Grand Theft Auto IV goes beyond 6 million in five days, according to VGChartz

" VGChartz.com, the most comprehensive videogaming charts in the world, has announced that Rockstar sold roughly 6 million copies of Grand Theft Auto IV during the first 5 days after the game's release. 4 million gamers purchased the game day one.

The game generated an estimated revenue of $390 million, exceeding Halo 3´s $280 million launch week. Worldwide sales split 4:3 in favour of the Xbox 360 while the Playstation 3 version saw a higher attach rate.

America saw sales of more than 3.7 million units during the first week of the game's release. Europe experienced strong sales, as well - roughly 2.2 million Europeans purchased the game during the same timeframe. (1.25 million on Playstation 3; 0.95 million on Xbox 360)

Grand Theft Auto IV also had a big affect on hardware sales: Playstation 3 sales nearly doubled compared to the week before, while Xbox 360 sales jumped roughly 70%.

Grand Theft Auto IV is considered the most expensive game of all time, with estimated development costs of $100 million. The game is likely to hit the 10 million units sales mark during the next months. "

What do you think? Is this true?

It could be true. I wouldnt be surprised. and ofcourse did it beat halo3 on it's launch week. GTAIV is multiplat, halo3 is 360 exclusivekillerfist

Yeah.

i dont trust vgcharts since they are unaccurate......but then again if this is true....im happy......its good to see gta4 doing so well so early.....now i wanna see what all the fanboys were raving about gta4 stopping the wii for good...cant wait to see how that turns outDante2710

I mean, many have predicted this...