GTA IV game smashes sales records: related news

GTA IV, Wii Push Up Video-Game Sales

U.S. consumers keep buying video games, with Grand Theft Auto IV, Mario Kart and Wii Fit taking game sales up 37 percent over last year. Sales of video-game consoles, led by Nintendo's Wii, were up 34 percent. GTA IV for Sony's PlayStation 3 was fourth in video-game sales, after the Microsoft Xbox 360 version of GTA IV, Mario Kart, and Wii Fit.

GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles

The popular Grand Theft Auto IV is proving to have strong coattails, driving sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game consoles. Microsoft insists its Xbox 360 is getting the biggest boost from GTA IV, but Sony says PlayStation 3 sales are strong. Sales figures for GTA IV are so far available only from the United Kingdom.

GTA IV Helps Boost Sales of Video-Game Consoles

The popular Grand Theft Auto IV is proving to have strong coattails, driving sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game consoles. Microsoft insists its Xbox 360 is getting the biggest boost from GTA IV, but Sony says PlayStation 3 sales are strong. Sales figures for GTA IV are so far available only from the United Kingdom.

GTA IV game smashes sales records

Critically acclaimed video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV is on course to beat the record for highest first week sales of any video game in the UK.

MADD Targets GTA IV Over Drunk Driving Scene

eldavojohn writes "The watch-dog group Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has set its sights on the rating of GTA IV, primarily because a player can drive drunk in the game. MADD released a statement saying that 'Drunk driving is not a game, and it is not a joke. Drunk driving is a choice, a violent crime and it is also 100 percent preventable.' MADD also is asking Rockstar Games to consider removing GTA IV from distribution 'out of respect for the millions of victims/survivors of drunk driving.' Rockstar replied to MADD by saying 'we have a great deal of respect for MADD's mission, but we believe the mature audience for "Grand Theft Auto IV" is more than sophisticated enough to understand the game's content.' As expected, Jack Thompson is making his usual attention-whoring remarks by comparing GTA IV to the polio virus.

GTA game smashes UK sales records

Critically acclaimed video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV is on course to beat the record for highest first week sales of any video game in the UK.

Grand Theft Auto IV - Major Threat to Wii? No Threat to Iron Man

Almost a week on and GTA IV seems to be smashing records to become the biggest-selling game ever. UK sales beat the record for highest first week sales of any video game in the UK - selling a record 609,000 copies on its first day of release. Some US analysts are predicting sales will top 10 million but TakeTwo's CEO Ben Feder said: "Our expectations are very high, higher than analysts give the game credit for. Damn, we could be talking half a billion dollars up for GTA IV

Report: Xbox 360 GTA IV Gets 64% Of GameStop Sales

Report: Xbox 360 GTA IV Gets 64% Of GameStop Sales Retailer GameStop has revealed initial sales data for Rockstar’s record-breaking Grand Theft Auto IV, with 64 percent of sales of the game going to the Xbox 360 and 36 percent to the PlayStation 3.

May Sales Down 1% For Tandy Leather Factory

June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company s year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year. The company s Retail Leathercraft segment posted an 8% sales increase for May, with sales totaling $2.0 million compared to $1.9 million in May 2007. The 67 comparable stores posted a 3% same store sales gain for the month. Five stores that opened in or after May 2007 added sales for the month of $86,000. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $10.4 million this year, up 3% over last year's sales of $10.1 million. As of the end of May, same store sales were down 3% for the year.

Sony: "enthusiasm for GTA IV... will further drive PS3 sales."

Grand Theft Auto IV has been on store shelves for a few days now, although no official sales information has been released for North America. To get things started, Sony has given us word that the game has given the PlayStation 3 platform a boost in sales. There is precious little talk about how the company sees their boost in relation to the game's performance on the 360, but surely Microsoft won't be too far behind with their own positive spin on the game.

GTA IV News Aplenty

Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games must be crying tears of joy and wiping them away with $50 bills these days with Grand Theft Auto IV being the tremendous success it's come to be. A recent press release reads, "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), said today that Grand Theft Auto IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value. Released on Tuesday, April 29th, Grand Theft Auto IV, the critically acclaimed video game, has sold through to consumers approximately 6 million units globally with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 3.6 million units on its opening day with a retail value of approximately $310 million globally.

Signature Devices, Inc. Signs Sales Agreement With Large Independent PC and Video Game Sales Force

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- 05/28/08 -- Signature Devices, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SDVI) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a sales agreement with Strategic Marketing Partners, Inc. (SMP). SMP will implement direct marketing and sales campaigns for all Signature Devices video game titles. Under the sales agreement, Signature Devices has granted SMP exclusivity in selling the companies video game titles throughout their network of retail channels.

Health Robotics Announces IV Station (TM Pending) a Centrally-Controlled,

BOZEN, SUDTIROL, Italy, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics, the worldwide leader in the robotic automation of patient-specific IV Admixtures today announced IV Station (TM Pending), a new IV automation solution that complements CytoCare(TM), the company's award-winning and world-leading patient-specific chemotherapy IV robot. IV Station (TM Pending) is aimed at helping global health care providers deliver rapid, cost-effective, and safer IV doses to their patients by addressing medication errors, sterility, accuracy, and waste problems in the preparation, compounding, and dispensing of IV Admixtures. "While many companies have recognized the life-critical importance of IV safety, all patient-specific automation solutions up until now have focused on the prescription and administration steps of the medication delivery process with prod

GTA IV fails to slaughter Iron Man's ticket sales (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Despite doomsday predictions from industry analysts, GTA IV has failed to dampen the box office sales of Hollywood's adaptation of Iron Man, which was predicted to have its demographic swallowed by Rockstar's monster.

US video game sales lifted by GTA

US sales of video game consoles and software were up 47% in April from a year before, fuelled by the release of Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV.

GTA, Mario Kart To Lead Sales">

Pachter: PS3 To Top 360 In April, GTA, Mario Kart To Lead Sales [05.12.08] Ahead of U.S. sales data group NPD's April report, expected May 15th, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted a windfall sales rise of 113 percent on the backs of Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart, and expects the PlayStation 3 to again outsell the Xbox 360.

Analysts Expect GTA IV Hardware Lift in May

NPD’s April videogame sales data didn’t show the rise in PS3 and Xbox 360 sales that some commentators had predicted GTA IV would drive, but a hardware sales boost may well be evident in May, according to a number of analysts.

Nintendo Tops in Video-Game Sales

With all the hubbub over Grand Theft Auto IV, the video-game world is anxious to learn how the blockbuster game really impacted industry sales. NPD Group's monthly sales data is expected later this week, but some analysts have issued predictions ahead of the curve.

MGS4 to sell more PS3s than GTA IV, says analyst (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Metal Gear Solid 4 will drive more PS3 hardware sales than the mighty GTA IV did, say industry analysts, despite GTA IV having been the biggest-selling entertainment launch in the history of the universe.

Pachter: PS3 To Top 360 In April, GTA, Mario Kart To Lead Sales

Pachter: PS3 To Top 360 In April, GTA, Mario Kart To Lead Sales [05.12.08] Ahead of U.S. sales data group NPD's April report, expected May 15th, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted a windfall sales rise of 113 percent on the backs of Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart, and expects the PlayStation 3 to again outsell the Xbox 360.

GTA helps boost video game sales

US sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 per cent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software's Grand Theft Auto IV and Nintendo's Wii console stole the show.

GTA IV breaks records

ELSPA, the Entertainment Leisure Software Publishers’ Association, today reports that day one sales of Rockstar Games’ hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360 and PS3 have comfortably eclipsed the previous record set by GTA: San Andreas in 200

GTA IV fixed on both platforms (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Rockstar has released a new patch for GTA IV that should quash the majority of freezing and online connectivity issues on both the PS3 and 360 versions of the game.

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