Gigacom writes: "I think it's safe to say that the era of next-gen gaming as a driving force is over. Why? As of the week ending June 7th (the most recent tally available), just over 9 million copies of the highly touted Grand Theft Auto IV had been sold worldwide for the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 combined, according to VGChartz.
That may seem impressive, until you start looking closer - which Microsoft, Sony, and the many publishers who develop for their respective consoles are surely doing now. For one thing, its predecessor, 2004's GTA: San Andreas, sold 21.5 million copies. With GTA IV sales already plummeting, the franchise's latest installment from Take-Two Interactive will be lucky to move 12-14 million copies total. What's more, it cost a record $100 million to develop.
But it gets worse."
