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GameStop: 360 has 2-to-1 lead over PS3 in GTA IV's first-week sales photo

GameStop has revealed their first-week sales numbers for Grand Theft Auto IV exclusively to Level Up, and they're certainly not too surprising. According to the specialty retail giant, roughly 64 percent of the copies sold were on the Xbox 360, with the other 36 percent (obviously) for the PlayStation 3. 

Microsoft FTW? According to Level Up's number-crunching, an Xbox 360 victory is not quite so clear. Comparing the NPD group numbers that indicate a 9.9 million-user Xbox 360 install base versus 4.1 million PlayStation 3s (roughly 70/30), the Xbox 360 version actually "underperformed."

So ... Sony FTW? As someone who just likes to play games, do you care about these numbers and how they might have an impact on the industry? Or are you too busy playing GTA IV -- whether you're in that 64 percent or 36 percent -- to care?


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nilcam's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:48
nilcam
See: more frames = more sales.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:51
ArrestedDeveloper
@NILCAM
YOU ARE RACIST AND DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GAMES.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:51
Mxyzptlk
THIS STORY IS OBVIOUSLY BIASED AGAINST MY FAVORITE CONSOLE!
garrfunkel's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:52
garrfunkel
It doesnt bother me either way so long as I get to play the game but Im not surprised that the 360 version sold better. The DLC was bound to shift a few extra copies.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:53
Dexter345
TEETEES!
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:53
topgeargorilla
I don't understand the whole frame rate issue. It all seems so silly, 37.789217 to 36.2201789? What does it all mean??!?

Oh, and the usage of the word titties was positively mortifying to play when I had GTAIV on rental.
BlackDove's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:53
BlackDove
How many GTA copies go in $50 million?
CaptainApocalypse's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:54
CaptainApocalypse
I don't think it is surprising at all. There are more 360's out there than PS3s. I also don't think that the 360 is "underperforming" either. Think about it, as much as I want to love the PS3, they are still in need of a some really good games. There is less variety and so, naturally, something big like GTA4 will sell huge. However, given that the 360 has been out longer, and therefor has more games available, GTA4 might not be as big of a draw. We need to take into account multiple console owners, too. I have a 360 and Wii, and would really like to pick up a PS3 eventually. If someone owned a 360 and PS3, they may be more likely to get it for the PS3 as it's library needs a bit of a boost. Just a thought.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 16:55
wardrox
well, those numbers show people bought the PS3 version over the 360 one, which is a little surprising. I thought it would at least match the unit sales.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:07
king3vbo
SO MUCH BIAS
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:09
Professor Pew
CAPS FTW

As long as there are an equal amount of teeties in there, it's all good. I dun want no 0.333333 teeties!!
hexfix93's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:17
hexfix93
The ps3 version will sell more in the long run once more ps3s are sold.

mgs4, and little big planet will sell ps3s like crazy.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:19
brainderailment
Install base.
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:23
Magesx
Is this supposed to be surprising?
killatia's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:23
killatia
saw this a mile away, thank you capt. obvious.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:26
MechaMonkey
Cousin! We should go bowling!
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:26
Clockwork
More people own 360s than PS3s. How did we not see this coming?
sinny's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:28
sinny
nice news for sony, and rockstar obviously... :P
hexfix93's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:32
hexfix93
All this said, think of how many people will experience red ring of ringworm and have to wait a month to play the damn game. Just to get the ringworm again and again?

Who on earth would buy something knowing that you have a 3 in 5 chance of having it break?
Sirapak's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:33
Sirapak
Maybe after Metal Gear Solid 4 is released it will be even or overtaken in Ps3's favor?
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:43
mix
Rockstar and gold toilettes!
animateria's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:50
animateria
In the end...

Rockstar North wins!
pointmonger's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 17:56
pointmonger
Well, I agree with the fact that PS3 owners are starved for top quality games and I feel it's likely the first year of PS3 sales went to hardcore gamers mostly, especially with that original $600 price tag (ouch). With more 360's in people's hands, there is likely more gamers with a 360 that have no interest in a game like GTA IV.

Sales are impressive on both sides.
Max Power's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 18:08
Max Power
That's some lacklustre trolling, Hexfix93, please try harder. You can do it!

Anyway, what I'd be really interested in (actually, no, I wouldn't...but whatever) is sales figures for the various GTA bundles for the X360 and PS3. But those are a secret, I guess. BTW This MGS logic doesn't quite add up, actually. From all I've gathered, and I wouldn't touch an MGS title with a ten foot pole, is that MGS4 is a game that you either love or you don't. And if you fall into the former category, you're not likely to play anything else for, well, ever. So how would that boost GTA sales on the PS3? Just a stretch maybe, but this is the internets and I can predict whatever I want.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 18:12
Cheeburga
As a gamer, I don't give two shits about the sales number.
Gamers are enjoying Grand Theft Auto, boom, done.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 18:16
Dexter345
Also, I would question the statistical significance of the numbers that would lead to the claim the the 360 underperformed. From where I'm sitting, 64% is pretty close to 71%, and 36% is pretty close to 29%. I would say (without having done the necessary calculations) that the difference is actually statistically insignificant, and it really just shows that people bought the game for whichever system they own.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 18:36
Sharpless
So, everybody wins, pretty much. But feel free to turn this into a wank session for your favorite console, guys. That IS what's important, right? Xbox has teh red-ring, Sony has no games? Am I right, guys? Huh?
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 19:00
Crunshii
Crapsh00t's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 19:37
Crapsh00t
PS3 VERSION WILL GO ON TO SELL 100 MILLION COPIES ONCE EVERY SINGLE PS2 OWNER SIMULTANEOUS UPGRADES TO THE PS3 ON APRIL 15 2010.

XBOX VERSION WILL SELL 100 MILLION COPIES AS XBOX 1080 COMES OUT AND BACK COMPAT VERSIONS WILL BECOME A CULT HIT ON MARCH 31 2010.

WII VERSION WILL SELL 100 MILLION COPIES.


GOZER THE GOZARIAN WILL BECOME PRESIDENT ON DECEMBER 15 2010.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 20:08
TrailerParkJesus
AMERICAN TEETEEZ WIN
Satsumomo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 20:58
Satsumomo
I want to point out that this mostly because Microsoft has done an excellent job in international retailer deals, this means that all games for the Xbox360 meet their deadlines in their respective countries.

For example, down here in Mexico, the game was available in-stores on the US release date, however PS3 copies took over a week or more to arrive.

I know 2 people, and both own both an X360 and PS3, and as you guessed, they got the X360 version instead.

Then we have the obvious reason: Xbox live.
Netrat33's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 20:58
Netrat33
I don't understand why you posted that link Hell 666. still showing the 360 version selling more. GTA is always been more of a US/UK based game.

But the thing is this game was branded as a "Sony game" and people saying it wouldn't do well on the 360. Well it is. Cased closed.
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 20:59
Corak
You can make numbers to prove anything, 75% of all people know that is 70% true, 100% of the time.

Just more fuel for the fanboys so they can whip it out and try to prove whose is bigger while the rest of us laugh at them as we actually, you know, enjoy our games.
GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 21:50
GrayFox
My favorite part of this blog is where it clearly demonstrates that the xbox 360 is superior to the ps3 in every conceivable way.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/12/2008 23:33
mistic
Well I guess more people bought if for PS3 ( in percentages ) then for 360 due to the fact that the game-library for 360 is more diverse...

And off course, lots of GTA3-fans prolly bought a PS3 the moment it came out...
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2008 00:17
Necros
I think I'm tired of hearing about GTA IV now. Mainly because I haven't played it yet.
Psycho_Babble's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2008 10:06
Psycho_Babble
I was surprised to find that people were actually buying the PS3 for GTA IV, especially in lieu of the fact that all of them probably own a 360. If GTA IV did that, then what will MSG and LittleBigPlanet do? Could blow up...
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