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That’s such bullshit. GTA5 has been a money printing machine. They would have been profitable if the cost started and stayed at $20.
NBA 2K24 also outperformed expectations.
I can't find the numbers online but they probably could've given GTA5 away for free and made a profit.
They did give it away for free and make a profit
They did both, and it could fund the next 5 GTA games for 500 years and still turn a profit if they never took another cent. Whatever this "journalism" is, delete it, block it, and forget about it. They are the enemy.
They would have profited making GTA:O free to play, right from the get go.