Yes, I think Diamond is very unlikely on 360, but it is a third of the way there on day 1. I think 360 can do 800k, and PS3 can do 600k. I also expect GTA will boost hardware sales quite a lot, so attachment rate doesn't need to be quite so high on current hardware, as GTA IV attach rate to new consoles this month will probably be well over 50%.

Sorry, duplicate post.

Congratulations to MKWii and Wii Fit for their great sales in UK.

Well, PS3 isn't even at 1.2M yet, so it will still need to sell some hardware to actually "only" need a 50% attach rate to get to double platinum on PS3. But given first day sales already gets it almost halfway it seems doable for PS3, although I wouldn't call it a 100% certainty.

Hopefully we'll get HW LTDs or attach rates from Chart-Track on Tuesday (Monday's a bank holiday) as they did with Halo 3 release. They usually give out a lot of data for things like this due to the mainstream media being so interested. We'll probably get HW percentage increases in MCV too, but I doubt they'll give hard numbers for that.

http://www.elspa.com/?l=saleaward

May 2008 Sales Award Update

4 Titles reach Silver Status (100k)
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV PS3 TAKE 2
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV XB360 TAKE 2
HEAVENLY SWORD PS3 SONY
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 WII KONAMI

5 Titles reach Gold Status (200k)
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV PS3 TAKE 2
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV XB360 TAKE 2
TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 XB360 UBISOFT
POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: BLUE RESCUE DS NINTENDO
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4 XB360 MICROSOFT

5 Titles reach Platinum Status (300k)
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV PS3 TAKE 2
FIFA 08 PS3 EA
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV XB360 TAKE 2
CALL OF DUTY 3 XB360 ACTIVISION
WII FIT WII NINTENDO

1 Title reaches Double Platinum Status (600k)
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV XB360 TAKE 2

Lame month. :P

Anyway, very good month for the 360. :D

Wow, didn't take GTA very long to get double platinum. PS3 should get double plat next month.

That's weird, May awards must have only been through May 24 as this week hasn't even ended yet. I was expecting it to finish today.

Anyway, we had a pretty good idea where the newer games would be, but good to see where a few of the slow burners are at now:

HEAVENLY SWORD: 100k
PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4: 200k
FIFA 08 PS3: 300k
CALL OF DUTY 3 360: 300k

From the length of time it took these games to pass those milestones we can tell they're only just past those totals. It's probably the last time we'll get any UK sales figures for those titles too.

The 4-4-5 Calendar is used by Chart-Track.

Jan 2008 = 4 Weeks (December 30 to January 26)
Feb 2008 = 4 Weeks (January 27 to February 23)
Mar 2008 = 5 Weeks (February 24 to March 29)
Apr 2008 = 4 Weeks (March 30 to April 26)
May 2008 = 4 Weeks (April 27 to May 24)
Jun 2008 = 5 Weeks (May 25 to June 28)

Jul 2008 = 4 Weeks (June 29 to July 26)
Aug 2008 = 4 Weeks (July 27 to August 23)
Sep 2008 = 5 Weeks (August 24 to September 27)
Oct 2008 = 4 Weeks (September 28 to October 25)
Nov 2008 = 4 Weeks (October 26 to November 22)
Dec 2008 = 5 Weeks (November 23 to December 27)