Upcoming GTA 5 release date sees huge jump in GTA 4 sales
Despite GTA 4 having hit retirement age, supermarket giant Asda has revealed that the precursor to the imminent GTA 5 release has received something of a second wind, becoming one of the highest selling games at the moment despite having been first released way back in 2008.
"GTA 4 has been flying off the shelves in anticipation," Asda's head of video games Craig Thirkell said in a recent interview with MCV. Discussing next week’s GTA 5 release date he added: "[GTA 5] marks the first of our midnight launches for 2013. We have a few surprises up our sleeves to keep our customers happy on the night."
While GTA 4 has sold a massive 25 million copies since launch, it is predicted that GTA 5 could become the biggest game release in history, eclipsing the usually dominant Call of Duty franchise in terms of both units sold and profits generated.
Ahead of next Tuesday’s September 17 GTA 5 release date, a selection of retailers have confirmed they will hold GTA 5 midnight openings. While Asda is one of many outlets to confirm it will fling open its doors as the clocks tick midnight, high street presences HMV and GAME have also confirmed that they will hold GTA 5 midnight openings at hundreds of stores around the country.
Although the game has only been confirmed for PS3 and Xbox 360, earlier this week Xbox One GTA 5 box art appeared on Amazon Germany, hinting that the long awaited title could make it to next-gen consoles after all.
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DV8Posted:
Daw I'm not surprised at all. A lot of people have been waiting for this game.
I have been anticipated since I have heard it has been in development!
DV8Posted:
Piledriver GTA IV is an amazing game and I'm sure GTA 5 Will be even better, hope the pc version will be greatly optimized.
I am trying to beat it before the midnight release lol!
IntPosted:
GTA IV is an amazing game and I'm sure GTA 5 Will be even better, hope the pc version will be greatly optimized.
Dr-JPosted:
-InsanelyAwesome- It comes as no shock to me that its set to smash records, I am surprised GTA IV sale have shot up though.
Yea, I didn't like gta4 at all, but this looks great.
Third_EyePosted:
Kinda the way you play old games of a series when a new one is coming out. The exictement gets to you.
-InsanelyAwesome-Posted:
It comes as no shock to me that its set to smash records, I am surprised GTA IV sale have shot up though.
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