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Game Forum / Action Games / Grand Theft Auto / April 2008GTA IV Steals Shenmue's title of Most Expensive Video Game to make
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 Shenmue: $70 million GTA IV: $100 million > http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 > > Shenmue: $70 million > GTA IV: $100 million LOL. GTA will make that back right about 12:05 p.m. Shenmue is still trying to recoup. On Apr 28, 3:23 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 > > Shenmue: $70 million > GTA IV: $100 million LOL. GTA will make that back right about 12:05 p.m. Shenmue is still trying to recoup. ************************************************************* don't you mean 12:05am since it launches at midnight? LOL! I can just see the guys picking it up tonight. People that look and talk like the guy in The Office. "Have you seen my stapler?" > On Apr 28, 3:23 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I can just see the guys picking it up tonight. People that look and talk > like the guy in The Office. "Have you seen my stapler?" That was Office Space (movie) not The Office (tv show), And yes in his excitement he said pm instead of am. What i'm confused about is why the people waiting for the sale at 12am would talk like that? >> On Apr 28, 3:23 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > That was Office Space (movie) not The Office (tv show), I know. I thought of that 1 minute after I hit send. > And yes in his excitement he said pm instead of am. What i'm confused > about is why the people waiting for the sale at 12am would talk like that? Have you ever been to a midnight launch or camped out over night. The only guys that usually are not complete dorks are guys just getting done their second shift jobs, guys purchasing items just to resell on eBay or picking it up for someone else, the occasional 1 or 2 cool guys that are taking the following day off just to jam all night, and then you have your Star Trek looking rejects that talk like the guy in Office Space. >>> On Apr 28, 3:23 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > the following day off just to jam all night, and then you have your Star > Trek looking rejects that talk like the guy in Office Space. I was at the midnight launch of the 15 year edition of Madden, and i camped out a week after PS3 launched to get a PS3. The latter being a short camp, and there were a group of teenaged kids there with a parent. However, I have seen the throngs of people that camp out, and as of lately it seems like its more and more people that are turning around and selling them on ebay. Funny, virtually everyone I saw tonight was your typical 20/30-something. > >> On Apr 28, 3:23 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > following day off just to jam all night, and then you have your Star Trek > looking rejects that talk like the guy in Office Space. I've only done it three times. The first time was an unsuccessful attempt at procuring a 360 at launch. None of the guys there were dorks (but perhaps you and I have different definitions of the term LOL). The second time was a successful attempt at procuring a 360 after 17.5 hours outside of a Best Buy in the middle of December. I'd say about 50% high school dweebs that time. A lot of the same guys from the previous time, though, so it was cool to be able to hang out with those guys again. One of them even brought a space heater but he was a lot further back in line so we just toughed it out. The third time was a successful attempt at procuring a Wii at launch. Maybe one or two high school dweebs in the whole line. Most were just parents and their kids trying to get the system. > I can just see the guys picking it up tonight. People that look and talk > like the guy in The Office. "Have you seen my stapler?" Didn't he create beavis and butthead? > > I can just see the guys picking it up tonight. People that look and talk > > like the guy in The Office. "Have you seen my stapler?" > > Didn't he create beavis and butthead? The Office Space guy did. The stapler character in Office Space was from a comic that predated Beavis and Butthead. > On Apr 28, 3:23 pm, AirRaid <airrai...@gmail.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I can just see the guys picking it up tonight. People that look and talk > like the guy in The Office. "Have you seen my stapler?" Actually, just judging from the Best Buy guys that I talked to yesterday afternoon when I went to check and see if I should pre- purchase to assure getting one, he basically told me that most people didn't even pre-order. They expect the rush right around when I was planning on getting mine, lunch time. Lunch begins at 11:55 and I am 10 minutes away from the closest Best Buy (reward zone points)..........12:05 pm. They didn't have $100 million in pre- orders but they will surpass that in 1st day sales. > http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 > > Shenmue: $70 million > GTA IV: $100 million Not if you use $ to £ at todays exchange rate it isnt! Shenme cost £50m to make when the $ was $1.5 to the £1. The £ is now worth $2, so GTAIV cost £50m to make. The same as Shenmue! > http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 > > Shenmue: $70 million > GTA IV: $100 million how the hell did shenmue cost that much... 'have you seen a black car recently?' > >http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > how the hell did shenmue cost that much... 'have you seen a black car > recently?' Was that the game with the guy looking for "sailors"? > http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=287845 > > Shenmue: $70 million > GTA IV: $100 million Did you adjust for inflation, AirRaid? ;) Assuming that Shenmue's total costs were tallied in the year of its North American release (2000), it would have cost over $86 million in today's dollars. Sean |
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