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Grand Theft Auto IV smashes record books

PS3 John — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:13:47 +0000

It was always going to happen. The world’s most pre-order video game is smashing records left right and centre with supplies exceptionally limited.

In the UK the game sold a record 609,000 copies on both consoles on the first day of release. This breaks the previous record of just over 500,000 sold by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in 2004.

Around 280,000 PlayStation 3 copies were sold on the first day compared to 330,000 XBox 360 copies, even more evidence that the PS3 is closing in on the XBox 360.

Total UK sales alone netted £24 million ($48 million) in one day.

We are still awaiting the initial sales figures worldwide and from the US and North America. Halo 3 holds the record for the best first week sales of any video game, and in the UK at least we will know next Tuesday when Charttrack reports on the first week sales.

Already the GTA IV effect is having a massive effect on PlayStation 3 console sales with many gamers who had not moved to the fifth generation consoles, using this opportunity to purchase a console. Over 80% of people purchasing a console with Grand Theft Auto IV are choosing the PS3 over the XBox 360.

PS3 Games Chart (3 Feb 08)

PS3Boy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:24:41 +0000

Information for the UK for the week ending 26th January 2008.

This week’s Top 10 PS3 Games

1. Burnout Paradise
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Assassin’s Creed
4. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
5. Pro Evo Soccer 2008
6. FIFA 08
7. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Walking
8. Need for Speed: Pro Street
9. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of destruction
10. Resistance: Fall of Man

Burnout Paradise takes top spot as this week’s new entry and goes straight to number one in the charts.

Resistance celebrates 45 weeks of chart action by moving back up six places in to the top ten.

PS3 Games Chart (19 Jan 08)

PS3 John — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:24:48 +0000

Information for the UK for the week ending 19th January 2008.

This week’s Top 10 PS3 Games

1. Assassins Creed
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Unchartered: Drake’s Fortune
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
5. FIFA 08
6. Kane & Lynch
7. Need for Speed: Prostreet
8. Guitar Hero III
9. Medal of Honor: Airborne
10. Ratchet & Clank

Assassin’s Creed makes it way back to top spot, knocking COD4 off it’s perch (surely everyone in the world has bought it by now!)

Further down the chart and SingStar is making a renewed push moving from 23rd back to 13th place. With the post-Christmas blues – it seems most people like nothing more than a good sing-song.