The Industry Standard - Grand Theft Auto IV generates $400mil+ in first-week sales - Comments

This game has been a big

Inf. — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:49:43 -0700

This game has been a big hit. Sold more in 1st week than Halo3 did in 5months. I still like Halo though, online game play is B-E-A-UTIFUL. I barely play this. Find me in Burger Shot chilling with the rest of the Cracker Killas. *`~CK~`*

:)

rob shambro — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:20:03 -0700

I noticed that, too.

Eric Hill812251 — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:17:45 -0700

I noticed that, too. Looking into it.

No problem. Incidently, on

Bradley Baker — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:26 -0700

No problem.

Incidently, on the "my predictions" page the total won/lost for a prediction doesn't calculate correctly.

Taking my account as an example, on this prediction I bought in early at 55%, cashed out at 78% (needed the money elsewhere), bought back in at 78% and 82%, and then cashed out at delist at 100%. The gain displayed appears to only account for the gain on the position held at close, not the gain/loss from the earlier transactions.

Yep, that's the PR I was

Eric Hill812251 — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:31:18 -0700

Yep, that's the PR I was waiting for. Thanks, Bradley.

It's on Take Two's website

Bradley Baker — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:27:24 -0700

It's on Take Two's website under news. Sounds official to me...

http://ir.take2games.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=308689

Looks like this is a done

Eric Hill812251 — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:39:00 -0700

Looks like this is a done deal. According to the NYTimes, Take-Two Interactive will announce first-week sales at a whopping $500 million! Will judge as soon as it's official on May 7.

We'll have to wait until

Eric Hill812251 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:10:19 -0700

We'll have to wait until some official figures are released. Anyone who sees them first, shoot them my way (click on the Reply link here and I'll be notified). If you find it before I do, and send us a note, I'll credit the first person with S$10,000.

Wow, this jumped over 30% in

Eric Hill812251 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:25:04 -0700

Wow, this jumped over 30% in one day. Some big money moving in here!

Grand Theft Auto IV generates $400mil+ in first-week sales

Bradley Baker — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:06:26 -0700

Judgment, May 7, 2008: Incredibly, Grand Theft Auto IV's first-week sales broke records beyond belief. The official press release is here. The community correctly predicted that GTA would break $400 million, and this is being judged at S$100. -- The Industry Standard

This one'll have to be a quickie...

Variety is citing industry sources claiming that based on pre-sale numbers and shipments to retailers that GTA IV may clear $400,000,000 in sales during its first week on the market. It is due for release on April 29th. This would far exceed the current video game record holder, Halo 3 (with ~$300,000,000).

This prediction will be worth S$100 if reported gross sales for the first week of release of GTA IV are $400,000,000 or greater. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984089.html?categoryid=20&cs=1