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GTA V Will Be 2012’s Best Selling Game Says Analyst

Industry analyst Jesse Divnich has boldly proclaimed to Industry Gamers that he believes Grand Theft Auto V will be the biggest selling game of 2012, beating the next instalment in the popular Call of Duty franchise. Lets just hope Rockstar decide to release it on Wii U.

“It goes without saying that GTA V will be one of the year’s biggest releases, but I will take it one step farther and say GTA V will be 2012’s biggest release.”

“Don’t get me wrong, Call of Duty will undoubtedly be huge, as it is every year and it may even grow, but if I had to call what will be a photo finish race, I will go with GTA V.”

100 thoughts on “GTA V Will Be 2012’s Best Selling Game Says Analyst”

      1. Obviously, I’m not disputing that, but I don’t see why he does it. It’s not like the article mentions a nintendo game and says “It will sell better than X”. There is no mention of anything nintendo related except his own comment that he hopes it is released on Wii U.

        1. exactly, sickr is reminding the people, and rockstar, that gta 5 will be GIGANTIC, and that i t NEEDS to come out on wii u. i will buy all my games on wii u if the controller changes them in any way.

      1. FAGS COD 35 LOL UM NINTENDO BEEN MILKING THERE SHIT 4 25 FUCKING YEARS ID RATHER PLAY COD THAN 3DSHIT. MARIO GAMES ARE AS FOLLOWED:SAVE PRINCESS,LUIGI MAYBE MARIO. COPYPASTE M64/SUNSHINE GALAXY, ADD SAME OLD SHIT MUSHROOM FLOWER ETC. FIGHT BOWSER THAN FIGHT BIG VERSION/ AIRSHIP/ FLAG BRIDGE BATTLE 4 RETRO FAGS
        ZELDA:SAVE PRINCESS, GET SAME OLD WEAPONS/ADD 1 NEW ONE. COPYPASTE OCARINA OF TIME AND LTTP, FIGHT GONANDORK, FIGHT IN FOREST,ICE,WATER TEMPLE
        KIRBY:COPYPASTE DREAMLAND,SAME ABILITIES,MIX THINGS A LITTLE BIT LIKE MAKE HIM YARN SO FAGS THINK ITS NEW.
        ANIMAL CROSSING:COPYPASTE EVERYTHING BUT ADD LITTLE THINGS 2 EVERY GAME LIKE VOICE CHAT OR SWIM.
        MARIO KART:COPYPASTE EVERYTHING AND ADD BUNCH OLD LEVELS FROM WII 4 EXAMPLE TO MK 7 4 EXAMPLE AND CALL IT NEW.
        AND SO ON AND SO ON. DEFEND IT U SISSY FAG LOL 35 YR OLD NINTY OLDFAGS PLAYING ANIMAL CROSSING DEFENDING/FIGHTING W/KIDS.
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        MEGAMAN SAME OLD SHIT TO.
        FIGHTING GAMES ALL COPYPASTE STREET FIGHTER 2.
        HELL THE ONLY ONES THAT I CAN CALL ORIGINAL ARE METRIOD,EARTHBOUND AND KID ICURIUS.

            1. SHUT UP TROLL EVERYBODY KNOWS NINTY COPY OTHERS 1ST MOTION WAS LE STICK FOR ATARI AND JOYPAD 1ST LIGHTGUN FROM ODYSSEY 1ST MEMORY CARD PLUS SMALL CARTRIDGE NEO GEO SMH LIYING FANBOYS SMH

  1. I wouldn’t be surprised. People will start getting sick of the COD glorified map packs before long, but GTA games are actually new and fresh with each instalment, while still having an equal level of recognisability.I know which one I will and won’t be getting, at any rate.

  2. Even if both games also come to the Wii U, I still think CoD will sell more for a multiplat and Pokemon will dominate as a system exclusive.

  3. I cant wait to picks up a hooker take her to my stolen car and fucks her.then smash her on head with bat an get money back.also cant waits to play this game too.

    1. To say the least. I mean, that fool “Pachter” (what a fucking name to have btw…) honestly thought that the PSV would beat the 3DS not only initially, but INCREASINGLY, thanks to “quality software on a regular basis”. Seriously, even after the first week of PSV hardware/software was revealed he still stood by his word.

      How does he keep his job??? Are there any requirements at all for you to get that job? Dear God…

      Oh well, hopefully he shat his pants when he saw last weeks numbers.

  4. Jesse Divnich, STFU with your predictions.

    We first have to know which games are coming. Call of Duty will sell like all the others about 11 Million or so again. But, if the Nintendo Wii U comes out, with a MARIO GAME, like for example NEW SUPER MARIO BROS MII, than that may be the best selling game of the year. Well, we also first have to know how much the console and stuff cost, and yes GTA is multiplat, so it will sell good from beginning. And at the end of the day that’s the only important thing. Did it sell good or bad. So Jesse, STFU with goddamn predictions, just wait and see. We don’t fucking care about what you have to say.

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          NINTENDO FANBOYS UNITE!! FOR INFINITY, AND BEYOND!!!!!

    1. Calm down dude… Of games that we KNOW are releasing in 2012 i can honestly see GTAV selling the best, and in the end who gives a fuck?

  5. I should be an analyst too. Here are my predictions for 2012:

    1. Nintendo will make money
    2. 3DS sales will pick up
    3. The PS Vita will fail
    4. Many big third party games will come to Nintendo’s systems, including Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy
    5. Nintendo Wii U will have a pack-in game, probably New Super Mario Bros Wii U
    6. The Wii U will sell out and be very hard to find during the holiday season in 2012
    7. There will be many, many surprise announcements at E3
    8. The Wii U is more powerful than what has been demonstrated thus far; it’s true power/specs will be revealed at E3
    9. Launch/launch window lineup for Wii U will be very impressive
    10. The 3DS will gain more third party support in 2012

    1. 1. O RLY?????????
      2. NO WAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      3. Better wait before talking shit.
      4. FF is with Nintendo now, GTA is not, yet.
      5. Meh, it os problably going to be a shitty Mii game.
      6. Maybe, maybe not.
      7. Nintendo and Sony only, Microsoft will be showing some Kinect shit like 2010 and 2011.
      8. Who knows, it’s possible.
      9. Again, who knows.
      10. We can hope.

    2. 1.Yes
      2. Yes
      3. Possibly hope so
      4. Final Fantasy been with Nintendo from the start the only games that are not are 7-14.
      5. Hope so or Pikmin 3
      6. Yes
      7. Yes
      8. Possible
      9. Hope so
      10. Yes

      1. I hate that you all keep bashing the Vita, I love the 3DS, and as a Nintendo fan want it to perform better than the Vita, but a failure for Sony in the handheld market will signal the larger decline of dedicated handheld gaming to the rise of Android/iOS, which while they have fun, addicting games, they are by no means compelling and immersive, they’re just pick up and drop (or ports of real games with ‘ok’ touch controls.)

        1. I don’t like Vita cause what Sony did this year talking trash about Nintendo during E3 and before and now they kept their mindless mouth shut. Also Vita doesn’t have any game interesting beside getting a better fix version of Final Fantasy X my second favorite PS2 game after Battlefield 2 Modern Combat. Also Vita doesn’t seem to be handheld experience nor did the PSP for me. Also it should had did something else beside Touch Screen since I been touch screen gaming since 2007.

  6. Besides the sales that COD keeps getting every year, I predict that GTA will be the best selling game of 2012. Why? I’m pretty sure that the audience that buys COD every year is the same audience that will be interested in GTA. Me personally, San Andreas was one of my favorite games of all time, and IMO, COD is only good for multiplayer (since pretty much everyone owns a copy). Hopefully 2012 will be the year that an actual good game sells the most, not some mediocre FPS rehashed game.

    1. ADN IT SHALL BE NOWN ASS: TEH GAME OF TIEM!!1!!!!ONE!!!!!ELEVEN11!!!

      *EXPLODES DUE TO OVERPOWERED AMOUNT OF AWESOMENESS*

  7. I hate to say it, but I highly doubt it. It’s sad, but the video games industry isn’t what it used to be. The market is no longer decided by true gamers looking for a great new adventure, but instead by spoiled 8-year-olds who have to get the new “hardcore” Call of Duty game that comes out every single year. I personally know many, many people who have a PS3 or Xbox 360 with the only games for both systems being nothing but Call of Duty. So sad…

    1. I’m with you on that one. Call of Duty will sell more, but luckily GTA is one of those games “spoiled 8-year-olds” wants, so it should sell great.

      Also, its just a matter of time before the CoD franchise starts dropping in sales. I’m not saying it will follow the exact same path as Guitar Hero, but I’d be damned if that ain’t a fine example of milking a franchise dry.

      1. When people say Mario and Zelda are kiddy games, Mario has existed since ’81, zelda ’86, they have never milked those franchise dry. SMB saved video gaming and OoT is widely regarded as the best ever (although I think MM is just a hair better). CoD doesn’t have shit on nintendo

  8. Animal Crossing (3DS) FTW!! Just kidding I haven’t had/will never have an Animal Crossing game. But I have watched Awesome Crossing in YouTube, it’s funny.

  9. its so cool to hate on call of duty i think ill join just like everyone else
    -__-
    seriously people sound just as annoying complaining as the rampant fanboys running around screaming cod all day

  10. Guess I’ll do some predictions:

    1. Kid Icarus Uprising will be the best selling 3DS games since Super Mario 3D Land
    2. The Assassin’s Creed Series will see another game
    3. Call of Duty Black Ops 2 will be released
    4. Halo 4 will outsell Halo 3
    5. The Wii U will see Final Fantasy 15 as a launch title. FF15 will also include a code to download FF7 from the Wii Ushop

  11. terra on are u sure about wii u will have a ff7 code for download? nintendo didnt anounce anything yet so we must wait t see.

  12. sichr get rid of that eden hazard or fake peteriuss he is cousing many reoubles now and he is the most anoying person here

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      1. not excactly, if GTA 5 is multiplate then they could get it on any platform they like, depending on what console they like.

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