The highly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto IV is off to a lucrative start as the Take-Two Interactive Software game has brought in more than $500 million in global sales in its first week on the shelves.
That $500 million translated into more than 6 million games sold including an astounding 3.6 million on its debut date of April 29. The sales easily surpassed last year’s record-setting totals of $400 million brought in by Microsoft’s “Halo 3.”
Not only did GTA IV enjoy the biggest first week ever for video games but many are billing it as the largest opening for any entertainment outlet, surpassing records for music and movies.
For more Science News please go to:
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsList.aspx?cat=12&wcat=4
Toshiba Recalls Notebook Computers for Overheating
Released On: 9/4/2010
Views: 4857
Garmin Recalls 1.25 Million Nuvi GPS Systems
Released On: 8/27/2010
Views: 103361
Twitter Hit by Major Bug, Users Lose Service as well as Friends and Followers
Released On: 5/11/2010
Views: 5119
President Barack Obama Says Astronauts Orbiting Mars a Possibility
Released On: 4/16/2010
Views: 5227
Consumer Product Safety Commission Investigating Reports of Apple iPods Overheating
Released On: 11/25/2009
Views: 4237
Madden NFL 10 to be Released Friday
Released On: 8/14/2009
Views: 5259
Twitter Taken Offline Following Denial-of-Service Attack
Released On: 8/6/2009
Views: 3560
Friday Marks Official Deadline for Transition from Analog to Digital for TVs Nationwide
Released On: 6/13/2009
Views: 2926
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Reveals Project Natal Motion-Sensing Technology
Released On: 6/2/2009
Views: 3802
Google Admits Error in Upgrade Caused Wide-Scale Outage in Services
Released On: 5/15/2009
Views: 3577
Facebook Does About-Face, Mark Zuckerberg Says Networking Site will Return to Previous Terms of Service
Released On: 2/18/2009
Views: 4237
Second “Google Phone,” HTC Magic, Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
Released On: 2/18/2009
Views: 4331
NASA to Delay Next Mars Mission
Released On: 12/5/2008
Views: 3105
Nearly 150 Beached Long-Finned Pilot Whales Die in Australia
Released On: 12/1/2008
Views: 4746
Trojan Virus Compromises Nearly Half-Million Bank Accounts
Released On: 10/31/2008
Views: 3995
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Released On: 10/7/2008
Views: 3247
T-Mobile Unveils T-Mobile G1, First Phone on Google Android, on Tuesday
Released On: 9/24/2008
Views: 3015
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Runs Successful First Test Wednesday
Released On: 9/11/2008
Views: 2901