GTA IV destroys all game sales records

posted by sbrooker

Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:47:02 PM EST

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586971/20080507/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla

I was expecting the game to do very well, but almost doubling the previous one week record set by Halo is amazing.

The game also made $500 million in its first day blowing the theatrical release of Ironman(good movie by the way) out of the water


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  •  They (none / 0)

    deserve every penny. You can really tell they put everything they possibly could into the game in the time given. Other developers could really learn alot from Rockstar.

    by MacheteMan7 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:49:21 PM EST

  •  Wired has some interesting stats compiled (none / 0)

    http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/05/grand-theft-aut.html

        * Total worldwide sales (units): 6 million [Source: Take-Two Interactive]
        * Total worldwide sales (revenue): more than $500 million [Source: Take-Two Interactive]
        * Total budget estimate: $100 million [Source]
        * First-week U.K. sales: 926,000 [Source]
        * First-day U.K. sales: 609,000 [Source]
        * Copies of Xbox 360 version sold in United Kingdom: 514,000 [Source]
        * Copies of PS3 version sold in United Kingdom: 413,000 [Source]
        * Damages sought by Take-Two after GTA IV ads were pulled from Chicago buses: $300,000 [Source]
        * Xbox Live popularity rank: 1 [Source]
        * Gamefly rental popularity rank: 1 (Xbox 360), 3 (PS3) [Source]
        * Steps included in official fix for PlayStation 3 issues: 12 [Source]
        * Current Metacritic rating: 99
        * Restraining orders filed against the game: 1 [Source]
        * Achievements unlocked in one day: 2 million [Source]
        * Gamerpoints awarded as a result: 15 million [Source]

    All that is gold does not glitter.

    by 3Suns on Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:55:59 PM EST

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