Comments on: Grand Theft Auto IV Retail Sales Top $500 Million

By: shoedog

shoedog — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:03:19 +0000

Wow! Kudos to Rockstar Games.

By: No Hands 55

No Hands 55 — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:19:35 +0000

sweet. i had a feeling GTA would be the best selling

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:46:12 +0000

it did good in the UK.

By: Commander JC

Commander JC — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:20:30 +0000

Who knew GTA IV would sell so well…

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:22 +0000

@GameSkills, yeah good point. without the scale of marketing behind it for other top tier titles, it’s even more impressive. i dont’ know from a single console perspective if it beat Halo 3 but like i said, regardless those numbers are bananas.

By: GreenLantern4

GreenLantern4 — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:53:03 +0000

I bet EA is regretting to not try to take over 2k late last year instead of recently.

By: GameSkills

GameSkills — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:52:44 +0000

That’s crazy money! I bet the news media are going to have a field day with this. Let the controversy begin!

Not bad for a game that didn’t go on a media frenzy.

By: TXPaladin

TXPaladin — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:30:56 +0000

It’s always going to be tough when multi consoles are involved. I still like when I see the 360 numbers out sell the others just the same. But it will be cool to see the numbers sold on Xbox 360 compared to numbers for Halo 3. No matter what, this game is huge and everywhere. I had no idea this was going to be so big.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:24:21 +0000

that’s a good question Nu and one that i eluded to. it’s a multi-console game.

By: NuAngel

NuAngel — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:21:47 +0000

So Halo 3 brought in 196 million in a day. The killer question: of the 310 million rockstar made in a day, was 196 million of it on only ONE console?? I’ll be excited to find out.

If it was 150 million on one console, and 160 on another, then Halo 3 would still hold “highest opening day sales on a single console.” And for anyone who says that doesn’t matter, tell it to the stats gurus who figure out that no NFL team has ever lost a game after being up by more than 14 points in the second quarter of a play off gaming happening on the third Sunday in January… when it was raining…

…yeah… I made that up. But you get the point.

NuAngel

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:21:34 +0000

i’m only human, i’m born to make mistakes (forgot who sings that song) lol

By: Goon360

Goon360 — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:18:10 +0000

HA! Told you Deac this game would outsell Halo3 in its first week, but noooooooo, you insisted it would never happen!lol. Honestly not surprised though. No doubt it will cross the billion dollar mark by years end.