GTA V set to break UK sales record with 3m copies ordered for release
An enthused retail source has said the game's publisher will allocate three million copies for the UK alone, giving it scope to outstrip the fastest selling UK game ever, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Activision's immensely popular shooter sold 1.4 million units in a single day in the UK - a feat which has not been superseded even by the likes of Modern Warfare 3 or Black Ops 2.
In October, Electronic Arts managed to sell 4.5 million copies of FIFA 13 to retailers around the world - a staggering record which, judging by the UK numbers alone, Take-Two expects to surpass.
In 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV sold 630,000 copies on its first day of release - a figure which at the time represented about a quarter of PS3 and Xbox 360 owners in the UK.
Latest records show the PS3 and Xbox 360 installed base in the UK is around thirteen million units, meaning that the GTA V launch day allocation amounts to about a fifth of total consoles sold.
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LBK117Posted:
InsanePanda Not gonna buy it on release day sadly.. the prices of the Xbox and ps3 version will bomb when the next gen consoles come out
No it won't it will only be on the current-gen. They said they didn't want a repeat of GTA IV.
maXamPosted:
This game is going to be awesome!
Can't wait!
I'm still going to get it for the 360 defiantly!
Can't wait!
I'm still going to get it for the 360 defiantly!
TaigaAisakaPosted:
MoDOT DAMMMMn
Gamestores will be packed and getting money.
I'm sure a majority of them were bought on Amazon so they will get shipped to the houses of the people who pre-ordered them.
ExoticWolfsPosted:
slapshot101 I think this is because everyone pre-ordered think it was coming out this Spring so they effetely doubled the amount of pre-orders., by changing the release date.
That is a good reasoning, but people wouldn't pro-order it twice. They might of pre-ordered it before spring then found out it was coming out after spring, so more people just had time and the money to pre-order it. I don't think I am going to pre-order it, I will just be getting the game not long after it comes out. I can't wait for it though, it's going to be the best game! :)
LikeCrazyPosted:
Not gonna buy it on release day sadly.. the prices of the Xbox and ps3 version will bomb when the next gen consoles come out
slapshot101Posted:
I think this is because everyone pre-ordered think it was coming out this Spring so they effetely doubled the amount of pre-orders., by changing the release date.
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