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GTA: Vice City Sells 8.5 Million Copies in 3 Months

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the legal-illegality-simulators dept.

Gus writes "Take Two Interactive Software reports that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has sold more than 8.5 million copies in the first three months since its late-October launch. The good news is Rockstar Games has 11 titles in the works. The bad news is the chances of the next GTA making it out this year are pretty slim." Also, there's still a couple people waiting on Duke Nukem Forever, and their patience is wearing thin.

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  1. Prost Furst by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    or some shit like that. what do people normally say? oh well. i rule. and stuff. mmmhmmm. love me!

    --cornjchob

  2. Sad News ... Fred Rogers dead at 74 by Lethyos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on public radio - star of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and community advocate Fred Rogers was found dead in his Pittsburgh home this morning . There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him -- even if you didn't enjoy his television show, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

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    Why bother.
    1. Re:Sad News ... Fred Rogers dead at 74 by kfg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You know, you should probably file a patent on the non troll troll now.

      What I find interesting in all the obits I've read is that none of them really talk about what a controversial figure he sometimes was. He was "Mr. Nice Guy," and he truely was in many ways, but sometimes being Mr. Nice Guy brought him public criticism for it, sometimes perhaps justified.

      An interesting man though, and yes, truly an American Icon.

      KFG

    2. Re:Sad News ... Fred Rogers dead at 74 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      damnit, i will keep on posting this until the moderators get it right! it is *not* off topic

  3. Duke Nukem Forever by $$$$$exyGal · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    That "Duke Nukem Forever" joke is made every single time any software on Earth is behind schedule. I, for one, am a little sick of it.

    --From 0 to 1,000 fans in less than 2 months.

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    Very popular slashdot journal for adul
  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:what idiosy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yea, fun sucks... Dipshit.

  6. He had Cancer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I heard on CNN's Daybreak this morning (yeah that's early, and im in PST too) that Mr Rogers died of stomach cancer early this morning. Apparently he had been battling it for the past 2 months or so.

    At least he went in his sleep.

    Mr Rogers, you'll always be my neighbor!

  7. does anyone besides me wipe standing up? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thats how i learned to do it....
    after i shit - i stand up and wipe my ass
    maybe thats just me..

    the king.

    AJFERGUSON.

    1. Re:does anyone besides me wipe standing up? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      my father does it like that too. i guess, in general, it's an asshole thing. (no pun intended, asshole).

      joel

    2. Re:does anyone besides me wipe standing up? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, I do it like that too. And if there's a mirror in the bathroom at ass height I'll stroll over, splay my asscheeks and check to see if there is any hint of turd left.

  8. Re:RIP...weird. by fuzzywuzzyhadnohair · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Grand Theft Auto & Mr. Rogers in the same thread. How weird is that? One advocating "show love & kindness to your neighbor" ...the other recommends a nice 12 ga. shotgun...

  9. Duke Nukem Forever June 2003? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, we all know many on-line and off-line stores have been setting release dates for Duke Nukem Forever, but from corporate HQ of one of the most (if not the biggest) well known game-related sellers for console & PC have a release date set for June 2003. Interestingly enough, any posts made on the 3drealms forums which mentioned this release date WERE NOT deleted, like the others have been, but MOVED to other forum areas unrelated to Duke Nukem Forever. This is very interesting to note if you've participated on 3drealms' forums for as many years as I have.

    I'm betting on June 2003. I'm sure the game is done or nearly done, and they're working on a massive ad campaign to promote it. If it's not done this year, however, I never want to hear about it again. Ever.

    This year is the deciding factor, IMO whether Duke Nukem Forever lives to see its well deserved release, or reveals itself as a project of never-ending engine switches and excuses.

    TALK HARD! -- Pump Up The Volume The Movie

  10. Games on Slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    since when was Slashdot a gaming site? It's really annoying to see those time wasting programs making it onto this site. Slashdot use to be great for reading at work, but now I'd probobly get fired for reading it at work with so much personal and game content on the site now. Not to mention the fact that not many companies will take a site seriously that reports so much on games. There's practically been atleast one post a day about some game.

  11. If I just knew what game you're talking about by Schugy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't need games that don't run natively on Linux. I'll buy other games and I'll give love to small publishing houses. http://apex-designs.net