GTA IV ships over 11 million copies

by Jason Dobson { Jun 5th 2008 at 5:02PM }

As part of Take-Two's glowing second quarter financials, the publisher confirmed that Grand Theft Auto IV has been flying off shelves (GASP!), announcing that as of May 31, more than 11 million copies "have been sold in to retailers," while nearly 8.5 million units "have been sold through to consumers."

Take-Two further puffed out its financial chest this afternoon concerning the high profile title, boasting that GTAIV surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales, selling about 6 million units worldwide and filling company wallets with more than $500 million in its debut week.

Tags: breakingnews, financial, financials, Grand-Theft-Auto-IV, gtaiv, rockstar, take-two

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ Jun 5th 2008 5:08PM

Yeah, Rockstar bought all 11 million copies. Seriously, did anyone actually buy this game?

ChooChooCharlie (MK 0430-8740-2222) @ Jun 5th 2008 5:13PM

Yeah. Me and everyone on my friend list and everyone on their friend list and ...

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ Jun 5th 2008 5:15PM

I understand that sarcasm is difficult to detect through text, but come on...really?!

Co @ Jun 5th 2008 6:07PM

I'm with you Cesaria. I know all of 2 people with this game.

ChooChooCharlie (MK 0430-8740-2222) @ Jun 5th 2008 6:31PM

Sorry. Joystiq trolls say some pretty ridiculous things sometimes and have desensitized me to casual sarcasm. I wasn't sure what you were driving at with that one.

Also, Serious Cat ate my sarcasm detector.

somemale @ Jun 5th 2008 5:11PM

Was wondering about this since reading about the COD4 sales news yesterday...really quite remarkable what GTA4 has done. Lets hope the next GTA game will be even better!

Martez @ Jun 5th 2008 5:15PM

11 million? That's it?

Korova Pyro aspect @ Jun 5th 2008 5:24PM

You know, after the first week, when I got to like 18% complete, I havent played GTA4 again. I am now gonna lend it to a pal in exchnage for his copy of Dirt.

I dono, I just havent been wanting to go back to it. Its gta all over again.

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ Jun 5th 2008 5:28PM

I'm sorry, folks, but I gotta say it. This game is so easy and unchallenging, I would borderline call this a casual game. Sure, it's super long, but it's just not challening. It's great, and I love it, it's just too easy.

Zertoss @ Jun 5th 2008 5:34PM

The achievements aren't all easy. As often as I'm in the hospital due to the ninja inside me flipping out on random crowds of people and all of the cab driver riots I've started, I don't know if I'll ever get to $500,000.

If only my inner ninja would help keep me alive.

Charlie_Six @ Jun 5th 2008 5:36PM

I never really played the previous games, so GTA4 is my first. The game definitely has a "quantity over quality" feel to it. The game world is huge, and there's just so much content and personality to it. But the quality of the game play itself is really low. Like Mass Effect and Bioshock, this game is more about the script than it is about the actual game play.

Co @ Jun 5th 2008 6:10PM

Zertoss, stop with the achievements. What a lame concept. If you happen to come across some in a game, great. Big whoop.

But these kids that devote their 360 lives to achievement unlocking is just baffling.

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ Jun 5th 2008 6:26PM

Achievements hearken back to the glory days of arcades, where the only way you could show your gaming superiority was by displaying your initials at the top of the High Score list. The same thing applies here.

ChooChooCharlie (MK 0430-8740-2222) @ Jun 5th 2008 6:37PM

"Achievements hearken back to the glory days of arcades"

Very true.

And, Co, do you even have a 360? If you did, perhaps you'd be singing a different tune. It's a good feeling of instant gratification when you unlock an achievement. And it definitely adds to the replay value. I'm not so bad that I'll try to get EVERY achievement in all my games, but it does keep me playing long enough to at least get my money's worth. All I'm saying is, don't dismiss something until you've tried it yourself.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 5th 2008 7:10PM

I think you all should know by now Co doesn't have anything useful to say. Ever.

As for the achievement, don't sweat it if you keep playing you should get $500,000 easy. A mission halfway through pays $250,000 and each one after that averages $7000-12000. Also, if you get the map online for the text message cars you'll get some early on that pay 40,000-60,000 each.

The hardest is obviously the 100% one. I'm 96% done and missing 1 pidgeon somewhere and just haven't mustered the willpower to go through all 200 just to find 1 :(

JaKa (Because 666 gives a wrong impression!) @ Jun 5th 2008 5:48PM

GTA4 really is a step back compared to San Andreas.Less Guns,Less Cars,Less Weapons and less stuff to do.

This franchise needs to die...or at least take a long 5 year no-news-on-GTA break.

I'd gladly trade this one for San Andreas running on the same graphic engine.