Sony sold 505 thousands copies of San Antreas in the first day , but now only 274k...

 And what was the PS2 user base when San Andreas was released? More than 12 million? Just a wee bit more.

@starcraft

Paid to get bundle exclusivity? It's a win-win deal for both companies, certainly Sony could be buying the GTA4s for the bundles at a higher price than what it's sold alone. But it's doubtful they made any kind of "pay-off" for this. I'm sure if MS could have/ wanted to, they would have done it. I don't know how these companies manage their finances, maybe MS considered they had put enough money in *R hands already, maybe they thought it was not a good deal for them considering they already cut 360's price in EU. No matter how you look at it, the software company providing the game for the bundle is always the big winner, 'cause they already made their money even if the bundles don't sell!

@celticlonewolf OT You're from wales? Whereabouts? I'm from just outside Cardiff, and you're the first other welsh person i've come across

Sony would just pay Take Two the wholsale price for the bundled GTA IVs. Maybe they'd usually get a discount on this as it increases the potential customers for the game, so it's possible they forewent any discount. Manufacturers take a cut from third party games, so Sony could have forgone this too. I doubt Sony directly paid Take Two for the bundle, but they might have offered them a better deal than what they usually do on third party bundles.

This shouldn't even be a "competition" WW with the disparity in install base between the ps3 and 360 and the extra content on the 360. The fact that it IS a competition means the ps3 is performing more than admirably.

To be honest I'll be surprised if 360 sales don't skyrocket in Europe with next weeks sales.

The bundles being offered at the moment are:

A 360 with GTAIV for €199

A 40GB PS3 with GTAIV for €439

That's a monstrous €240 difference. You can actually purchase 2 Xbox 360's for the price of one PS3 at the moment in Europe and still have money left over.

@NKK2

more proof of GTA IV 360 SELLING MORe

but consoles wise PS3 SELLING MUCH MORE..

like i said the software is going to go to 360 but the hardware will defo be ps3, and by 2009 GTAIV will have sold about the same on each console