Wed, Apr 23, 2008 | 09:38 BST
GTA IV: PS3 outselling 360 3:1 at UK’s Asda
According to this MCV piece, Asda’s seeing the PS3 version of GTA IV being pre-ordered three times to every one 360 copy.
“Both titles have generated great interest on the Asda website, with strong pre-orders, and the PS3 version is selling three times that of 360, which is surprising and not in line with what we’d expect,” said Duncan Cross, Asda’s head of games.
HMV was telling a different story, though. Tim Ellis, buying head at the UK retailer, said interest for the 360 version was higher due to store promotion: “Demand for both formats is high, but our 1,000 Xbox points offer generated a huge amount of interest.”
Thanks, Blerk.
19 comments
#1
pjmaybe
23/04/08, 9:42 am
OH NOES THE 360 IS DOOMED!
/yawn
I think it’s time for more made up GTA news. Do the story about the penguin that lives on one of the little islands in Liberty Bay. The penguin with the machine gun.
#2
Blerk
23/04/08, 9:48 am
/awaits “unwashed pikeys prefer PS3″ quip
#3
DogGuy2
23/04/08, 10:28 am
Well it makes sense, because….only unwashed pikeys prefer PS3.
#4
CastellanSpandrell
23/04/08, 11:46 am
“only unwashed pikeys prefer PS3.”
That’s odd! At first the PS3 was ‘prohibitively expensive’ now chavs prefer it…
#5
Tonka
23/04/08, 12:07 pm
Has MS Halo 3 level ad campaign started yet?
#6
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:09 pm
Not quite!
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/04/22/gta-iv-meant-to-be-played-on-the-ps3-says-amazon-com/
#7
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:20 pm
The *real* intro movie and stuff from the PS3 version has finally leaked to YouTube. Watch it before it gets pulled (if you’re not on spoiler watch)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piCbOD_kEMs
#8
patlike
23/04/08, 12:25 pm
I think it’s been pulled already.
#9
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:28 pm
Hah! You’re right! I’ve got it sitting right here in me browser, though – I just finished watching it. There’s some gameplay footage at the end of it too – the first bit of driving. Quite poor quality video, but reasonable enough to see what it’s like. Animation seemed a bit more wooden than I was expecting, tbh. But I still want. ^_^
/goes to try and extract the video from Firefox cache
#10
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:37 pm
Heh heh – job done!
/hides .flv file from Rockstar
#11
patlike
23/04/08, 12:39 pm
You’re kidding. How big’s the file?
#12
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:42 pm
About 18mb. Quite small, ‘cos YouTube’s crap, innit. Want me to upload it and drop you a link? Although obviously I couldn’t possibly do that because it would be wrong.
#13
patlike
23/04/08, 12:43 pm
That’d be much appreciated, yep. Although it would be wrong.
#14
Zumi
23/04/08, 12:45 pm
Jeez guys, isn’t this best saved until you see it first hand? Way to spoil one of the biggest games of all time with YouTube.
#15
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:48 pm
I never much cared about seeing intro movies and the like. It’s not like it spoils the end or anything. And considering it’s going to be over six months before I actually get to play it, the whole thing’s going to be long-since spoiled before I even have a copy.
#16
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:55 pm
You’ve got mail by the way, Pat. So I hear.
/looks shifty
#17
Blerk
23/04/08, 12:57 pm
glol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU_rgKmMpDA
(this one’s safe to watch, by the way)
#18
patlike
23/04/08, 1:10 pm
Ta.
That movie’s massive. It does actually show quite a lot.
#19
DogGuy2
23/04/08, 2:21 pm
“That’s odd! At first the PS3 was ‘prohibitively expensive’ now chavs prefer it…”
Whats odd about it? Chavs steal dont they?