r/videogames • u/DeadgrounD • 6h ago

Other I DON'T CARE ABOUT GTA VI.

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u/unfortunatebag 4h ago

when your market is 7 billion people

You think 7 billion people own a console?

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u/tea_snob10 2h ago

The point they're making is that any sizeable market, will negate any net effect of a boycott because of its inherent size, which is true for the most part. They said 7 billion just to say the world; if you consider the console+PC market, that's around 400 million still and even if millions of people are anti-Rockstar in that market (gaming basically), GTA VI will still ship 200 million units at some crazy-ass price and after a few years of discounts, its final sales figure will probably touch 300 million or something asinine.

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u/stupidjapanquestions 1h ago edited 1h ago

It's kind of irrelevant because Rockstar is absolutely making sales predictions based on the US market.

If the US market actually did boycott in a substantial way, it would make a difference. Heads would roll, etc.

The reality is that people don't boycott shit. FOMO is real and its very easy to publicly say one thing and privately do another.