Not all sales are equal in terms of profits - when you sell the game for $10 only about a couple of bucks goes to the Dev studio.
Also sales in China, and many other markets in terms of profits are less than a dollar per copy.
Not to mention alternate accounts that people picked up, since it was cheaper to get 5 more character slots for $10 than buying them with gems.
5 million isn't that much either, when compared to other games. HoT might sell quite a bit, but i'll be surprised if it's over 2 million.
5 mio sold boxes isnt much?
AFAIK, there is only one other mmo, that did it better...guess which?
i bet most devs would KILL , to get those numbers
If we're talking short term sales, then yes, it's pretty good, but it wasn't 5 million. It was around 3.5 million in 9 months, then only around 1.5 after that. HoT will probably sell well also. Just look below, and you'll see around 4 others who did better. Anyway, i probably shouldn't have worded my original opinion like i did, since it did do well.
Video Game – 2013 PS3/Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V selling 12 million units in its first day (including pre-orders) and 16.5 million units in three days.
Not all sales are equal in terms of profits - when you sell the game for $10 only about a couple of bucks goes to the Dev studio.
Also sales in China, and many other markets in terms of profits are less than a dollar per copy.
Not to mention alternate accounts that people picked up, since it was cheaper to get 5 more character slots for $10 than buying them with gems.
5 million isn't that much either, when compared to other games. HoT might sell quite a bit, but i'll be surprised if it's over 2 million.
5 mio sold boxes isnt much?
AFAIK, there is only one other mmo, that did it better...guess which?
i bet most devs would KILL , to get those numbers
If we're talking short term sales, then yes, it's pretty good, but it wasn't 5 million. It was around 3.5 million in 9 months, then only around 1.5 after that. HoT will probably sell well also. Just look below, and you'll see around 4 others who did better. Anyway, i probably shouldn't have worded my original opinion like i did, since it did do well.
Video Game – 2013 PS3/Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V selling 12 million units in its first day (including pre-orders) and 16.5 million units in three days.
Not all sales are equal in terms of profits - when you sell the game for $10 only about a couple of bucks goes to the Dev studio.
Also sales in China, and many other markets in terms of profits are less than a dollar per copy.
Not to mention alternate accounts that people picked up, since it was cheaper to get 5 more character slots for $10 than buying them with gems.
5 million isn't that much either, when compared to other games. HoT might sell quite a bit, but i'll be surprised if it's over 2 million.
5 mio sold boxes isnt much?
AFAIK, there is only one other mmo, that did it better...guess which?
i bet most devs would KILL , to get those numbers
If we're talking short term sales, then yes, it's pretty good, but it wasn't 5 million. It was around 3.5 million in 9 months, then only around 1.5 after that. HoT will probably sell well also. Just look below, and you'll see around 4 others who did better. Anyway, i probably shouldn't have worded my original opinion like i did, since it did do well.
Video Game – 2013 PS3/Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V selling 12 million units in its first day (including pre-orders) and 16.5 million units in three days.
Not all sales are equal in terms of profits - when you sell the game for $10 only about a couple of bucks goes to the Dev studio.
Also sales in China, and many other markets in terms of profits are less than a dollar per copy.
Not to mention alternate accounts that people picked up, since it was cheaper to get 5 more character slots for $10 than buying them with gems.
5 million isn't that much either, when compared to other games. HoT might sell quite a bit, but i'll be surprised if it's over 2 million.
5 mio sold boxes isnt much?
AFAIK, there is only one other mmo, that did it better...guess which?
i bet most devs would KILL , to get those numbers
If we're talking short term sales, then yes, it's pretty good, but it wasn't 5 million. It was around 3.5 million in 9 months, then only around 1.5 after that. HoT will probably sell well also. Just look below, and you'll see around 4 others who did better. Anyway, i probably shouldn't have worded my original opinion like i did, since it did do well.
Video Game – 2013 PS3/Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V selling 12 million units in its first day (including pre-orders) and 16.5 million units in three days.
Well, I'm really interested to see these people, that actively post about how they don't like GW2 in virtually every GW2 thread, post their experiences on the new expansion. Won't that be awesome.
Now I don't want to be some "bombsquad bully out on a mis-adventure" but I'm betting that there are quite a few "haters" that will claim to have bought the expansion just to try it out, and end up hating it of course because that is what they do.
Anyhow, looking forward to the expansion!
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Not all sales are equal in terms of profits - when you sell the game for $10 only about a couple of bucks goes to the Dev studio.
Also sales in China, and many other markets in terms of profits are less than a dollar per copy.
Not to mention alternate accounts that people picked up, since it was cheaper to get 5 more character slots for $10 than buying them with gems.
5 million isn't that much either, when compared to other games. HoT might sell quite a bit, but i'll be surprised if it's over 2 million.
5 mio sold boxes isnt much?
AFAIK, there is only one other mmo, that did it better...guess which?
i bet most devs would KILL , to get those numbers
If we're talking short term sales, then yes, it's pretty good, but it wasn't 5 million. It was around 3.5 million in 9 months, then only around 1.5 after that. HoT will probably sell well also. Just look below, and you'll see around 4 others who did better. Anyway, i probably shouldn't have worded my original opinion like i did, since it did do well.
Video Game – 2013 PS3/Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto V selling 12 million units in its first day (including pre-orders) and 16.5 million units in three days.
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If we're talking short term sales, then yes, it's pretty good, but it wasn't 5 million. It was around 3.5 million in 9 months, then only around 1.5 after that. HoT will probably sell well also. Just look below, and you'll see around 4 others who did better. Anyway, i probably shouldn't have worded my original opinion like i did, since it did do well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_products#Video_games
Obviously, if they were losing money on it the game would have been shut down already.
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Well, I'm really interested to see these people, that actively post about how they don't like GW2 in virtually every GW2 thread, post their experiences on the new expansion. Won't that be awesome.
Now I don't want to be some "bombsquad bully out on a mis-adventure" but I'm betting that there are quite a few "haters" that will claim to have bought the expansion just to try it out, and end up hating it of course because that is what they do.
Anyhow, looking forward to the expansion!
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
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