Nearly 1 million copies sold in first week...
Grand Theft Auto IV seizes the top spot in the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats chart, outselling former No.1 Wii Fit by over 9 to 1.
Sales for the latest GTA accounted for 61.2 per cent of the value of the software sold in the week ending May 3, which single-handedly tops the total software market figure for every week since the first week of 2008.
The game sold an estimated 631,000 units on its first day of release and came close to breaking the 1 million unit milestone over the following five days, with overall sales of 926,000 copies, amounting to £39.9 million. It has even sold more units than almost every title in 2007, excluding FIFA 08, Brain Training and Call Of Duty 4.
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Grand Theft Auto IV seizes the top spot in the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats chart, outselling former No.1 Wii Fit by over 9 to 1.
Sales for the latest GTA accounted for 61.2 per cent of the value of the software sold in the week ending May 3, which single-handedly tops the total software market figure for every week since the first week of 2008.
The game sold an estimated 631,000 units on its first day of release and came close to breaking the 1 million unit milestone over the following five days, with overall sales of 926,000 copies, amounting to £39.9 million. It has even sold more units than almost every title in 2007, excluding FIFA 08, Brain Training and Call Of Duty 4.
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http://www.blizzard.com/us/press/070123.html
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30484/GTA-IV-Big...nch-of-all-time
Anyway... of course! good games sell, bad games dont sell .... look RIAA/MPAA (even tho they dont care about games) you need more proof you guys are idiots?
What needs to be changed is the number of people who feel the need to complain about little stuff like this on Neowin every single day. Someone complained about the Nine Inch Nails free album story the other day because it featured an image of the iTunes icon. The story was about music and the icon is about music so it fits in with the story.
If the image just said Grand Theft Auto, I bet someone would've complained that it didn't feature IV in it or that the image is from GTA 1 and not right for the story.
What I don't understand is Microsoft claiming victory for the 360 with GTA when 55% of the total copies sold were on the 360. Surely with the 360 having such a big lead over the PS3 with consoles sold, you'd expect the sales for GTA IV on 360 to be greater than 55%?
I'll admit now that I've got a PS3, but that doesn't mean I hate anything to do with Microsoft and the 360 - I just find Microsoft's claim a bit odd.
Last edited by chicken-royal on 07 May 2008 - 14:28
I just wish the OLFC would get over themselves and introduce an R18+ rating for games, but unfortunatly hell will freeze over before that happens
but i do agree, with all the crap u see on movies nowdays, i dont get y they cant have an r rating for games, hell most gamers i know are over 18 anyway
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVLnDu3..._EuIsQD90GT84G0
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