$500 Million first week sales for GTA 4, on 6 million copies.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/technology/07game.html?adxnnl=1&ref=business&adxnnlx=1210147532-CSXP7ZgMCaCb3CIOziRStA

 

 

A great game, should be the best week of sales for any game and definetely up there for entertainment products.

 

 

A $500 Million Week for Grand Theft Auto

By MATT RICHTEL

 

SAN FRANCISCO — Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest iteration of the hit video game franchise, racked up first-week sales of $500 million, Take-Two Interactive, the game’s publisher, plans to announce on Wednesday. The report exceeded the sales expectations of analysts.

 

The company is expected to report it sold six million copies of the graphically violent game, 3.6 million of them on the first day.

 

The sales exceed projections of industry analysts who were estimating that some five million consumers would purchase the game in the first two weeks.

 

The significance of the sales extends beyond buoying Take-Two, a company that has had its share of legal, financial and management struggles in the last few years. The company is the subject of a $2 billion hostile takeover effort by Electronic Arts, which is offering Take Two shareholders $25.74 a share for control of the company. If Take-Two can exceed sales expectations on Grand Theft Auto IV, it has the potential to drive up the share price and force Electronic Arts to raise its offer.

 

On Tuesday, Take Two’s shares closed at $26.35, up 29 cents.

 

Electronic Arts’ takeover bid turned hostile after Take-Two management said that it would not negotiate an acquisition agreement with Electronic Arts — or any suitor — until after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. Now that the game is out, Take-Two may well have entered discussions with Electronic Arts and possibly other suitors who covet the Grand Theft Auto franchise, but Take-Two has declined to comment on whether such discussions are taking place.

 

If Take-Two and Electronic Arts wind up doing a deal, there is pressure on Electronic Arts and also on some Take-Two shareholders to get one done quickly. Electronic Arts has said that it needs to get a deal in time to subsume Take-Two’s assets before the holiday selling season.

 

Take-Two’s management has said that the success of Grand Theft Auto IV is awakening shareholders to the long-term value of the company’s stock and that if investors can be patient it can command a higher price in the long term.

[Neoblackhound]

Wow thats monster big.

[B_A_M_B_A_M_]

The game sells for $60. If you take 60 times 6 million that is 360 million. Still a butt load of money, but where do they get their math from?

[SnowBud]

Maybe it is including the special edition box set that sold for 80 or 90 also?

[BigMoneyNacku]

I bet it is.

[lX-OSCEOLA-Xl]

IT IS

[Neoblackhound]

BAMBAM69 ]

The game sells for $60. If you take 60 times 6 million that is 360 million. Still a butt load of money, but where do they get their math from?

You also gotta factor in tax in the end the game could be from 62-66 depends on how they charge you.

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Killafrisco ]

BAMBAM69 ]

The game sells for $60. If you take 60 times 6 million that is 360 million. Still a butt load of money, but where do they get their math from?

You also gotta factor in tax in the end the game could be from 62-66 depends on how they charge you.

 

taxes are not included in calculating company revenues

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Taxes won't be in there .... A good amount of the sales came from Europe and the strong Euro/Pound helped out in making some cash on the currency conversion.

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LORD_LUCIFER ]

Taxes won't be in there .... A good amount of the sales came from Europe and the strong Euro/Pound helped out in making some cash on the currency conversion.

 

 

Yea i was thinking maybe other countries sold it for a larger amount.