Take Two: GTA IV 8.5m sales/11m shipped, Bioshock 2.2m shipped.

[Slimebeast]

shanbcn said:

Slimebeast said:
Take 2 says 2.2 million Bioshock shipped. VGC has the X360 version at 1.8 mill sold.

I wonder, does the shipped number include the PC version?

Yes it does include PC version.

Ahh, ok.

The PC version sold like crap. I think Bioshock was one of the titles mentioned when Infinity Ward talked about piracy and PC version of their CoD4 having poor sales.

Shooters often have a 5:1 or even near 10:1 ratio between console vs PC sales.

Bioshock was only released on the X360, so let's say the PC-vers retail sales were 20% of the X360 sales ---> 0.2 x 1.8 = 360,000 retail.

I don't think Take 2 included the digital downloads in their 2.2 mil shipped number. 1.8 mill + 0.36 mill = 2.16 mill for both platforms. Only 40,000 copies sitting on the shelves is unlikely. So Bioshock X360 looks to be over-tracked by a couple of hundred thousands on VGC. =(