Grand Theft Auto 4 Has $500 Million First Week

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• Good question. They'd have to sell over 8 million copies to hit $500M : Speedy8
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  Europeans pay closer to $90USD for the game. : re4ctor
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Maybe Rockstar is reporting on wholesale units sold as the $500M figure but TT is reporting consumer sale... : dlr(2)
• I paid 105 $ US for one copy - 140$ US for the other :/ The American companies love to not update price... : abrasion
• Special Edition was $85, which is pretty worth it for the safe deposit box and duffle bag :) : jhokur

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  I think many devs stopped viewing the pc as a viable platform a while ago. MMOs are were the money is on ... : Tommy Toolbag
  • It's not only for MMO. The money is where a good game is at. I am sure Starcraft 2 will be selling bajill... : razlebol
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  The Hollywood convergence was tried, many years ago. It was called Siliwood (Silicon Valley + Hollywood).... : Schnapple
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    CoD4 sold 8.3m last year in the US. Of those, PC sold 384k (both numbers from NPD) : deveus1
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      ^^corrected just for accuracy's sake. Not trying to argue either way =D : deveus1
      • Yeah but now that COD4 is on steam, you really can't know how many copies it sold. : menar003
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      It's been pretty well established that NPD numbers are artificially low for PC sales since PC gamers neve... : SenorSpine
      • I just wanted to correct the 4m sales figure (which was way low). : deveus1
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        well even if digital distribution accounted for 75% of CoD4s sales (which seems highly unlikely to me) an... : derelict515
        • The boxed copy of CoD4 for PC ran out in Aus pretty quickly. I cant remember if the rest of the world was... : SigENeaT
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      Is that the CoD that came bundled with the XBOX360 release, where you had no other option but to buy it ... : heijinmaru
      • There are always ways to get a 360 without COD4... online or elsewhere... if somebody bought the system b... : Gwyndion
      • no, not that CoD, try not to make things up : derelict515
  • The problem is that it makes no sense to do a PC release within 6 months of a console release, because th... : SenorSpine

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• OH and 500 Million DAMN : Sanct1mon1a
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  Meh, it doesn't fundamentally change gameplay. It's neat, and the characters act more real, but it isn't... : Freon
  • It's going to be hard for me to go back to anything non-euphoria after playing GTA. : atom519
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    it's a total fuck ton better than havoc physics engine. when havoc first came out, i said "ooh cool" ... : -=kodiak=-
    • Havok is still used. Euphoria is only for the player models IIRC. : razlebol
  • I disagree. : SockMonkeh
  • Personally i have found the Euphoria engine to be quite advantageous. For example, if you shoot someon... : SigENeaT
• Euphoria has been my favorite part of GTA4. Try to imagine what the game would be like without it. : silent prophet
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  no, it adds to the game look and feel but if the game sucks and uses euphoria, it still sucks. : bagelcc
  • Yea i guess you are right but if the company who spends that much on a game better make sure it doesn't s... : Sanct1mon1a
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  Meh, it keeps you from car surfing so it can't be that cool. : Turd Ferguson
  • Go back to your Sam & Max loser! : deadhorse
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    Yea, this is a huge problem with it IMO... car surfing, hanging onto the sides of objects, and gibbing ar... : dedgecko
    • since when can you not hang onto the side of an object? : lja83
  • No car surfing = fail. That was just one of those side activities that made "doing nothing" fun in GTA3.... : MamiyaOtaru
• I don't think it "makes" the game, but it sure is fun to watch and adds a whole dimension to the reality ... : hillemania
• Euphoria is nice, but it sucks that it sends you into automatic ragdoll mode when standing on top of a ve... : kodt
• yeah cause guys getting thrown around by the force always hold each others hands when trying to balance. : RetroRedEyeJr
• um wut? : two50six

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• I bought a 360 plus GTA IV for $499! It was just like an instant impulse buy at that price. Considering t... : Smellsy

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  Well.. i take that back. Los Angeles was delayed again... damn, i did not see that..... : ps2rules300
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    When was it delayed and what to? I hope they are using Euphoria in it to. : pimpium
    • For cut scenes and the pedestrians you can't hit? Euphoria has nothing to do with driving physics. : ryuuseki
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  500 Mil....... DAMN : Trips
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    Didn't they spend 100 Mil on the game? Man... : pimpium
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      T-minus video games taking over Hollywood... : Freon
      • I doubt that. Most profit from movies isn't even brought in on release day. While Pirates of the Caribbea... : mittense
• looks like EA wants to be the big dog but they just can hang with the big dogs. : Sanct1mon1a
• I'm sure EA is happy for em. : Ziz
• I doubt EA cares that much about GTA or this will put them off in any way, some figure on an financial an... : orangesq

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• Sweet pecks and six pack : Sanct1mon1a
• VIP style baby THAT is how we ROLL : mwhr1986
• Totally ALPHA! YEAH! : marmite
• Rockstar, ALL ALPHAS EVERY LAST ONE - ALPHA BABY : abrasion
• he's not stoked, he's genetically superior : -=kodiak=-
• ROCKSTAR, GENETICALLY DIFFERENT BABY! : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Best character in a long time. :D "BRUCIE IS ALL ABOUT THE PUSSY!" : stelth
• *head butts wall* YEAH : d fluke
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  Brucie is gonna get very annoying soon, not cause of him in game but all the people who try to copy him. ... : boredguy
  • You seriously need to get help. - N : abrasion
• Those are some serious Red Army sales numbers! : jake

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• stupid amounts of money. amazon sold it for close to 70€ at one point. its now arround 55-58. i got mi... : Hoax
• Europeans pay anywhere from about $90 to $100 for the regular edition with current exchange rates. Speci... : fffortune
• it's between £35 - $70(sweet deal!) and £45 - $90(more than most games) here for the standard edition. ... : marmite
• $80 - $113 USD for a copy here : aeg1x