GTAIV boosts UK 360 sales over PS3
by Richard Mitchell 
on May 29th 2008 11:30AM
Having already announced that the Xbox 360 version of
Grand Theft Auto IV was the
week one sales winner in the UK, Chart-Track has now
told Eurogamer that the game also heavily boosted sales of the Xbox 360 console. Since
Grand Theft Auto IV's launch last month, sales of the Xbox 360 are up 18% over the Playstation 3 in the UK. ChartTrack also notes that sales of the Xbox 360 have increased 47% over the month prior to
GTAIV's launch, whereas PS3 sales have seen an increase of only 8%. Furthermore, a full 57% of all copies of
GTAIV sold in the UK were sold for the Xbox 360, leaving 43% for the Playstation 3.
It's not all sunshine and roses for the Xbox 360 though, as the Playstation 3 still holds the lead in overall UK sales for 2008 thus far. As it stands, there still remains a 10% gap between the consoles, though it's worth noting that the gap stood at 20% before the launch of
GTAIV.
[Via
Joystiq]
Update: Ahem, the numbers are for the UK, not all of Europe.
