Well, here's one. I didn't expect that at all.

I've got the oven warming up.

Anyone want some crow? I've got plenty

So, you thought it was a GREAT move  by M$ when first announced, because I'm not sure who really exepcted 2 million this early...heck...I'm stunned at 1 million...in a month...with everything on the table for gamers.  2 million by the end of the year will mean $15 million over the reported cost...and with digital distribution...nice. 

Here's another thing, M$ and Take-Two can release the game during the holiday season before the next DLC...with this DLC on the disc...boosting new 360 owners to get the game, and only have to get one DLC.  There are ALOT of companies out there looking at this and rubbing their palms together for future games on the xbox.

People were raising the possibility MS wouldn't get their money back on both DLC's combined.  Now it appears they will on the first one alone.

If you were going to try and take your anger at Killzone2's underwhelming performance out on 360 owner's, you should have picked a game that was less of an explosive success.

Whilst not likely, it is conceivable that this DLC will outsell Killzone 2, and the two DLC's combined certainly will.

How do you know?

Many people probably bought an HD console over christmas for GTAIV, many of these would have been swayed by price and the DLC.

 I'd like to see more of what they did with Tomb Raider Legends and Annaversery ed.... you could by the remake in two installments of 10 bucks a peice and when you finished with the chapter buy the second one if you really wanted to play more.

I think I smell something burning haha

on topic... I'm really surprised... and really happy for Take Two.  They have another revenue stream to work with and we may see more of this before the next game comes out... I mean outside of the two that have already been contracted.

There could be some interesting threads to be necroed. I am too lazy to do it though.

Did people really expect the DLC to fail? It's GTA ffs, I'd be surprised if it did anything aside from well.

I think some people did think it would fail...I'm not sure why, but they did.  Seems like M$ made a very wise decision to invest some upfront cash in the DLC to expand the potential of XBL, and it paid off bigtime here.  It will be interesting to see if M$ teams up with Take Two to push out a re-released GTA for the holiday season, kinda like some computer games do....like Civilization...with the expansion.  Repackage it and get some new 360 owners during the holidays to buy the game.

Rockstar should be quite upset by this, imagine if the DLC was on both consoles, then this article would read 4 million by the end of the year. And it probably would have sold even more GTA4 games.