GTA Chinatown Wars Sales Puts Analysts’ Reputation at Stake
The GTA series has been host to quite a few controversies, but not quite as puzzling as this. Two industry analysts have filed vastly different predictions for the US sales of GTA: Chinatown Wars, Rockstar’s take on the famed series for the DS. It is seen as an important indicator of whether M-rated titles can sell well on the platform.
First up is EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinich who pegged the March sales of the game at only 200,000 units, noting that while it will be profitable for Rockstar, the numbers aren’t exactly encouraging for other publishers.
Meanwhile, analyst Michael Pachter estimated that the game has sold over twice that number.
It is not yet confirmed just how many units the game has sold. Official NPD sales numbers aren’t due till Thursday, so keep biting your nails.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:53 am
[...] Chinatown Wars had somewhat of a lackluster launch when it was released exclusively for the Nintendo DS on March 17th of this year. To make up for a [...]