GTA IV sells 6 million in its first week

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According to Eurogamer Rockstar Games has confirmed Grand Theft Auto IV sold 3.6 million units on its first day and by the end of the first week the game had sold 6 million units.

That means it "surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value", apparently, racking up US$310 million on 29th April and more than US$500 million for the week.

"Grand Theft Auto IV's first week performance represents the largest launch in the history of interactive entertainment, and we believe these retail sales levels surpass any movie or music launch to date," said Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take-Two, Rockstar mother-company."Rockstar's goal is to make each new title in the Grand Theft Auto franchise even better than those that preceded it," said Take-Two CEO Ben Feder.

"Grand Theft Auto IV makes full use of the power of next generation technology, and offers players an experience unique in the interactive entertainment medium. This game sets a new standard in the industry, with critics hailing it as both an artistic and technological masterpiece," he finished.

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8 Comments

arbok

4 years ago

How does that compare to first week sales of COD4, Halo 3, Pokemon and WOW:BC?

Skiller

4 years ago

They certainly got back the $100,000,000 in development costs quickly :O

genxevo

4 years ago

so is this the biggest launch in gaming/entertainment history? surpassing halo, spider-man, pirates of the carribeen etc??

Sin Ogaris

4 years ago

I'd say yes. At the very least in gross profit as 6 million equates to about 360 million US dollars in it's first week, I don't think anything else has matched that (though I could be wrong, and games have an advantage in that they cost more than a book/film). Although Harry Potter could have still beaten it, I dunno.

admeister

4 years ago

arbok wrote

How does that compare to first week sales of COD4, Halo 3, Pokemon and WOW:BC?

I think a comparison would definitely be interesting, we should be able to find some figures for those. There's no denying that GTAIV sold like crazy though, and from everything I've heard, it sounds like it's justified. Heck, I have a copy on the way right now.

Infested Jibbs

4 years ago

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23664149-5014117,00.html

Read-beat halo 3 BUT.........this is multi console figures.Halo 3 was only 360...
EDIT-beat pirates of the caribbean too.

admeister

4 years ago

^ Interesting.

Well, I can't find any other game that can beat the first week sales of GTAIV, but World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade sold 2.4 million copies in its first 24 hours.

I'll bet GTA didn't accomplish that anyway...So GTAIV is the biggest launch of a game if you're judging by sales in the first week of release, but not if you're judging by sales on the first day of release.

Edit:

Ok, GTAIV wins then.

Karai Pantsu

4 years ago

admeister wrote

...but World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade sold 2.4 million copies in its first 24 hours.

I'll bet GTA didn't accomplish that anyway...

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Australian Release Date:
  29/04/2008 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $119.95 AU
Publisher:
  Rockstar Games
Genre:
  Action
Year Made:
  2007

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