1. I don't trust VGchartz and neither should you...
2. 8-9 million after 2 1/2 months IS damn good for a game with soooo much competition on the shelves...
3. The year hasn't ended yet.. IF M$/Sony drop the prices of their machines to a consumer friendly level, you may see a surge of sales for games like this one.
4. 3rd party games still sell like **** on the wii.. so what incentive would 3rd party devs have for going that route?

The only thing this gen is proving is that...

The economy is effecting sales of VG (even though It recently surpassed the sales of DVD's).

There's a fine line being drawn between "hardcore gamers" and "non-gamers"...

PRICE IS A FACTOR... 2 1/2 years into the PS2's(and the XB's) lifecycle the system sold for $150-179(I forget the actual price) at retail...

2 1/2 years into the 360 lifecycle the cheapest system is still $300. With the more desired versions retailing for $350-$450. And don't get me started on the PS3...

OhSnapitz

Once again, GTA IV sold more than 8.5 million copies one month after release. It's higher now.

1) Are you jealous because Gears of War is the current graphics king on consoles? No, forget MGS4 and Uncharted, it's Gears of War.

2) Stop whining about the graphics - it won't stop Gears 2 from kicking Killzone 2 and reistance 2's asses in terms of sales.

WE are on Gamespot, so we should only use Gamespot scores.kool-aids

LOL, that is SO bulls*it! MGS 4 is not better than Gears, FOR EXAMPLE, because it scored higher at GAMESPOT, because GamesPOT is only 1 site, and it would be MUCH MORE FAIR to compare when using the avreage of both game's reviews

hmmmm well gta 4 has made 500 million dollars so far so im pretty sure they are clear, then there is the 50 million microsoft gave them....so yeah take two has made alot of profit.WilliamRLBaker

in your dreams. GTA made 500 million FIRST WEEK. So far, it should be at about 700 million. At least

[QUOTE="WeAreBorn"][QUOTE="mubarakibnumar"][QUOTE="WeAreBorn"][QUOTE="mubarakibnumar"][QUOTE="WeAreBorn"][QUOTE="mubarakibnumar"]

Wii fit $440,000,000 so far

Wii sports $760,000,000 so far

etc fan boi

mubarakibnumar

Yes, and Grand Theft Auto IV has already killed Wii Fit's numbers and will excel Wii Sports, as well. And Wii Sports was bundled, and still did not manage to make 500 million. That's a pity. And who told you Wii Fit was at 440,000,000???

I expect you to do your research before you make a thread about sales. If you multiply 5,500,000 by 80 you get $440,000,000

Also nintendogs is at $550,000,000

wiif it only at 5,5? thats bad

What school did you go to?

why????

You know what just forget it.

ok

[QUOTE="WeAreBorn"][QUOTE="mubarakibnumar"][QUOTE="WeAreBorn"][QUOTE="mubarakibnumar"]

Wii fit $440,000,000 so far

Wii sports $760,000,000 so far

etc fan boi

mubarakibnumar

Yes, and Grand Theft Auto IV has already killed Wii Fit's numbers and will excel Wii Sports, as well. And Wii Sports was bundled, and still did not manage to make 500 million. That's a pity. And who told you Wii Fit was at 440,000,000???

I expect you to do your research before you make a thread about sales. If you multiply 5,500,000 by 80 you get $440,000,000

Also nintendogs is at $550,000,000

wiif it only at 5,5? thats bad

What school did you go to?

why????

[QUOTE="Cranler"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="Cranler"][QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

That may seem impressive, until you start looking closer — which Microsoft, Sony, and the many publishers who develop for their respective consoles are surely doing now. For one thing, its predecessor, 2004's GTA: San Andreas, sold 21.5 million copies.With GTA IV sales already plummeting, the franchise's latest installment from Take-Two Interactive will be lucky to move 12-14 million copiestotal. What's more, it cost a record$100 million to develop.

mjarantilla

Your comparing the sales of a game that been out for 4 years to a game thats been out for 2 months? :roll:

How about comparing 1st week sales:

GTA SA-2 million at $50 each

GTA 4-6 million at $60 each

GTA4 had the biggest first day and 1st week in the history of the entertainment industry.

It grossed more than movies that have 200 million dollar budgets.

If you'll read the article more closely, the 12-14 million figure is the article author's projected total sales for GTAIV, not its current sales. Moreover, the article isn't about GTAIV specifically.

Seriously, why can't System Warriors ever see the forest for the trees?

Is the article writer some sort of proven soothsayer?

9 million sales in 2 months and only 3-5 million more til the end of time? I see no logic there.

You act as if the audience for GTAIV is infinite. It's not. 9 million sold in 2 months only means that there are 9 million fewer potential customers lining up to buy GTAIV. It doesn't matter how fast they sold those nine million copies if there's a hard limit to the target audience caused by a small user base.

Personally, I thiink the 12-14 million projection is still unreasonably low, but I do think GTAIV will sell many millions fewer than San Andreas. I think it'll hit Vice City numbers, meaning around 17-18 million, instead of San Andreas' 22 million.

GTA IV sold 8.5 million copies in one month.