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GTA IV smashes day one sales record

Data obtained by MCV from official UK industry monitor ChartTrack shows that Rockstar's GTA IV has become the fastest selling game ever in a 24 hour period.

The figures – based on EPoS sales data and estimated retail transactions – show that total online and High Street sales for the game hit 609,000 in one day.

In addition, Xbox 360 narrowly nudged out PS3 in the 'battle of the consoles'.

335,000 copies were sold on Microsoft's machine whilst 274,000 copies were sold for PS3 yesterday.
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Published: 617 days ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Industry News
 
 

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Drekken - 617 days ago
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This is just EU numbers?
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TheHater - 617 days ago
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no actually UK number only
1.2 lawman1108 | 616 days 23 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Monchichi025 - 616 days 23 hours ago
1.3 - Wow!!
If this is only EU numbers, I can imagine Worldwide numbers!!! I'm guessing GTA IV sold a lot more copies on the 360 in the U.S. while the oppisite is true in Japan.

But I also want to see how many systems GTA IV sold accross the board. This could be interesting ladies and gentlebeans!
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SPARTAAN - 616 days 23 hours ago
1.4 - @lawman
are you blind this is the sofware numbers
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chaosatom333 - 616 days 22 hours ago
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thanks for the info,

I didn't know that there were 2 million xbox and 1 million ps3 in UK.
That's expected, i guess.

But it's just UK, not the whole Europe. Whole Europe sales for ps3 gta version will be equal to xbox or more.

I heard that there a some shortages of ps3 version, so that might factor in, but nonetheless it's a good start for ps3.
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Torkith - 616 days 22 hours ago
1.7 - Hmmm
I'm interested to see if worldwide sales with dethrone World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, with it's 2.4 million copies sold on the first day.
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San anto - 616 days 22 hours ago
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to the illiterate parrots above, its 60k more software UK! not hardware or europe..
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RacingX - 616 days 21 hours ago
1.9 - @ theKillers numbers
I don't know how you figured that...but if there are 1M PS3's in UK and they sold 274K copies of GTA IV on day 1 that means that 27% of all PS3 owners bought the game day 1, as opposed to if there are 2M 360's in the UK and they sold 335K copies that means only 16% of 360 owners bought the game on day 1 meaning more PS3 owners got the game on day 1 than 360 owners.

Nevermind...I see what you did, just a ratio of #'s sold.
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barom - 616 days 20 hours ago
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Wow so PS3 has almost double the attach rate? And UK is like the only country in Europe that has a strong support for X360.
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green - 616 days 20 hours ago
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I stay in the UK but there is one big problem.Six of my friends pre ordered the game.2 on PS3 4 on 360.

None of us that pre ordered for the 360 version are getting it till the 6th of may at the earliest but the PS3 guys have gotten their copies.
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Jason 360 - 616 days 19 hours ago
1.12 - @theKiller
Everyone buys a GTA game, thats why it's the biggest game in history. But... PS3 is mostly bought for Blu-Ray movies, thats why your attach rate is lower than the Wii, a game system that has outsold the 360 and PS3. PS3 owners have 3 games on average but have about 15 movies, so that would be like every one game a PS3 owner buys, they buy 4.5 movies. Since the PS3 movie attach rate is higher than it's game attacht rate shows that most owners use if for movies. This one game as an acception to the rule, because it's so big, but this one game doesn't change the fact that the PS3 has the lowest attach rate in games. When you compare that to how well the console is selling, then add the never increasing attach rate in games, just shows it's a DVD player more than a game console.

(typed this up in a moving car on the highway, don't worry I'm not driving)
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Homicide - 616 days 19 hours ago
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This is just UK numbers. The install base for the 360 is bigger and it did have a price cut last month. The 360 has been outselling the PS3 in the UK due to the price cut. EU, overall, the PS3 has been outselling the PS3 weekly, so I do believe the PS3 version will outsell the 360 version by a small margin.
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TheKungFool - 616 days 18 hours ago
1.14 - @ JASON 360
You amuse me, seriously.

Still droning on about the PS3 only being sold for BluRay movies!?

I guess all those PS3 owners who bought GTA:IV bought it so they could trade it in for more movies huh?

Get a clue.
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gaffyh - 616 days 18 hours ago
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Does anyone know whether these include Pre-orders or Bundle sales?
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supahbad - 616 days 14 hours ago
1.16 - @Jason
don't worry, no one cares whether or not you were driving
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jadenkorri - 616 days 12 hours ago
1.17 - good numbers
considering the 360 was a year out earlier than ps3, not that far behind, i think gta4 will hold the record sales for multi-platform sales, but i think halo 3 will still be single console sales... Rockstar is dancing in the dough

jason360..seriously dude, the crap that comes from you is like the crap coming out of my a$$, why is it important to bring up people owning blue ray movies compared to games they have...seriously, thats the lamest attack on sony i have ever heard...omg people are buying movies too....dunno if you know this, but gamers watch movies too...i know startling at first when you say it, holy crap, i almost didn't believe it myself... but yes gamers like going to the movies, just like me, i like taking my girlfriend to them too...crap, you might not know what a girlfriend is... 1 sec...okay this link should help http://onlinedictionary.dat... ... hopefully that helps...

@superbad
i think we were hoping he was
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samfk - 616 days 11 hours ago
1.18 - i dont care cus i havent got a copy yet! BUT
iknow from friends from diff towns in the midlands that u cant get a copy on 360 but ps3 has sock availible! or did !!
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samfk - 616 days 11 hours ago
1.19 - ace ventura cough
i think youll thind most people will use there heads not fanboyism as 2 which version they buy !and if u think ps3 is wat most peeps want wrong ! my son and his age group ie teens all want it for 360 because ps3 it too much hastle! and onlines rubbish next gen kids want easy acsess and they are the future market!! i have both consoles and my son is like why did you buy that on ps3 its poo online!!!!!!!
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NO_PUDding - 616 days 8 hours ago
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I thinkthey overstocked the 360 version, and understocked the PS3 version, becuase several people I know were unable to get the PS3 version even at midnight.

I eprsonally didn't go but my pre-order was dealyed to SAturday!

And for Europe PS3 version WILL sell more, it was just the 360 advertising that did this.
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dan-boy - 616 days 4 hours ago
1.21 - rite now where is that idiot shadow hearts/sammy mantra???
just a week ago he was running around like the loser fanboy he is claiming that the ps3 version was pre-ordered at a 3:1 ratio compared to the 360 version in the UK...lol

anyway, strong sales for both systems! and i know 6 people on my friend list(360 friend list) who couldn't get the game on tuesday because it was sold out every where!

i have a feeling this will sell well for a few months on both systems. well done r* on making such a great game!

edit: no pudding. overstocked the 360 and understocked the ps3??? ofcourse they did! that's exactly what happened!! and i wouldn't be so certain that europe will sell more ps3 copies either. there is more 360s in europe than ps3s, and, i live in france, i had to wait for nearly an hour for the indie shop in my town before it arrived(by taxi lol). i was at the back of a queue of over twenty people... and i only saw 3 that's rite THREE ps3 copies go, and the rest were 360 copies....trust me, it was only a small box that came by taxi on tuesday, and i was sh!tting myself that i wouldn't get one.
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TheHater - 617 days ago
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Is anyone actually surprise?
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TruthBTold - 617 days ago
3 - 274,000 PS3 in UK?
whats the install base for 360 and ps3 in the UK?
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TheHater - 617 days ago
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I think the 360 install base is about a million more than that of the ps3.
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resistance100 - 617 days ago
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PS3 about 1.2 million, 360 around 2.3 million
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shadowghost752 - 617 days ago
3.3 - @resistance100
thanks for that i did not know that Sony and Microsoft had sold that many consoles since launch
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TruthBTold - 616 days 23 hours ago
3.4 - wow, well for about a million less consoles out there
the difference is not bad at all, its actually pretty close if you see that 360 has double install base and sold about twice as much so they are selling pretty much the same. the world wide total should be a better indication of which console benefited more from GTA4 in consoles and games sold. This game really deserves all the attention.
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Ace Ventura - 616 days 18 hours ago
3.5 - LOL
PS3 just turned okne year old last month in the U.K... Xbox 360 has been out almost 2.5 years there... this is just embarassing for the Xbox 360 and those of you like Jason 360 trying to say te PS3 is a blu ray player... your just stupid.

This shows the power of GTA on the Playstation brand.... if it would have been Xbox 360 coming from behind... only being one year old... PS3 sales would have CRUSHED the Xbox 360... Xbox 360 BARELY won with more than a year head-start in Europe. It's HILAIROUS.

PS3 is the wanted Next gen console. Xbox 360 keeps performing like garbage. That is the truth. They should have won by WAYYYY more than that. Just like they SHOULD sale wayyyyyyyyy more hardware... but they won't. Because PS3 is the next gen machine everyone wants and is waiting for.
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Jon Cage - 616 days 18 hours ago
3.6 - The sad truth is...
the PS3 is not the current gen console that everybody wants and is waiting in line for. That distinction goes to the Nintendo Wii. I think both M$ and Sony should be embarrassed that they are being outsold by such an simple machine.

But hey next time your girl says that size doesn't matter you can relate to the Wii. The Wii is kicking ass and is a graphical weakling.
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TruthBTold - 616 days 16 hours ago
3.7 - Jon Cage
What does Wii sales have to do with this article and GTA4?
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jessupj - 616 days 13 hours ago
3.9 - @ job cage
That's because people are mostly stupid sheep, and like sheep they follow the crowd and buy the next 'in' thing. The wii's success is mostly because of it being a fad and people having no idea what a real next gen console is.

These UK numbers are interesting though, considering the install base for each console. It will be very interesting to the world wide numbers. personally I would like to see sony win because of the fact microsoft were so arrogant. It will also be halarious to see them lose because that haaaate it when they're wrong.

I honestly don't care too much though. I'm just happy all you gamers are enjoying and appriciating a very awesome and amazing game. I'll be joining you very soon (when i finally get a job).
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Jon Cage - 616 days 13 hours ago
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Oh the Wii really doesn't have anything to do with this article. But you will notice that these comment sections go off on wild tangents all the time so I hope you will give me a little leeway .

I disagree with you Jess. I think the Wii has found so much success because Nintendo has really tapped into something. As a hardcore gamer I don't nearly give my Wii as much love as I should, but it appeals to a much broader base than the 360 or PS3. My wife's friends have done some drunken Wii playing after a girls night out. These are girls that have never touched video games. One just couldn't believe how much fun it was. This kind of reaction is typical of the people that I have gotten to try the Wii. But this is just what I have seen in my home.

As far as the Wii being a fad I think you can't really classify it as a fad. The Wii has been the hot item for two holiday seasons now. Fads really don't have that kind of staying power. People buy the Wii because it's fun. When they play it they have fun. According to hardcore gamers it's a toy, but video games are supposed to be fun. The Wii is. Isn't that what it's really all about?
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NO_PUDding - 616 days 8 hours ago
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360 has 1 million more consoles than PS3 in UK, and Microsoft put out an advertising campaign bigger than Halo 3.... and only 71,000 difference?

I haven't even got my PS3 copy yet!

And the punchline is the next GTA won't be on the 360 unless it requires the HDD and that's not really a sales campaign.
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dan-boy - 616 days 4 hours ago
3.12 - @ no pudding
do you think microsoft will let gta slip away?? if it requires a hdd, then microsoft will just have r* put it on the packaging. simple as that really! and then, if you think take-two or who ever is the publisher (please don't let it be EA!!!), will want to miss out on the millions of sales that making it ps3 exclusive will mean, then i have to say that you really are deluded! gta will never again be exclusive unless A: microsoft or sony buy r* or take-two or B: microsoft or sony decide to pull out of the console business!

apart from those scenarios, then gta will be multi-platform from now until the franchis dies!

and ace ventura.... the creche, sorry open zone is that way ---> go and join the other kiddies in there please! and the fifteen idiot fanboys who have all agreed with his garbage should join him aswell! man you lot are like a bunch of twisted morons!
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celticlonewolf - 617 days ago
4 - I dont think install base
Matters to much yet because I bet nearly everywhere on both systems they will have almost all sold out. I bet the legs on this game will be real long.
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TheHater - 617 days ago
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true. plus there is a ps3 bundle that came out, so I don't know if they track that as part of the sales number
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TruthBTold - 616 days 23 hours ago
4.2 - very true
this game should not only consider current install base plus the new consoles that this game will move on both sides. One week we shall see but as you mentioned GTA4 has long legs and it will continue to sell very well. But this first weeks sales should give us a good idea of what to expect.
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creeping judas - 616 days 23 hours ago
4.3 - @ thehater
pundeled games should count. thats why wii sports is almost always in the number 1 position for software sales.
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neogeo - 617 days ago
5 - this is way to early
I want world wide sales numbers at the end of the weekend.
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celticlonewolf - 617 days ago
6 - Did the bundle
Come out the same day or was it the 30th I have read both?
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StalkingSilence - 617 days ago
7 - hmmm
so gta san andrea sold 509,000 and that was all on PS2. so this year, it actually sold less on its first day on a particular console. i know back then it was exlcusive - but just sayin. they compared it with halo on xbox 360, but the whole article was misleading.
all i'm saying is it didn't sell as many copies on a single system as it gta3 did when it came out. while this doesn't mean anything - i'm just trying to point out all the hype.
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cybervike - 617 days ago
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Yeah but there were a lot more PS2s in homes when San Andreas was released so I'm not sure that's a fair comparison.
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Syko 360 - 617 days ago
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LOL, A LOT more might even be an understatement. There was a silly large install base by that point.
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kapedkrusader - 617 days ago
7.3 - Don't be so nit-picky...
...Remember that PS2 had a much larger install base than xbox back then. So it makes sense that there has been a shift of individual console sales, but overall GTA4 sold more then it's predecesor.
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Baka-akaB - 617 days ago
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Hum no ... 609k vs 509 is definitely improvement . And you make it sounds like as if each version should had performed as much on its own .
Given the ps3-360 competition , it boils down to the same thing as the monopoly of the ps2 ...

Lets also not forget a crucial point , the PS2 base was already at its peak when san andreas got release ...

All around great figures , with improvement .

Sony's percentage is also impressive given the difference of install base .
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Ariexv - 617 days ago
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Wow so much for the "Ps3 has higher Pre-orders" everyone was talking about 2 days ago.
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crunchie101 - 617 days ago
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That whole comment was totally misconstrued - it was only talking about one Asda store - but, alas, the internet is full of idiots.
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