The title sold a record 609,000 copies on its first day of release, generating an estimated £24.4m.The previous record holder was GTA: San Andreas, which sold 501,000 copies in 24 hours in October 2004.The game is tipped to break the opening week sales figures of Microsoft’s Halo 3, and pull in up to £201m.
The game currently has an average review score of 99.1%, according to Gamerankings.com, which amalgamates reviews from all publications.
On the 5th of May VG Chartz.com, the most comprehensive video gaming charts in the world, announced that Rockstar sold roughly 6 million copies of Grand Theft Auto IV during the first 5 days after the game’s release. 4 million gamers purchased the game day one.The game generated an estimated revenue of $390 million, exceeding Halo 3´s $280 million launch week.
Once I have finished my work and meet my deadline for Monday the 12th of May I will seriously be looking into getting an xbox and this game. Players are also able to play online with 16 players in total. That is amazing. I would really love to play with my friends on this game interactively and be apart of all the hype that surrounds this game.
Grand Theft Auto IV also had a big affect on hardware sales: Playstation 3 sales nearly doubled compared to the week before, while Xbox 360 sales jumped roughly 70%. It is considered the most expensive game of all time, with estimated development costs of $100 million. The game is likely to hit the 10 million units sales mark though during the next months.
Video game developers, the bar has been raised!
