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Grant Theft Auto IV will have $400 million first week sales?Dela @ Apr 16, 2008 22:48 | 9 comments
Now Halo 3, which had a single platform release, may be dethroned by Rockstar's upcoming (and seriously delayed) Grand Theft Auto IV, which will enjoy a wider audience when it hits both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 (PS3) platforms later this month. Variety cites industry analysts who boldly predict an opening week worth $400 million for GTA IV.
Sources close to the publisher, Take-Two Interactive, said that GTA IV is expected to sell about 6 million units in its first week on sale. Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes expected the chain will sell twice as many copies of the new GTA title than it did Halo 3, while GameStop's Bob McKenzie says that orders are actually trailing behind the Halo 3 figures at the moment.
If the game could generate sales of $404 million, then it would actually beat "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," in their respective opening weeks and show on the bottom line just how much more momentum videogames can generate these days. The management at Take-Two is counting on a huge first week performance for Grand Theft Auto IV to reflect in the company's stock price and justify the management's advice to shareholders to reject a $2 billion takeover attempt from Electronic Arts.
The previous title in the series, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, sold 21.5 million units, putting it up with the most successful games of all time. While the GTA franchise is very successful in the United States and Europe, the demand is not near matched in much of Asia.
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The reigning champion of opening-week performance in the videogames industry is the 2007 Xbox 360 smash-hit
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Comment by: muccione (Apr 16, 2008 23:05) i can't wait......I am buying 1 for each console....It sucks to do that but what if something is diff from the other |
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Comment by: esrever (Apr 16, 2008 23:38) I'm getting one as well. Can't wait |
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Comment by: chubbyInc (Apr 16, 2008 23:55) I thought both were the same, but 360 has updates and more mission for their version to be released later.
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Comment by: kaosX (Apr 17, 2008 00:22) oh yeah, i already got mine preordered through amazon to get the "liberty city - worst place in America" license plate =D
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Comment by: CrowDUDE (Apr 17, 2008 02:22) I pre-ordered the special edition version as well "PS3" and i cant wait to start playin... |
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Comment by: Dela (Apr 17, 2008 03:11) I pre-ordered but when I did they were unsure of the final price and of what versions of the game there will be (special edition etc.) I put down €75 on it. |
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Comment by: 7thsinger (Apr 17, 2008 19:13) I'm too am eagerly awaiting this one. Got a hookup in one of the stores who's making sure there's a copy with my name on it for the PS3. |
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Comment by: muccione (Apr 17, 2008 19:29) Don't worry about getting a copy......If Take-Two Interactive is planning $400 mill in sales it must have that many copies available. It would be foolish to make a statement like that and not have that much available... My wife works for blockbuster and the CEO has promised every store enough to sell. Way more than Halo3 |
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Comment by: chubbyInc (Apr 20, 2008 02:39) That's a cool plate, is it same size as normal vehicle plates? |
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