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I saw VGChartz estimated sales for last week (worldwide):

1 X360 Grand Theft Auto V 8,880,006
2 PS3 Grand Theft Auto V 8,644,488

they're not usually very accurate but :lol: that's an amazing number. As per normal, X360 version sold much better in the US, PS3 version sold much better in EU.

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Over 17 million copies in little over a week. That is amazing if those numbers are accurate.

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The first one or the second? The first one isn't that bad, I think I came in about 15 seconds ahead of the Gold time.

The second one is a nightmare. I got gold once by a miracle and a lucky landing.

Bronze shouldn't be too bad on either one (assuming you finish). It just comes down to maintaining speed by keeping the nose down as much as you can and using L1 and R1 (LB and RB on XBOX I think) to make tight turns.

And don't miss checkpoints, those will kill you.

The helicopters are the two toughest lessons at Flight School, so once you get past them, you're all good.

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Finally got "The Last One" to show up. Pretty fun little bonus mission.

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There have been numerous analyst saying more than 15m have been sold, so it wouldn't surprise me. Phenomenal all around.

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Really? The game's introduction to Trevor has been my favorite part thus far. The first 3 hours were pretty darn slow, especially Franklin's mission (he's easily the weakest character imo). But when we shifted to Trevor, it was a total mood shift, and it felt like the wacky & inane of old GTA's was back. I loved it and he has the best missions as well. Plus the general insanity of his character is hilarious.

This is clearly the story of Michael and Trevor's relationship, Franklin seems like a third wheel as "the rookie"

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I just did the other two endings I didn't pick through replay. Both were depressing, but easy gold medals.

The third ending was awesome, perfect for this game.

Also of note for trophy/achievement hunters: If you play every mission, do every side job, and get 100% completion, there are 122 missions/strangers & freaks that are available for getting gold medals in. So you have a lot of room for error here as you only need 70 golds.

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Finished earlier this morning. 62 hrs 26 min. 78.42 % Best GTA game!

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Finished the main missions last night - picked C because the other 2 did not make any sense.

Over 68 hours so far and still a ton of stuff left to do.

I'm pretty sure it is the only GTA game I have finished, and it is among the rare number of games that I have played to completion.

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So I hear Hawk and little (HAL) is a great investment on the bawsaq. Supposedly they deal with Ammunation and supply them with guns. It's up right now but during early morning it goes way down. Some have suggested this is affected by beta players and what time they play. It's gonna skyrocket on October 1st so make sure to buy a ton before online opens.

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Does anyone else read up on the study of conspiracies and the never ending search for the jetpack that some believe is in the game?

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There's supposed to be a flying saucer you can pilot as well.

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At the top of Mount Chiliad is a drawing that shows a jet pack:

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I know about the pic and the supposed ufo but so far nobody has actually found them.

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Had my first issue of locking up a moment ago ... was in the middle of the hunting mission and had snapped a photo of a boar I killed ... BOOM! Locked up and all I could do was power off ... Damn

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Funny intro:
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And there it is, 70 gold medals!

35 gold missions, 35 gold strangers and freaks. Symmetry is nice.

That gives me all the single player trophies. Now I have a couple days to relax, and get ready for the arrival of GTA Online.

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Invested all i had into HAL at 3 am when stock was down to ten cents share. Logged on at noon and it was up at six or seven dollars. Made six million!

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Just realized that the cutscenes are part of your mission completion time, meaning that it's almost impossible to get a Gold the first time you do any mission with an arbitrary time limit.

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It was the same way with GTA IV, the cut scenes, counted towards your total "playing time" if you were trying to get the "Liberty City minute" achievement

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Are you from the future? ;)

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How many of you have opened up the FULL map yet (even after you get the achievement/trophy for doing so....it doesn't mean you have opened it up in full look for the "clear" areas on your map...they fill in once you make your way to them). You can also explore everything from a helicopter or plane (I recommend using the Maverick chopper).

This game is fucking massive - it has to be the biggest map ever. I like many others didn't believe the size Rockstar was claiming but now, having opened it up in full....Mount Chiliad alone is damn near the size of IV. Very impressive.

EDIT: with the exception of chiliad which I roamed in full by foot......I completed the rest of the map via helicopter.

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Is this a daily thing with that type of change or was that just a coincidence?

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Daily so far. HAL is a gun manufacturer/distributor to Ammunation. The more people online buying and using guns increases the stock. The theory is that this is the time Rockstar employees are testing the online. So imagine what will happen to the stock when millions go online on the 1st...