Analyst claims Rockstar’s DS title sold 89,000 units in March
US analyst Cowan and Company has stated that it believes Rockstar’s recently released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sold just 89,000 units on DS in the territory in March.
The firm had originally predicted that the game could sell as many as 450,000 units upon its release in North America. It later downsized its prediction to 250,000, but the final number falls far below even this.
Chinatown Wars is currently the highest rated DS game on Metacritic, and has garnered better reviews than GTA III and GTA: San Andreas.
“Take 2 exported their most valuable IP onto the most widely distributed gaming platform, and created the most highly-rated title in the history of that platform,” Cowman and Company’s Doug Creutz explained.
“However, either the demographics are more challenging than we thought, or core gamers did not view the title as an essential purchase due to the nature of the platform.
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“We believe the experiment was a worthwhile one for Take 2, and still expect the title to be profitable (though likely marginally so). However, the disappointing first month sales reinforce our view that achieving meaningful success on Nintendo platforms remains a very difficult proposition for third party publishers.”
The sales of Chinatown Wars have lead many to question the viability of mature content on Nintendo’s portable machine – though some would argue that the rampant piracy troubling the handheld is more to blame.
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"though some would argue that the rampant piracy troubling the handheld is more to blame"
I think that one line sums up the reason people haven't bought GTA on a DS, they're playing it - only they didn't buy it.
What is actually being done by Nintendo - Or any of the larger publishers to try and prevent the total collapse of DS software sales due to R4 usage?
I already see you can get R4's that work with the DSi, Nintendo might well be content to make money from the hardware but who is actually going to be able to sell any games?
R bloody 4
Spot on MCV and spot on Bob.
The R4 problem is a serious, serious issue. GTA: Chinatown Wars was never going to be the biggest GTA game, the DS is hardly the right format. But it should and would have sold much more than this if it wasn't available from several sites for free.
R4 Cards is a rife problem, killing the DS' hardcore market. Do any 'core' DS games sell when all the adult and teenager gamers use R4?
I just hope this doesn't mean Rockstar won't release a GTA for Wii. I hope they realise that a Wii version will likely sell much more.
Juggernaut vs Behemoth
Perhaps releasing in the same month as Pokemon wasn't the smartest of moves....
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