MS releases even more GTAIV facts and figures
by Dustin Burg 
{ May 8th 2008 at 9:15AM }
Speaking of achievements, Microsoft revealed that in the first week, 2.3 million gamers unlocked upwards of 12 million GTAIV achievement, worth somewhere around 100 million Gamerscore. Yowzaz! We also learn that retailers report that 60% of all GTAIV software sales were the Xbox 360 version which MS estimates increased 360 hardware sales by 54% week over week. Double yowzaz! Still not enough stats and figures for you? Head towards the break to view Microsoft's
- GTAIV U.S. Sales and Xbox Live Facts and Figures
- Actual MS sales data from last week shows Xbox 360 console sales at retail went up 54% week-over-week as a result of GTA's success
- According to retailers more than 60% of all GTA games sold in the first week were the Xbox 360 version
- Retailers are telling us that the game is attaching strongly to new console sales, with roughly 40% of new consoles selling with a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV
- In the first week, more than 2.3 million people played Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox LIVE
- GTA IV is now the number one played game on Xbox LIVE
- Over the weekend, we saw the Xbox LIVE service reach 1 million concurrent users
- Gamers have unlocked more than 12 million achievements worth over 100 million gamerscore points in GTA
- Grand Theft Auto IV set a new record for time played, with the average gamer spending more than four hours playing the game on LIVE in the first week alone
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TORO @ May 8th 2008 9:38AM
Nice! I wonder how many achievements the PS3 unlocked.
Dustin Burg @ May 8th 2008 9:45AM
Ooo! Ooo! I know! I know! Ahem, the answer to your question is ... absolutely none.
D Boy Flex @ May 8th 2008 9:50AM
I think they unlock the 'oh, I'm too cool for achievements' achievement, which you earn when you pop the game in and it freezes. Wow, what a reward.
Rell @ May 8th 2008 9:58AM
Brutal :(
They will unlock them when Home finally drops lol
TORO @ May 8th 2008 9:59AM
"Achievement Unlocked" for Dustin
"Achievement Unlocked" for D Boy
Man we're really good at this lol
Ysleiro @ May 8th 2008 10:01AM
Hey no fair guys.
They are unlocking trophies...
Oh wait I forgot about "Home" delay #8235.
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ May 8th 2008 10:35AM
Home will have achievements!?
ZEBRA NINER @ May 8th 2008 11:38AM
ZING!
Ninjakamster (PSN: Chin-Poh) @ May 8th 2008 3:31PM
Its not really right for you guys to call PS3 fanboys annoying and bashing your console when you do the exact same thing to the PS3 every chance you get. Face it, both of us groups of fanboys are equally annoying, yet you act as if PS3 fanboys are worse than yours.
I wouldn't quite say that....
agelgamer @ May 8th 2008 9:58AM
anybody having network issues or freezing issues on the 360? I think MS got it right this time with LIVE... not one hiccup. 1 million concurrent users?! Holy crap. Not one stat from PSN about how many people they have playing online there. Last I heard, they're still having issues on the network - let alone with the game itself. Way to go PS3.
Ysleiro @ May 8th 2008 10:05AM
Hell to the "F" no, 360 aint having network issues. Well at least on my end.
The only issue I'm havig is with Rockstar not intergrating the custom music better. Other games do it. Why couldn't they.
Boff @ May 8th 2008 10:06AM
Thoroughly deserved, I'm loving it so far.
Pleased to say I've contributed about 300gs to that big old GTA total of 100mil.
Just as well really cos 99,999,600 total gamerscore points would've made the stats messy!!
erico316 @ May 8th 2008 10:23AM
i have both system i picked up the ps3 vesion cause it was better. there is no freezes or network problem for me. second freeze problem is on both system. third the 360 controler isnt meant for anything beside shooters.
agelgamer @ May 8th 2008 11:49AM
Home's been delayed again. Judging by what some of the guys are saying over there... most of them just don't care about it anymore.
Home seems like a great idea... if was included at LAUNCH.
Personally... I don't need some fancy avatar to interact with my friends online... voice chat seems to work just fine. Just another piece of bloatware on their hard drives.
At least we don't have to install anything to play games :)
Rell @ May 8th 2008 12:47PM
It's just something else to make up for the lack of games. Blu-Ray player, web browser, Home (one day). All that and you get Lair, Goddess of War, and MGS4 to play while the list of Xbox 360 games continue to expand.
Adam @ May 8th 2008 10:26AM
Its funny the sony camp is screaming they pushed more hardware.I laugh becuase they lost half there userbase to xbox due to the release not being delayed for microsoft.
if you look at how many people who would have bought ps3 for this and got 360 becuase it was cheaper.Alone ms won a huge battle.
They may have not sold more hardware but they won the battle.
Rick @ May 8th 2008 10:42AM
All I'm concerned about at this point is what the Halo 3 community thinks about this important issue. And if they've finally put their panties on. Hehe.