GTAIV boosts UK 360 sales over PS3

by Richard Mitchell { May 29th 2008 at 11:30AM }

Having already announced that the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV was the week one sales winner in the UK, Chart-Track has now told Eurogamer that the game also heavily boosted sales of the Xbox 360 console. Since Grand Theft Auto IV's launch last month, sales of the Xbox 360 are up 18% over the Playstation 3 in the UK. ChartTrack also notes that sales of the Xbox 360 have increased 47% over the month prior to GTAIV's launch, whereas PS3 sales have seen an increase of only 8%. Furthermore, a full 57% of all copies of GTAIV sold in the UK were sold for the Xbox 360, leaving 43% for the Playstation 3.

It's not all sunshine and roses for the Xbox 360 though, as the Playstation 3 still holds the lead in overall UK sales for 2008 thus far. As it stands, there still remains a 10% gap between the consoles, though it's worth noting that the gap stood at 20% before the launch of GTAIV.

[Via Joystiq]

Update: Ahem, the numbers are for the UK, not all of Europe.

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Robert @ May 29th 2008 11:43AM

ohhh what a spin from "Sales of Xbox 360 consoles are 18 per cent ahead of the PlayStation 3 in the UK since the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV, Chart-Track told Eurogamer today"

to "GTAIV boosts European 360 sales over PS3"

First USA citizens (or erroneously called Americans) think USA is all the world.. and now UK is all Europe. jajajaja tipical way of thinking.

I am not denying the news (that is different of what is written here) but please, a little ethic is not bad

Trogdor @ May 29th 2008 11:49AM

You're arguing semantics, not ethics.

Robert @ May 29th 2008 11:52AM

ohh right. semantics means I can change the meaning of something to support my ideas, and do not report the news as they were published by the original author. for me that is unethical

Big Bird @ May 29th 2008 12:02PM

Robert,

It appears you have got lost agian. You want to type in your address bar the following "http://playstation.joystiq.com". You are welcome and thanks for stoping in to bring some of your sunshine to us. Don't you have an hour and a half cutscene to get ready for?

Robert @ May 29th 2008 12:08PM

@Big Bird you can try to call me a fanboy, but my first comment was targeted to the original post, if you want to be a stupid fanboy that accept lies, that is your problem, I expect from this site good news about the XBox360, but real news without alteration, and I will request the same thing when I read from ps3fanboy.com (I read both to get a balanced view of the news, but I do not accept when someone try to sneak up altered news)

Richard Mitchell @ May 29th 2008 1:27PM

Corrected the mistake. I blame a lack of morning caffeine.

Robert @ May 29th 2008 1:35PM

Thanks, and sorry for being harsh, I can blame a lack of caffeine too but as I do not drink coffee, I think I am unfix able :-P

Vcize @ May 29th 2008 2:13PM

Robert, you had a valid point but when you lead with some arrogant crap like "first the USA thinks its all the world" no one is going to continue past that looking to find the content behind your post.

You were looking to start an argument, not correct a mistake. Don't play Mr. Innocent over there.

Robert @ May 29th 2008 2:32PM

did i want to start an argument? maybe, "I can blame a lack of caffeine too" was in sarcasm mode, nobody is playing to be Mr. Innocent. everyone writing here (and siblings sites) should try to be right in what they write, or at least do a little of peer review before publishing, if not it will be a SDF like site (and I hate that place)

itsburnsie @ May 29th 2008 4:44PM

Gentlemen, I ask you to stop feeding the troll. You're only encouraging him...

Frosty22 @ May 29th 2008 4:44PM

Thanks Robert. I now have a headache from your horrible posts. Grammar and correct word usage is our friends. I find it interesting that you are so critical of the author and yet you are not capable of writing a complete sentence without numerous errors.

Frosty22 @ May 29th 2008 4:46PM

Can anyone spot the irony in my post? I wish I could say it was intentional but... no... it was not.

Robert @ May 29th 2008 5:14PM

@Frosty22 ohh ok, everyone in the world must be perfect english speakers/writers, please give me a break, at least some of us try to learn other languages different of their first language, mine i spanish. 貴方はばかです

SadisticHam @ May 29th 2008 12:19PM

It's worth noting the UK is the biggest money earner in Europe, having the lead in the UK and not the rest of Europe is perfectly fine.

It's like claiming the 360 might be doing well in America but it blows in Japan, everyone knows it does but it really doesn't need Japan to be successful.