Everyone knew that Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) would be one of the biggest releases of this year. It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that the game’s first day sales in the U.K. already hit 609,000 copies according to data from Chart Track.

These sales numbers have established GTA 4 as the fastest selling game over a 24-hour period in the U.K. The record was previously set by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which sold 501,000 copies back in October 29, 2004.

Another testament to the popularity of GTA 4 is that it also beat out the current champs of each console.

It was revealed that 335,000 copies of the Xbox 360 version of the game were purchased on the first day, beating out Halo 3’s 266,000 copies sold. On the PlayStation 3 side, 274,000 copies of the game were sold, edging out Gran Turismo Prologue which previously set the record at 80,000 copies sold.

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