Grand Theft Auto IV Breaks Guinness World Records™
Posted by Marcel Klum on 14 May 2008 - 19:05 · 27 comments & 11474 views
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#1 Posted by flyingroof on 14 May 2008 - 19:25
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#3 Posted by chulomixed on 14 May 2008 - 19:55
- as if we didnt already know it was going to make that a lot its first day hehe
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#5 Posted by Dogan on 14 May 2008 - 20:12
- How much did WoW and WoW:TBC make, compared to this?
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#5.1 Posted by +Dakkaroth on 14 May 2008 - 21:11
- Not enough apparently.
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#5.2 Posted by Nose Nuggets on 14 May 2008 - 21:47
- TBC sold 2.4 million copies worldwide in first 24 hours.
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#7 Posted by jwjw1 on 14 May 2008 - 20:38
- you can tell those people are 'gamers'...look at the pot belly's......LOL
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#8 Posted by Nose Nuggets on 14 May 2008 - 21:48
- but im shocked, simply SHOCKED that its not pandemonium in the streets. i was expecting to see 12 year olds with AK's running amok in the streets trying to pretend they are Niko.
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#8.1 Posted by El Sid on 15 May 2008 - 11:26
- I know! What is the deal with that? I've listened to Jack Thompson and Hilary Clinton, and according to them, a game like this selling so well should have meant doom to us all! You know, you should even see kids hijacking cars, pulling up to a toll booth, smashing the window to hand over the toll, and speeding off again.
</sarcasm>
"Don't Shift The Blame"
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#9 Posted by haveblue128 on 14 May 2008 - 23:34
- While success is a positive statement all by itself, GTA4 winning the Guiness Prize bugs me. When GTA 3 was released, a family member who knows Im a cybergeek had me give it a try. What came next is something for which I was not prepared.
When the assult, mamming or killing of another human being as well as carjacking, and a variety of violent illegal actions become the basis for "gaining points and winning the game" it gives me pause. Now that GTA has gotten the Guniess record, it makes me wonder what under 30 crowd is all about. -
#9.1 Posted by offroadaaron on 15 May 2008 - 00:15
- games are about doing certain things you might not be able to do it real life.
Does spider man 3 make you think WOW the crowd under 30 likes to be a super hero and have a web shoot out of their wrist.
or does it make all the harry potter readers wanna put spells on other humans.
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#9.2 Posted by Lurchybaby on 15 May 2008 - 01:41
- (haveblue128 said @ #9)While success is a positive statement all by itself, GTA4 winning the Guiness Prize bugs me. When GTA 3 was released, a family member who knows Im a cybergeek had me give it a try. What came next is something for which I was not prepared.
When the assult, mamming or killing of another human being as well as carjacking, and a variety of violent illegal actions become the basis for "gaining points and winning the game" it gives me pause. Now that GTA has gotten the Guniess record, it makes me wonder what under 30 crowd is all about.
Are you kidding? I'm 36 and never laughed so much while playing a video game before. I wouldn't consider myself to be immature for my age either, I just think parts of this game are funny as hell. Probably the biggest factor involved is the ability to separate fantasy from reality. It's oddly funny to do the kinds of things in this game that you could or would only dream about doing in the real world, having the intellect to realize that you just can't do that sort of thing in real life. -
#9.3 Posted by Smigit on 15 May 2008 - 05:17
- (haveblue128 said @ #9)makes me wonder what under 30 crowd is all about.And what about the over 30 crowd also lapping this up?
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#9.4 Posted by El Sid on 15 May 2008 - 11:51
- If you think that what a pixelated image does in a fantasy world is 'cool', and you go out and shoot a load of people because you saw some pixelated image do it on your TV screen, what game you are playing at the time you got the idea is probably the least of your problems. I mean you've got to have big problems with your head if that's how you think.
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#9.5 Posted by ThaCrip on 20 May 2008 - 03:20
- (El Sid said @ #9.4)If you think that what a pixelated image does in a fantasy world is 'cool', and you go out and shoot a load of people because you saw some pixelated image do it on your TV screen, what game you are playing at the time you got the idea is probably the least of your problems. I mean you've got to have big problems with your head if that's how you think.
"Don't Shift the Blame"
exactly! , cause i was always saying the same thing... cause if you use this game to go out in real life an do this stuff you gotta have serious mental issues to begin with (i.e. it's not the games fault if you go out and try to copy it)
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#10 Posted by Sirius on 15 May 2008 - 05:41
- IN YOUR FACE EA
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#10.1 Posted by offroadaaron on 15 May 2008 - 23:33
- +1
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#11 Posted by iCarry on 16 May 2008 - 12:40
- Is this going to come out on the PC?
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#11.1 Posted by strekship on 17 May 2008 - 03:19
- Probably, but I bet it won't be out for a year or so.
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#11.2 Posted by Glassed Silver on 29 May 2008 - 15:34
- (strekship said @ #11.1)Probably, but I bet it won't be out for a year or so.
usually it took half a year i guess... they better be fast :/
Glassed Silver:mac
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#12 Posted by necrosis on 16 May 2008 - 17:17
- GTA IV deserves it more than that shitfest, overhyped FPS Halo 3.
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#12.1 Posted by ThaCrip on 20 May 2008 - 03:26
- +1 .... i strongly agree! , cause i think out of the super popular (big selling) games i think Halo series is BY FAR the most overrated.
p.s. i think MAFIA 2 will be better than GTA4 though
... cause MAFIA (on PC) was (and still is) one of my all time favorite single player games.
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#13 Posted by benoperaider on 19 May 2008 - 10:21
- [size=7]GTA busts another cap in your S.......so pwnd
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#15 Posted by NeoFlix on 07 Jun 2008 - 04:02
- No surprise here i myself have this game and there is nothing about it that you cant like.GTA has ben a major series and always will be until they run out of stories or for what ever unfortunite reason have to sell to another company. Luckly that hopefully will neve happen because of the all the money they made.
London, UK, 13th of May - The famed Grand Theft Auto series has made headlines yet again! As newly-released sales figures show, Grand Theft Auto IV has crushed the competition by selling 3.6 million units and earning $310 million in its first day of release, earning Guinness World Records™ for the Highest Grossing Video Game in 24 Hours and the Highest Revenue Generated by an Entertainment Product in 24 Hours. These records establish GTA IV as the most profitable entertainment release of all-time, far surpassing other video game, film and book releases. According to Guinness World Records™, this is how the game stacks up against the competition:
Fastest-selling video game in 24 hours: Halo 3 at $170 million Fastest-selling theatrical movie in 24 hours: Spider-Man 3 at $60 Million Fastest-selling book in 24 hours: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows at $220 million.