I’m just catching the news about Grand Theft Auto IV’s first week sales, and while I expected the game to do damn well in its first week, the official numbers being reported are downright insane!

• 3.6 million copies sold on the first day.
• 6 million copies sold in the first week.
• Grand total of *drumroll* $500 million in first week sales.

Just to put things into perspective here, *your favorite rapper* doesn’t do those kinds of numbers in two weeks. Ha! Just kidding. But seriously, this smashes previous records set by Microsoft’s Halo 3 ($300 million during its first week in stores last September), and the movie Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End ($401 million during its first six days in theaters). Pretty major, right?!

As far as the game itself, I’ve had it for a few days now and all I can say is that it’s an experience. I mean, I’ve played (and thoroughly enjoyed) the previous GTA editions, but GTA IV takes it to an entirely different level. From the music (celebrity stations with just about every genre available), the characters, the missions, and even the new multiplayer capabilities…Rockstar went all out. I’m leaving out many of the details here (don’t want to leak too many spoilers), but the comments are open for discussion and *cheats*. If you’re an Xbox Live member make yourself known. I think I may put my gamertag out there if there are enough of you guys around.