This was announced by Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games GTA 5 over 180 million units were sold. What’s even more impressive is that five million of them have been sold in the last three months alone, almost ten years after the game was first released.
The news comes from Take-Two’s latest earnings report, who stated that GTA 5 reached over a billion dollars in retail sales “faster than any entertainment release in history”. The report also states that the franchise has sold over 400 million units and that “the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is in active development.” Although the date of the next GTA has not been announced, it is known that Rockstar is working on the next part. At the end of last year a mass leak showed early gameplay footage and screenshots of GTA 6.
In addition to GTA 5 reaching over 180 million units, the Red Dead Redemption series is also a consistent success. At the time, the franchise sold over 75 million units worldwide Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold over 53 million units and is the second best-selling title in the US in terms of dollar sales over the past five years.
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