GTAIV broke UK sales record says Chart-Track

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 30th 2008 at 4:00PM }

According to Chart-Track (as reported by gamesindustry.biz), Grand Theft Auto IV has handily shattered UK game sales records in several categories. First of all, the game broke overall first day sales records, with a whopping 609,000 copies sold. This tops the previous record held by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which sold 501,000 on its first day in 2004. Regarding specific consoles, GTAIV's first day sales reached 335,000 units on Xbox 360, breaking the previous record of 266,000 units held by Halo 3. First day sales on PS3 hit 274,000, trouncing the previous record of 80,000 units held by Gran Turismo 5: Prologue. For the moment, the figures remain estimates and they may change once Chart-Track combs through the numbers on May 6. Expect official numbers then.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: business, grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-4, grand-theft-auto-iv, gta4, gtaiv, rockstar, take-two

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Outinthedark @ Apr 30th 2008 4:06PM

*shock*

/sarcasm

c. thomas @ Apr 30th 2008 4:28PM

WOW!!!! AMAZING

Outinthedark @ Apr 30th 2008 4:31PM

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More sarcasm...! And in all caps!!! He's doubly sarcastic!

ZEBRA NINER @ Apr 30th 2008 5:08PM

What is GTA? ;)

So, when are we to expect real numbers from the US?

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Apr 30th 2008 5:08PM

now we need the US figures :)

Jake @ Apr 30th 2008 5:19PM

Wow, 360 sales are pretty dire, considering the larger userbase.

TORO @ Apr 30th 2008 5:24PM

Actually it's pretty good, considering it beat Halo 3's record by 70K!

Sony did pretty good too ;)

ZEBRA NINER @ Apr 30th 2008 5:29PM

Well, they are also UK sales. So...

TORO @ Apr 30th 2008 5:38PM

Fo shizzo, this is 360 country!

Ciaran Gallagher @ Apr 30th 2008 6:02PM

Well every single shop in my city is all out of GTA's! Except for literally a couple of far too expensive and not worth it limited editions. Mines should be coming soon any day now from Hong Kong............ well at some point in the near future anyway...