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GTA IV: 360 outsells PS3 on day one in the UK

April 30th, 2008 @ 19:21
By Patrick Garratt

According to ChartTrack data, the 360 version of GTA IV was more popular than the PS3 game on the first day of sales.

Approximately 335,000 Xbox 360 games sold yesterday: 274,000 were sold on PS3.

So there we are.

Posted in: Action, PS3, Retail, Rockstar, UK, Xbox 360

CommentsViewing 16 responses

  1. goon said:

    April 30, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    50k more for £50m, Gotta hurt.

    I wonder what hardware the game shifted though.

  2. morriss said:

    April 30, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    Wait how see how many people download the extra content for probably 1200MS Points before we start asking whether the £50m was worth it.

  3. Psychotext said:

    April 30, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    I’m amazed so many people still don’t realise that the $50m was a loan.

  4. Zumi said:

    May 1, 2008 at 2:31 am

    Is that all the difference is? If PS3 sold 274k copies, then PS3 did well. I expected a thorough thrashing by the 360 version, I thought I’d be about 5:1 to the 360, given the amount of people that own a 360 here, compared to PS3’s relatively small numbers. They’re pretty impressive PS3 figures, actually.

  5. Daniel Plainview said:

    May 1, 2008 at 4:47 am

    Wasn’t everyone expecting this?

  6. patlike said:

    May 1, 2008 at 7:36 am

    I didn’t expect it to be so close, to be honest.

  7. goon said:

    May 1, 2008 at 7:41 am

    “I’m amazed so many people still don’t realise that the $50m was a loan.”

    A loan based on sales.

  8. Blerk said:

    May 1, 2008 at 8:26 am

    So the PS3 version of GTA4 did better on day one than Halo 3 did for the 360. :-D

    We can’t really comment on Microsoft’s value for money yet, though – it’s bound to have done far, far better on 360 in the US than it will have done over here. Would be nice to see full European figures for the game, though. Although we won’t.

  9. Psychotext said:

    May 1, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Zumi: 5:1 on the 360? The 360 userbase isn’t even double the PS3 userbase in the UK… plus the game is generally seen as a Playstation franchise.

  10. Blerk said:

    May 1, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Last time I saw figures, the 360 had sold 2 million units in the UK compared to the PS3 at about 1.1 million, iirc. And the PS3 is outselling the 360 fairly consistently of late, so it’s probably a bit closer now.

  11. Psychotext said:

    May 1, 2008 at 10:37 am

    Blerk: Yeah that sounds about right.

  12. Zumi said:

    May 1, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    “Zumi: 5:1 on the 360? The 360 userbase isn’t even double the PS3 userbase in the UK… plus the game is generally seen as a Playstation franchise.”

    Yeah, 5:1 was a bit generous, but it didn’t crush it like I thought it would. I reckon the analysts will be right about it selling more PS3s than 360s.

  13. Psychotext said:

    May 1, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Zumi: That’s pretty much guaranteed.

  14. Blerk said:

    May 1, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Well, it’s sold me a…. sandwich.

  15. Psychotext said:

    May 1, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Was it a good sandwich?

  16. Blerk said:

    May 1, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    It was quite nice. Sausage, bacon and egg. Could’ve been a bit bigger.

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