GTA IV on Xbox outsells PS3

FROM VARIETY: Xbox version outsells PS3

By Ben Fritz of Variety -- Video Business, 5/16/2008

MAY 16 | FROM VARIETY: Grand Theft Auto IV was huge, but it didn't have the ripple effect that the videogame biz was hoping for.

Latest installment in the uber successful franchise sold 2.85 million units in its first five days on sale in the U.S., according to April data from the NPD group. That makes it one of the fastest selling games ever.

However, the launch had no apparent effect on sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, the two consoles for which it's available. Both saw substantial decreases from March to April, with Xbox 360 sales declining 28% to 188,000 and PS3 sales falling 27% to 187,100.

GTA IV for Xbox 360 handily outsold the PS3 version by a margin of 1.85 million to 1 million. However, Sony can claim the higher attach rate, as 26% of the smaller group of PS3 owners bought a copy, compared to 18% of all gamers with an Xbox 360.

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