GTA IV MARKS RECORD SALES
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have eclipsed the previous record set by GTA: San Andreas in 2004. sales for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 reached 609,000 units – comfortably beating the previous record: GTA: San Andreas for PS2, which sold 501,000 units on Friday 29th October, 2004.
The new 24 hour record is ‘GTA IV’ which on initial estimates recorded 274K units on Day 1, Tuesday 29th April.
The previous record has been well and truly eclipsed. This was set recently by Sony’s ‘Gran Turismo 5: Prologue‘ launched on Friday 28th March with Day 1 sales of 80K.
“The scale of GTA’s day one sales are phenomenal and reflect a vibrant market which continues to grow. Gamers are from all age groups and demographics with estimates putting the total number of people in the UK who enjoy games at over 20 million,” said ELSPA managing director, Mike Rawlinson.
All-time No1
Initial Day 1 ‘GTA: San Andreas’ PS2 was Friday 29th October, 2004 at 501K units.
Popularity: unranked [?]
Related News
Filed Under: Videogames
Tags: GTA, GTA IV, PlayStation, Playstation 3, PS2, Videogames, Xbox 360
Liveinternetnews
Comments
No Comments
Leave a reply