Numbers speak louder than words.
It's true, the English love Grand Theft Auto. When GTA: San Andreas came out in the UK back in 2004, it sold 1,178,000 copies in just two days. Now GTA IV is following in its predecessor's footsteps.
Chart-Track has just released finalized data for Grand Theft Auto IV sales the first week of release. Combining figures for both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, a total of 926,000 units were sold. 631,000 copies were sold on launch day, making up most of the week's sales.
As if Rockstar didn't have enough reason to gloat, GTA IV software revenue is "bigger than the entire software market revenue of any week so far this year after the first week of 2008." If that doesn't impress you, I don't know what will; just think, this is only the UK figures.
If you split the figures according to platform, 514,000 units were sold for the Xbox360 and 413,000 for the PS3, which gives Microsoft a marginal lead. On the flip side, Chart-Track reported that Sony's PS3 sales went up 127 per cent because of GTA IV while the 360 went up 125 per cent.
Honestly though, couldn't we just drop this console war and be happy for Rockstar's success?
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I'm going to get it as soon as I buy a Wii. There are a few games that I've been wanting to play for awhile and another console would be nice. Yeah, mostly, I think it is a toy, but I really want to play the new installment of Metroid Prime, Super smash bros., and Zelda. I usually wait a bit before purchasing a GTA game anyways even though I like the series a lot.