Iron Man successful against GTA IV?

Leading up to both Iron Man’s movie and video game release, many industry experts (myself included, although I don’t consider myself an expert) believed it was a poor decision to release them against the juggernaut that is Grand Theft Auto IV.
However, according to Gamefly, Iron Man the game may have done a lot better than most originally believed. If Gamefly’s weekly top rentals are any sort of wide-spread indicator, Iron Man on the Xbox 360 was actually more popular than GTA IV on the PlayStation 3.
Keep reading to see the full list, which includes another recently released Sega title.
- Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 Action Adventure Take Two
- Iron Man Xbox 360 Action Adventure Sega
- Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 Action Adventure Take Two
- Mario Kart Wii Wii Racing Nintendo
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Xbox 360 Shooter Ubisoft
- Dark Sector Xbox 360 Shooter D3P
- Iron Man PlayStation 3 Action Adventure Sega
- Army of Two Xbox 360 Shooter Electronic Arts
- Viking: Battle for Asgard Xbox 360 Action Adventure Sega
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Xbox 360 Action Adventure Microsoft
Sure, this may mean absolutely nothing, and we’ll probably have to wait until the official NPD numbers are released in a few weeks to get the final word, but this is certainly a little happy news, right?
[Via Kotaku/Image courtesy of Sega]
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3 opinions for Iron Man successful against GTA IV?
landman
May 6, 2008 at 2:59 am
I can’t wait for Ninja Gaiden 2 in Europe……
alexer
May 6, 2008 at 6:17 am
to me, iroman is such a great game!!!! i mean the graphics are awesome and gameplay is even better almost perfect. you can also have fun with this game
joei
May 6, 2008 at 12:02 pm
omg wow.. great. now make shenmu3 ..lol i kid ugh.. we need to stop this “NOW MAKE SHENMUE 3″ THING.
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