wrote: post #36
piggity wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if the developers get a real handle on the platform and squeezing the most out of it by the time it gets to EOL.

They must no doubt, given the specs on those systems. eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_specificatio... A whopping 512mb of RAM to run GTA 5 I picked up my 360 in the launch month, and it's still running eight years later. Have to give them credit for that as I've put a lot of miles on the system.

>I picked up my 360 in the launch month, and it's still running eight years later.

Wow, I have had like 4 consoles, 2 original, elite and finally the slim. All but the slim RROD, to still have your launch edition is mighty impressive!

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