Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of GTA 6, but in the meantime are still betting on its predecessor. Although you might think that everyone owns GTA 5 by now, the Rockstar hit is still a cash cow, as new figures show.
GTA 5: One of the most popular video games worldwide
Grand Theft Auto 5 has been on the market for more than 10 years, but it still sells extremely well – especially for consoles. During a conference call with investors by Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two on the quarterly results, CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that the game has now sold around 200 million times and that despite the fact that it was in the meantime in both Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus. Since August 2023, GTA 5 has sold around 15 million copies. In comparison: Hogwarts Legacy is one of the best-selling games of 2023 and has sold around 22 million copies so far (source: PCGamer).
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With 200 million copies sold worldwide, GTA 5 has second place in the best-selling games of all time Only Minecraft was able to beat the Rockstar hit with around 300 million copies sold on all platforms (source: VGC).
According to Zelnick, this success is due in part to the thriving role-playing community, and he seems to be right. According to the website Statista, GTA 5 was the highest-selling game in April 2024 with more than 129 million hours watched the absolute leader on Twitch. Next comes League of Legends with around 95 hours (source: Statista).
Rockstar has also put a lot of work into GTA 5 in recent years:
GTA 6: Release date is now more precise
According to the figures, Rockstar Games could actually take its time with GTA 6, but millions of fans are waiting for the successor and here is some good news. As part of the results for the fourth quarter and the 2024 financial year, Take-Two has further specified the release date for GTA 6. Instead of just 2025, the company has now confirmed autumn 2025 as the planned release date (source: T2).
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