Guinness World Records: Gaming is No Longer A Niche Hobby
As GTAV smashes records left right and centre
The vast success of GTAV in terms of shifting lots and lots, and lots and lots, and lots and lots of units has lead the Guinness World Records to state that 'Gaming is no longer a niche hobby".
This raises gaming to the level of fishing, which is the world's most popular participation sport. Well, we said that. Anyway, check out all the records that have been made up by Guinness and broken by the game. Then get back to playing.
1. Best-selling action-adventure videogame in 24 hours
2. Best-selling videogame in 24 hours
3. Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion
4. Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion
5. Highest grossing videogame in 24 hours
6. Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours
7. Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame
Source: GWR
This raises gaming to the level of fishing, which is the world's most popular participation sport. Well, we said that. Anyway, check out all the records that have been made up by Guinness and broken by the game. Then get back to playing.
1. Best-selling action-adventure videogame in 24 hours
2. Best-selling videogame in 24 hours
3. Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion
4. Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion
5. Highest grossing videogame in 24 hours
6. Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours
7. Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame
Source: GWR
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ghoti 9 Oct 2013 11:07
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8. Highest grossing video game where you can steal cars and play tennis in 24 hours.