During an interview with CNBC, Zelnick was asked whether any GTA IV glitches had come to light since the game’s release.

"No, none whatsoever,” he said. “I"d say the only issue is that someone came up to me yesterday in a restaurant and said ‘my thumbs are hurting from the weekend.’”

On the contrary, while issues only appear to have been occurring with a relatively small proportion of the vast amount of GTA IV copies sold, numerous users, including myself, have been experiencing freezing issues. Rockstar customer support has acknowledged that both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game are suffering from freezes, while Take-Two"s tech support site offered GameSpot a 12-part fix list aimed at countering technical problems with the PS3 version of the game.