GTA V set to break UK sales record with 3m copies ordered for release

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Rockstar is preparing an extraordinary GTA 5 release day in the UK with a record-breaking number of copies set aside for launch, CVG has learned.


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Activision's immensely popular shooter sold 1.4 million units in a single day in the UK - a feat which has not been superseded even by the likes of Modern Warfare 3 or Black Ops 2.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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KatsumiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Katsumi
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Busselton That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)


Hopefully, maybe, 700,000 lol


I'm sure it's around the 1,000,000 mark by now ;3


I wonder how much life time sales the game will have.. I think they will get easily over 3 million


Oh definitely, GTA 4 sold at a pretty good rate and people have been waiting for GTA 5 so no doubt these sales will be impressive.


They will have most of the GTA4 fans that where there on the launch of the Xbox 360 and also new fans that have been drawn into the Grand Theft Auto Franchise through this game. I couldn't see the game not selling well due to how renown it is. Hopefully it doesn't let us down

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
Leap
Busselton That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)


Hopefully, maybe, 700,000 lol


I'm sure it's around the 1,000,000 mark by now ;3


I wonder how much life time sales the game will have.. I think they will get easily over 3 million


Oh definitely, GTA 4 sold at a pretty good rate and people have been waiting for GTA 5 so no doubt these sales will be impressive.

KatsumiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Leap
Busselton That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)


Hopefully, maybe, 700,000 lol


I'm sure it's around the 1,000,000 mark by now ;3


I wonder how much life time sales the game will have.. I think they will get easily over 3 million

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Leap
Busselton That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)


Hopefully, maybe, 700,000 lol


I'm sure it's around the 1,000,000 mark by now ;3

LeapPosted:

Busselton That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)


Hopefully, maybe, 700,000 lol

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Busselton That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)


I'm sure we will know soon. I'm wanting to know how many this will sell completely. Region and consoles combined.

Metro_2033Posted:

Cannot wait for this game!!!!!! :D I love the GTA franchise

AustraliansPosted:

That's a lot of copies, wonder how much for the Xbox. :)

KatsumiPosted:

IndianBoymodz
Katsumi
LuckyOtter
Katsumi
LBK117
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.


So it wont be on the Xbox 360? If it's going to be on the PS4 i will likely pre-order it


Do you know what "current-gen" means? It won't be on the One OR PS4. Only the 360 and PS3. And PC I think.



We are currently in the eighth generation of video game consoles. Search it up if you do not believe me. Meaning the current generation consoles are

Wii U
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo 3DS / 3DS XL
PlayStation Vita

So yes. I do know what "Current-Gen" means.


You cant call a system thats not even out yet current gen


3 or the 5 consoles in that list are out. We are in the eighth generation of consoles at the moment

GossipPosted:

Got mine ordered already ;)


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