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Grand Theft Auto IV On Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 Version Since UK Release

Gamers have voted with their wallets, and the results are in. The Xbox 360 version of "Grand Theft Auto IV" has sold more than 100,000 copies, or 20%, more than the PLAYSTATION 3 version in the UK since the game's release last Tuesday, 29th April. The groundbreaking latest instalment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise from Rockstar Games offers seamless multiplayer enhanced by Xbox LIVE plus exclusive downloadable episodes coming this Autumn, making Xbox 360 the best way to experience this historic milestone in gaming.

Data released by ELSPA/Chart-Track shows Xbox 360 Week One sales at 514,000 copies sold in the UK. PLAYSTATION 3 version of the game sold only 413,000 copies, clearly demonstrating that gamers prefer the Xbox 360 version. Xbox 360 console sales jumped 125% reflecting the popularity of this franchise on the platform. Initial feedback from retail in other European countries reflects this great performance across the region.
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Published: 591 days 9 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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toughNAME - 591 days 10 hours ago
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What's with all this fanboy crap about winning in sales?

Just enjoy your superior version and move on!

EDIT - really?

regardless of quality of story, seeing your approval beside toughNAME and Bloodmask's is a pretty clear indication of
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crimsonfox - 591 days 9 hours ago
1.2 - i seriously
was afraid to get the 360 version for this plus all my friends are on psn so eh... 60 bucks a year aint worth it
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Hatchetforce - 591 days 9 hours ago
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What this article and MS ignore is the fact that in the UK 1 in 4 Xbox 360 owners bought GTAIV. But 1 in 3 PS3 owners bought GTAIV. MS should be ashamed. The PS3 buy rate is higher.
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vega75 - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.4 - @ Hatchetforce
i think sony is the one thats ashamed. for a game that got it's console start on the ps2. has sold better on the 360 than it did on the ps3. which clearly shows that people don't care for brand loyalty or bias sites claim the ps3 has the better game with the most problems. thats why i brought the game for the 360. and i know alot of people that did the same.
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uxo22 - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.5 - @Hatchforce
Why should they be ashame of making 6 million dollars more money by selling 100,000 more copies. You guys don't get it, it's about the money, not some stupid 1 in 3 vs 1 in 4 ratio.

If that's they case you should NEVER speak of the PS2 doing anything ever again. Because look at the ratio it has have and the headstart.

additionally, look at Japan. The PS3's install base is about 2.1 million and the 360s is 600K. Yet they have sold 115,441 copies of rainbow 6 vegas on the ps3 and 80,092 on the 360. Now, should Sony be ashamed of this? especially in it home territory? Does that not make the 360 buy rate for this title EXTREMELY higher? And if that's so important, why is it being ignored? NO Sony should not be ashamed, because it means nothing. It's all about the cash.

The ratios are just marketing tools to keep the fanboys arguing.
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crimsonfox - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.6 - here's another derf @VEGA
the game sold better on 360 because there's more 360's than ps3's it doesn't get much more complicated it only makes sense if you think about it thats why my brother has it on 360 cause thats what he has if he had a ps3 he'd get it most people dont care about companies histories like everyone thinks.
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uxo22 - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.7 - Good analogy
But how do your theory hold up for people that have both consoles?
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Hatchetforce - 591 days 8 hours ago
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uxo22, let me see if I understand your brilliant math. Microsoft made 6 million more dollars after spending 50 million on DLC to boost sales. Let's examine the smarts involved in that brilliant marketing move.

I think it's time for Microsoft to get rid of the advertising and strategy firm of Howard, Fine, and Howard.

And by the way, fewer copies of R6 sold because most PS3 owners know that game wasn't worth the plastic on which it is recorded.

It is pretty obvious that when more people per console ratio bought GTAIV, there is loyalty there. The biggest jump will come between now and June 12th as PS2 owners begin their switch to PS3. It will be interesting to see the Sony figures since Sony counts consoles sold and not consoles shipped in the manner of MS.

EDIT: I also picked it up for the PS3. Every dual console owner I know personally did likewise. Of course they are all like me - well past their 1st 360.
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crimsonfox - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.9 - @uxo22 FOR ME i got it for
ps3 because my brother only has a 360 while all my friends from high school have it for ps3 and honestly my brother is a boring person haha free roam with him would be gay plus i dont have live and if the game had problems i wouldnt be able to update it ya dig??? so my answer would be

depends where your friends are but im not the first to say that but that was good enogh for me

UPDATE uxo22 did i answer your question??

NOTE TO THE DERFS if you disagree with me let me know why...THANKS
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gamesR4fun - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.10 - so a years head start and a way cheaper console
and they only get a few more sales than Sony

yay 4 them lol
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crimsonfox - 591 days 8 hours ago
1.11 - gamesr4fun
am i right
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Finch - 591 days 8 hours ago
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@Hatchetforce
You been dropped on your head afew times haven't you. Grow up! You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity! See Hatchetforce, I swear they just getting dumber and dumber!
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Hatchetforce - 591 days 7 hours ago
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"I swear they just getting dumber and dumber!"

Priceless. Really, that is priceless.
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Seraphim - 591 days 7 hours ago
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I have to agree. Who gives a rats A!! about which console is selling more copies. The game has sold phenomenal, is a GREAT title... I'm just happy to see games get bought!! Too many games don't sell nearly as many copies as they should. Enough with this crap about sales figures. And to boot we had to see an article disputing GTA IV sales as the dominate entertainment seller because Halo 3 sold more copies than the 360 version of GTA IV so it should still hold the crown? Come on now. Rubbish. This sales crap is just that, crap. Enjoy the fact people are spending their hard earned money on a great game... and enjoy the game yourselves... ;)
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gaffyh - 591 days 4 hours ago
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This info is almost a dupicate of the one with "MS Misleading GTA4 sales story". Anyways we know, but I honestly don't think it benefited MS because they only got an extra 20% sales first week, they needed a very big landslide victory to justify their 50 million they paid for the DLC.
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Jason 360 - 591 days 2 hours ago
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40 bucs for a demo aint worth it.
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Hatchetforce - 590 days 2 hours ago
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No I am not talking smack. If MS doesn't see a boost in sales now it won't happen later. Come September/October time frame, no one that doesn't already have GTAIV is going to give 2 flips about DLC. SO for it to be a benefit, MS had to see a huge boost now. If it didn't come in the first week, it isn't coming. Now MS is going to have to charge for the DLC to make money back later this year. Have fun with that.
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BIoodmask - 591 days 10 hours ago
2 - judging by
red_ring_of_death's behavior in the reports section, I estimate 99.9% that he is the elusive TANOD/Shmee/Nasim/Sammy_Mantra /Tidus007/Larry007/RIPHDDVD/Ma ry Ellis/Zimbo007..just a hunch.

And in reference to the article it isn't really surprising because 360 attach rate is pretty high for games sales.
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Breakfast - 591 days 10 hours ago
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nope...Nasim is actually somewhat intelligent. That guy isnt.

Oh...and you missed about 10 names.
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Skaterboy Tell Em - 591 days 9 hours ago
2.2 - bloodmask
you also missed Zambrota/alex/nicolascage and countless others lol.
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sonarus - 591 days 6 hours ago
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haha don't forget shadow hearts:D
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Britjadg - 591 days 6 hours ago
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named and shamed...
i'm particularly excited that i'm not on there.
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Kleptic - 591 days 9 hours ago
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this article didn't read like a 360 commercial...at all...
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Le-mo - 591 days 9 hours ago
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What's with all these articles claiming the 360 version outsold the PS3 version in the UK. We ONLY need one article about this, not four or five. Stop approving these articles.
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crimsonfox - 591 days 9 hours ago
5.1 - for real
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whoelse - 591 days 8 hours ago
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There are 1.2 million PS3s in the UK.
2.2 million Xboxs. Of course they have sold more copies. These sales numbers show that consumers prefer to play it on the PS3. The PS3 has a higher attach rate.
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WIIIS1 - 591 days 3 hours ago
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There was like an install base of > 150 million PS2 owners? What the hell they didn't buy the PS3 for the greatest PS game franchise ever??? Man that's just bad news for Sony 'cos it shows that a lot of people are Jumping In.
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whoelse - 590 days 22 hours ago
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You're missing the point. there are around 130 million PS2s sold WORLDWIDE and that's over a period of 7 years and 5 GTA games. The PS3 hasn't reached a price point where its cheap enough for anyone to buy it. The bottom range 360 has and yet a lot of people are holding back before they go into this gen.
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Fernando8777 - 591 days 8 hours ago
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who knows if this article is even true u know who those xbox ppl are just hanging from a string wating xbox to be extinct
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Fighter - 591 days 8 hours ago
8 - We already know this
I haven't seen the Euro numbers but with the install base of the 360 they will move more software unless the PS3 can pull an upset.
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Rico_Suavez - 591 days 8 hours ago
9 - Bundles?
Do these numbers include the GTA4 bundles?
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Bathyj - 591 days 8 hours ago
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Ha, it just shows how desperate they're getting when they crow about a 100K lead in software.

I said before it even when on sale and I stick by it, with all the money they threw at R*, all the advertising Blitzes, all the mud they flung and as much as they talked up GTA on XB and talked down GTA on PS3 if they didn't sell at least 2:1 minimum with their precious superior userbase, online service and DLC, then it would be a slap in the face for M$ and seen as a failure of Epic proportions.

Sorry but PS3 has done really well and the area that actually matters, HARDWARE, PS3 is kicking serious arse. Who cares who sold more copies? Yeah its money but this is about who'se gonna be the dominate console for the next 5 years, and for PS3 growing the userbase. For course everyone with an Xbox and a PS3 is gonna get GTA and that means more for M$, but its the people without consoles that are buying a PS3 to play GTA and MGS4 around the corner that are going to be the decider's. Dont believe me? Its already happening, and all M$ can do is crow about 100K games, while Sony crows about 100K consoles.
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WIIIS1 - 591 days 3 hours ago
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Why are you talking about PS3 hardware and GTA IV in the same breath when GTA IV revealed the hardware limitations of PS3?

And Sony should be worried about these sales figures. If this great ex-PS franchise isn't compelling the 100+ million PS2 Nation to rush out and buy the PS3 over 360, what will?

Well maybe MGS4, but I doubt it.

Face it MS has won this round and achieved what they set out to do. Sony could have dominated with GTA IV.
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Bathyj - 590 days 10 hours ago
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Really Douche? Wasn't it R* saying lack of a HDD and Disc space hampered GTA overall developement. Who do you think they're talking about and why am I even rplying to someone whose intials are Bullsh*t?

Why do you think GTA4 is smaller than San Andreas with no Planes, less vehicles, no jet pack. Why do they even need DLC unless they couldn't fit it on the disc. How come PS3 has some texures pop in (like every GTA game, as well as every Unreal game on Xbox) while XBox has whole buildings and trees popping in.

Bottomline, why is R* CHOOSING PS3 for future products so as not to be restricted by shortsighted hardware limitations which were only done to saved a couple bucks 2 year and a half years ago but are just a nuisance now, much like yourself.

BullSh*T the 3rd. Thats a funny name. I'd hate to meet your Dad BullSh*t JR or your Granddad BullSh*t Snr. Will your little sprog be called BS4 or can we just call him Skidmark as a nickname?
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WIIIS1 - 590 days 7 hours ago
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It seems you always have to resort to childish name-calling when you can't hold a valid argument (no the usual irrelevant fanboy nonsense opinions and speculations do not qualify).

You might want to understand too that GTA IV nowhere used up the storage space of a DVD so everything you've said is really just coming out of your ass.
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Bathyj - 589 days 3 hours ago
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Seems your always a troll. If you dont like PS3 just leave it alone and the people who like it.

And if you dont like the name calling, stop being a dikhead and I'll stop calling you one. See how easy that would be, but you wont change will you?
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pwnmaster3000 - 591 days 8 hours ago
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double the install base, exclusive ads, extra and only 100,000 sad.
but like i said 360 will sell more but ps3 will get a bigger boost. and the ps3 also have a higher attach rate.
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Cazao - 591 days 8 hours ago
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Quote >"Xbox 360 console sales jumped 125% reflecting the popularity of this franchise on the platform."<

That made my day! another MS Fanboy post.

i saw that 4 Day's ago saying about the PS3 Console ^^
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Alvadr - 591 days 7 hours ago
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I wonder which platform will sell the most MGS4 copies *grin*
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Xiru - 591 days 7 hours ago
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Don't forget about the small minority of people who bought both versions like me. I had to buy the 360 one to play with my brother online because he has a 360, but I bought a PS3 special edition because I wanted to play the superior version completely through. Screw achievements, they just make me angry because I am a perfectionist. I will probably check out the DLC for 360, but I will definitely get it for PS3. At the end of the day, PS3 will sell more copies of GTA4.

*I Just saw a GTA4 commercial on Adult Swim and the funny part about it was that it only said "playstation 3" at the bottom of the screen. No mention of it being available for 360. MS better step up to the plate, or they are gonna lose a lot of sales just because of advertising.
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mindedone - 591 days 6 hours ago
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my dual console friends have the burnt copy of xbox and real copy of ps3
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SageFrancis - 591 days 4 hours ago
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OMG these articles are retarded.

It's common sense that the 360 would sell more copies because THERE ARE MORE 360s!

Anyone know how many 360s there are in the uk and how many ps3's?

Considering that the 360 has been out more than a year longer than the PS3, only outselling it by 100k copies isnt that great.

Stupid fanboys.
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1stKnighT - 591 days 4 hours ago
17 - Yeah seriously who cares on which version sells more...
of course the 360 will sell more because of the bigger userbase. The real story was which version is better, not which version sold more. It's old news that the 360 version slightly edges out the ps3 version. Enough of GTA, time to move on...
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Vip3r - 591 days 4 hours ago
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So does this make the game more fun to play when you know more people have bought it for your system?
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SL1M DADDY - 591 days 3 hours ago
19 - Doesn't the 360 have twice the install base in the UK?
Just asking 'cause if so, shouldn't thay have sold even more games considering they have more consoles?
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Havince - 591 days 3 hours ago
20 - also
the fact that GTA4 on 360 is miles better online than on the PS3
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redmamoth - 591 days 1 hour ago
20.1 - Really??
I thought they were both the same...

Oh no... Of course, I forgot!! You get added sound effects of a Helicopters taking off in your living room from the 360... oh, and the added 'Russian Roulette' feature, that RROD could creep up on you at any second!!!

I wish I had that... instead im stuck with my whisper quiet, reliable PS3 which never crashes and has free online with dedicated servers... Damn you Sony... Damn you!!!!!
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