GTA IV expected to pull in $400 million during first week
Think Rockstar Games has a lot riding on the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV? You would be correct. According to Variety, is looks like the Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, is expecting to rake in over $400 million during the first week of sales. Whoa! That would equate to roughly 6 million units sold over 7 days, which is a pretty insane number, especially given the state of the economy, but if anyone can pull this off it’s the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Given the new dual-platform release approach, coupled with the incredible hype surrounding the impending April 29th drop, epic sales are no brainer, but $400 million? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Thats alot of games. I was shocked when i went to reserve my copy the gamestop store was packed. Gaming doesnt care about the economy.
Says a lot about us if we’d forget about the economy to drive around town running people over – shooting everyone – and banging hookers. What a fanastic game!
i keep forgetting about that (lol sarcasm) i am going to reserve my copy today
I guess I’m confused about the panda bear in the picture – under the black GMC in the bottom right….
Oh, and GTA IV, 400 mill?….Hmm – I guess possible with multi platforms…
Can’t wait ! I reserved my copy over 2 months ago at gamestop. I think the analyst looked over the number of presales and determined it to sell $400 during the 1st week, I can see this happening.
i reserved a copy at gamestop when i traded in a few old ones. I’ve been a fan for awhile and will likely get lost in this one too.
Only $400 million? Sounds too low. This is gonna blow Halo3 out the water.
Halo 3 was a single platform and that record will never be broken on a single platform again…unless there is ever a halo 4 of course.