Grand Theft Auto IV breaks into Guinness World Records
The latest in the bad boy of video games has achieved something other record-breaking franchises haven’t pulled off, including Harry Potter books and blockbuster superhero movies like Spider-Man. What is it? Click to find out!
The latest in the bad boy of video games has achieved something other record-breaking franchises haven’t pulled off, including Harry Potter books and blockbuster superhero movies like Spider-Man.
As we reported last week here at Sync, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto IV generated about $500 million in revenue its first week.
Well, today, the folks behind the Guinness World Records made an announcement the game – which has also sold 3.6 million units its first day, generating $310 million in revenue – has now broken the record for "highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours."
This achievement far surpasses other video game, film and book releases. Specifically, this is how Grand Theft Auto IV’s $310 million dollar day stacks up against its closest competition, according to Guinness World Records:
* Fastest-selling video game in 24 hours: Halo 3 at $170 million
* Fastest-selling theatrical movie in 24 hours: Spider-Man 3 at $60 million
* Fastest-selling book in 24 hours: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows at $220 million
Do you think the game deserve this monetary milestone?
I think it's only fair for the best video game ever made…
:D
Umm, I'm sorry, but please tell me how running away from and killing 'cops' or stealing vehicles and killing pedestrians is supposed to be something -other- than wasting one's prescious time?? I just don't see it… There is no point to video games that get you nowhere in life. Go outside for heaven's sakes!!
Who's to say preparing for a life in crime isn't worth while? If in the end you're efforts reward u with cash and personal satisfaction, then regardless of the specific occupation, I'de say "that's going somewhere in life". After all there is no universal goal set before us that we should strive to attain during one's life. The point of life is to find our own point to exist…not to take another's view as sacred. If killin cops and pedestrians lets you climb that social latter, albeit a different latter then what you're certainly referring to, then go for it! We should all do what we can to survive, not to conform. Stay in side for heaven sakes and decrease your chances of a malignant melanoma ruining your day…just remember to take vitamin D supplements :)
Hey smartie pants, I think you meant "ladder"
Who really cares. GTA is a game that promotes violence. Why the heck waste sixty bucks on making yourself fatter.
HAHAH who cares if GTAIV is violent or promotes crime? There are movies who do the same. Movies with druglords and killing cops… Scarface off the top of my head. In all honesty is a FREAKING VIDEO GAME not the damn Bible. Don't do what it says just play it. And people like it because who doesnt want to grab an AK47 and start blasting away sometimes? Of course its unnaceptable in society and this is an alternative. GTA FOR LIFE!
You know, people get sick of the anti-GTA comments REALLY quickly. "Oh it promotes violence", "waste of time" blah blah blah. So does watching the news. And action movies. Same with the NRA and hand gun proliferation. And frankly, so does watching reality television.
I say congrats to RockStar and the makers of the game for continuing the franchise and doing so well with it. I personally applaud them for adding more realism to one's actions, that if you have run over pedestrians and gone around killing mailmen, you have to actually HIDE from the police and the informed civilians until the heat is off. So what if it is of mature subject matter and deals with controvertial issues. It doesn't lead people out into the streets with delusions of grandeur and vice, no matter how certain media groups might distort stories to put that spin on things.
It just boils down to, if you don't like it, don't play it. If you feel it will corrupt children, then take your kids aside and talk to them about it instead of whining on some website or moaning on some forum. We as kids are alot smarter than you give us credit for (given exceptions, as always.) SIT DOWN with us and PLAY THE GAME with us and start a conversation with us about it. "How do you feel about this game, these issues?" We will listen if you show us that you will sit down and take an honest look at it instead of preaching on a high horse.
Problems with the game aren't the game itself, it's that parents have become lazy and expect television and video games to take the place of good parenting. My father and I played Doom and Duke Nukem together when I was YOUNG, 6 years old. He took the time to share that interest with me and teach me about morality and video games, and we still to this day, decades later, share that common ground and a love of all video games.
So hate the game, try to keep it away from us kids because it will corrupt us. We will learn of these issues by ourselves then. And maybe when we learn it on our own, in the real world, we won't have anyone sitting beside us with a controller in hand and the ability to hit the 'pause' button and talk about it.
Amy in gaming terms i would like to say
you pwned them ! haha
– my two cents, well written.
Amy,
You so rock, girl. Love your comment.Thank you,
Marc
Bravo Amy! Our generation needs more people like you who can represent us logically and eloquently.
I have worked in electronics/videogames for 5 years, and a couple things I have noticed in that time…
Yes, there has been a increase in the amount of kids TRYING to buy the game… or having older friends try to buy it, but as is our store policy, M ratings require ID. I point this out to parents and grandparents as well, and about 80 percent of the time, the game dosen't get sold. A lot of parents don't even know about the rating system. I say rated M, and they say 'What's that mean?'. I feel like it is my responsibility to inform parents what it means, and a lot are only picking up a title the kids have asked for. They know nothing about the games their kids are playing. A lot of kids try to tell parents that it isn't as bad as I make it sound, so I point to the description at the back of the game. Usually the parents seem a little upset and still don't buy it.
Something that has changed is the amout of parents that do let their kids pick what they want to play. When I point out the rating, the answer from them is "oh, I know, we play together so he's not hiding it at a friends house… that way I know what he's doing."
I can't say I'm for or against violent videogames. I think that they are like any other game. Even Mario can turn a kid into a mindless controller junkie. Maybe we should focus less on whats in the video game (until the news, media, and movie violence can be better controlled) and more on How Much time is spent in general in front of the tv/console.
The bible has been the root of more violence then video games ever will. Lets pull that from shelves too. *gasp*
I agree, Amy deserves a round of applause. Too many gamers and supporters don't have the sense to explain their argument precisely. People like Amy and others in this forum should be able to help non-gamers realize its just entertainment. When it comes down to it their are more important social issues to worry about if your an adult. Global warming, health care, the educational and judicial systems just off the top of my head. Whether its music, movies, books, or games their are always people who want to censor it. These people need to re-examine their priorities.
Brava Amy!! Our generation has always been told that everything we do is because we saw it in a game or on TV. I think that all the critics that say that are just looking for ways to help the people who become murders and rapists have a defence when they go to court. They need to get over themselves and play a game themselves. They might have more fun and those people who do commit those crimes might stay were they belong instead of finding themselves an excuse to get out……….
To all of those people who worry about kids playing games like GTA 4, isn't there bigger things to worry about like wars where real people die not just people made up and animated.
Thank you Amy for those words, i completely agree with you.
I myself didn't buy the game (don't have the system) but i have a sibling who owns it and i just play it with him then.
Its a great game.
and for you people who say that "oh bad game"
Well…hasn't this stuff been out for years?
How about the song low? Yeah…we all know what they mean…why not blackmail that song if there trying that hard to get GTA out?
If you want to ban you kid from GTA, do it then, just don't put the game down for us people who enjoy it.
Everyones entitled to your own opinon, but if you want to take this game off then you have to take in the logic of everything else that is going on in the world that is bad
What about celberties, songs and even pictures…im not saying that stuff is a thumbs up but, think about everything else and not the vitural game.
(oh and congrats to the makers of GTA, 500 million is alot)
This game is by far the best game created, way better then the previous gta's. The best game deserves to be reconized!! If you don't own it, buy it, the best game ever!
You know TehDisturber, Scarface was actually a movie before it was a video game…
I am buying an Xbox260 just for that game, goes to show how it freakin owns and deserves all the fame!
/bow to Rockstar!
I don't understand people who insist that playing video games is a waste of time.
EVERYTHING is a waste of time. Life, in of itself, is a waste of time. Everything you do in life is just wasting time towards dying. How is one activity, such as going outside and playing soccer, any more significant than playing a video game?