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GTA V Makes $800 Million In 24 Hours

An anonymous reader writes "The highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V was released at midnight yesterday, and to no surprise has managed to break the record for highest sales in 24 hours. Distributors Take-Two Interactive have announced that the game has managed to achieve a staggering $800m (£490m) worth of sales within the first day, and is certainly going to break the forecasted $1 billion within the week. The record was previous held by Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops which made $500m within 24 hours in 2009. The game also holds the title for the quickest entertainment product to achieve $1 billion in sales as they hit the mark by day 15."

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  1. Re:Sure by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    And some people are both stupid and arrogant.

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  2. The Onion's take on 'GTA V' by SternisheFan · · Score: 5, Funny
    'GTA V’ A Sophisticated Gaming Experience, Says Man Who Spent 3 Hours Running Over Homeless People With Fire Truck

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/gta-v-a-sophisticated-gaming-experience-says-man-w,33893/

  3. Young men impersonate cops to buy GTA V, arrested by argStyopa · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/young-men-impersonate-cops-buy-gta-4-article-1.1459299

    "Young Staten Island men impersonate police officers to skip line to buy Grand Theft Auto V
    Kirolos Abdel Sayed, 19, Matthew Kirshen, 20, and Frank Santanastoso, 19, drove to the Staten Island Mall in what appeared to be an unmarked car complete with lights and sirens only to have their fun ended by real police officers."

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  4. Re:Incredible. by dingen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your pretty dumb.

    God I love this line. I can't stop laughing.

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  5. Re:Sure by Gilmoure · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am not paying $60 to sit in some stuffy restaurant where they serve little bits of food on big plates. I'm also not paying $60 for some musical stage thing where all they do is sing show tunes. Definately not paying $60 to go deep sea fishing just so I can sit out in the hot sun, stink, and drink cheap beer.

    I'll probably pay $60 to sit in the sun and watch a bunch of cowboys get bucked Oof of horses and bulls. And would pay $60 for a pile of comics at the comic book store. I'd even pay $60 for Elder ScrollsVI and waste a lot of hours there.

    I any of y'all like or dislike stuff that is different from me, y'all are fools but if you do like the same things as me you're all posers who are trying to muscle in on my groove and now I hate the stuff I used to like.

    Remember, nothing is any good if other people like it -and- nothing is any good if other people like stuff I don't.

    So there!

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