GTA IV destroys all game sales records

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.
  •  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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