Franklin, Michael, and Trevor should jack in their thug lives and learn to become game developers instead β after all, Grand Theft Auto V proves that there's more money in this industry anyway. As revealed by Rockstar's parent company Take-Two during a financial call overnight, the fifth instalment in its sandbox smash has now shipped 54 million units across all platforms. Fifty-four million units.
This is up approximately two million from the last count, and is likely to consist of predominantly PC sales β although a quick glance at the UK sales charts, for example, reveals that it's still selling pretty darn well on consoles as well. This continued popularity has put Take-Two in good health, as its overall revenue grew 142 per cent year-over-year during the quarter that ended on 30th June. It made a total profit of $34.2 million.
Of course, it's not just Grand Theft Auto that's contributing to the organisation's bottom line; the firm also cited NBA 2K15, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, WWE 2K15, and Evolve as winners. It's going to be interesting to see where it gets its next big Rockstar bump from, though; Red Dead Redemption 2 seems the likeliest candidate right now, but maybe we'll see Agent again one day, too.
[source vg247.com]
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Ridiculous!
Now they have more than enough money to make a single player DLC......
No wonder, this one is in every UK/US top ten, every week/month.
I am not a fan but my brother was talking of getting an used copy on PS3. RDR 2 would be welcome by me, though.
@get2sammyb Because it's no Sleeping Dogs?
Who says consumers don't buy HD remasters ;p
@Cyber-BLP-- Amazing stat. Really puts it into perspective.
@Cyber-BLP-- I'm not surprised at all. GTA5 has everything most people are looking for in video games plus it has a huge brand behind it that is known for quality.
@Cyber-BLP-- You do have to consider that every GTA game its being sold on 3 different systems each time (XB, PS and PC) while nintendo games are exclusive to that
i would not be surprised if those Super Mario sales would be 2 or 3 times more than that if it was a multiplatform game.
Actually GTA5 has a 11m games sold in average considering its avalaible in 5 different consoles (360, PS3. PS4, XB1 and PC). Pretty much the same as Super mario 3D Land did on 3DS
ACTUALLY, the GTA series has been released on more consoles than Super mario has ever been, making the average lower than super mario games...
Its an impressive number dont get me wrong, but your comparisson its pretty bad when you dont use a statistical weighting
@Anchorsam_9 with gta 5 I have found the single player to be as long as it needs to be.
I want a new table tennis game. I sunk loads of time into the single player, boss game.
@themcnoisy If the next gta expansion is anything like the Ballad of gay Tony, I'm all for it.
And yeah, every rockstar franchise needs a new entry. Table Tennis, Bully, Red Dead etc
Happy for them, money well deserved. Played a lot in this game and for sure they've made a huge investment in terms of money, time and resources, they didn't just milked money or had a big luck factor as it happens in many mobile games. Also glad it succeeded since it'll motivate other studios as well.
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