Even after more than eight years, GTA 5 is selling like hot cakes, single-handedly outperforming major video game series such as Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil and Final Fantasy. Looking at the whole GTA franchise, the dimensions get even bigger and even the heavily criticized remaster trilogy does its part.
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release:04/14/2015
Platforms:Windows PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Sales of GTA 5 surpass entire video game series
Publisher Take-Two recently disclosed the figures for all franchises. Of course, this also includes the games from Rockstar and thus Grand Theft Auto. Alone GTA 5 comes on since release 160 million units sold. In a tweet, well-known journalist Jason Schreier compares these numbers to other major franchises. According to Schreier, the complete one is coming Assassin’s Creed series on total 155 million and is behind this single game in the GTA series. (Source: Jason Schreier via Twitter).
However, the figures for Ubisoft’s open-world adventure are those of Valhalla’s release month (November 2020). Nothing that the planned GTA 5 release for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on March 15, 2022 couldn’t make up for. the Resident Evil series comes up by the way 123 million (as of December 2021) and the Final Fantasy series on 164 million (as of September 2021) Units. For comparison: According to Take-Two, the GTA games sold in total 390 million Just. (Source: Take-Two Interactive).
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Despite criticism: GTA remasters are a sales hit
The remasters of GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas drew attention to themselves at launch, mainly due to bugs and technical problems. Despite the criticism, Take-Two can call the release a success. Explained in an interview with CNBC Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnickthat the GTA trilogy in its new edition from the company’s point of view “greatly beaten” have. (Source CNBC). However, in another interview with gamesindustry.biz, he conceded the trilogy would have “Had some quality issues.” (Source: gamesindustry.biz).
390 million units sold show that the fans can’t get enough of GTA and are already eagerly awaiting the sixth part. Rockstar recently confirmed that GTA 6 in development is:
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