We all knew GTA IV would be a big hit, selling by the bucket loads. It scored amazing reviews from critics (check out our score and you can see why people love this game). So now that the dust has settled from GTA IV mania, it’s time to look at the figures and see where GTA IV belongs in the history books.

Well according to the latest Take Two financial reports, Grand Theft Auto IV sold over 8.5 million units worldwide between April 29th and May 31st with shipments to retailers at 11 million. In the UK, it took only 2 weeks for GTA IV to surpass 1 million units sold with 6 million units sold worldwide in its first week of sale. Now this is good news for struggling Take Two but here comes the bad news for Xbox 360 owners.

Take Two has announced that the much anticipated (understatement?) exclusive DLC to the 360 is delayed from fiscal Q4 2008 to Q1 2009. In a conference call to investors, Take-Two said that the decision was made due to portfolio balancing, rather than development issues. No other information was given on the content itself or pricing, but we do know that it’s the same team that developed GTA IV.