The latest financial results from Take Two have revealed that Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto IV has sold approximately 8.5 million units as at the 31st of May 2008, with shipment to retail now at 11 million.
GTA IV was released on the 29th of April and broke records by selling about 6 million copies worldwide in the first week valued at $500 million.
Take Two’s financial results for its second quarter ending the 30th of April 2008 showed that net revenue was $539.8 million, up from $205.4 million for the same period last year. Net income was $98.2 million, up from last year’s net loss of $51.2 million.
Downloadable episodic content for the Xbox 360 of GTA IV will be released during the first quarter of Take-Two’s 2009 fiscal year which runs from November to January.
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Comments:
No surprises here...GTA has been one game franchise that has sold consistently well. Of course, the press it gets doesn't hurt the sales any. One suspects that the GTA series isn't going to go anywhere any time soon.