Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV earned USD 500 million in week one

US$ 500 million. Yes, you read it right. Rockstar North‘s Grand Theft 4 has managed to rake in that amount in the first week of its launch. Well, this is no surprise at all since the game has been able to sell about a million copies according to Chart Track. Read more on this after the jump!

Rockstar’s North Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) is certainly one of the biggest games ever released for this year. What’s initially notable it is that, Chart Track has revealed that it has been able to sell about 926, 000 copies in its first week in the UK.

Since we’re talking about the game’s first week, the NY Times has just reported that GTA 4 has been able to reach US$ 500 million in sales.  Well, this certainly has surpassed the numbers of what analysts have predicted previously.

Furthermore, the company has reported that it was able to sell about 3.6 million units of the game on its first day. These numbers are certainly astounding, don’t you think? Could the game make its mark as an authentic Guinness Record Breaker in the coming weeks? Only time will tell. Until then, we’ll keep you guys posted on more news as soon as we get them.

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Via NY Times