Open world juggernaut Grand Theft Auto V has once again sold an absurd amount of copies. Rockstar Games parent company, Take-Two Interactive, disclosed an earnings call that Grand Theft Auto V has sold a whopping 150 million copies to date. This is yet another massive feat for the nearly eight-year-old game, which is approaching another re-release that will surely catapult the game even further.
Grand Theft Auto V's re-release for Xbox Series X and PS5 is set for this November alongside a standalone release of the ever-popular GTA Online. It's likely the game will only continue to grow over the next several years as Rockstar chips away at the release of the rumored Grand Theft Auto VI which could be as far away as 2024 or 2025. Rockstar has already confirmed the new version of GTA V will get exclusive updates, but it remains to be seen what kind of scale they'll have.
Either way, plenty of people will still be enjoying the current version of the game as Take-Two has reported Grand Theft Auto V has sold 150 million copies. On top of that, the series as a whole has sold over 350 million copies. With 11 games in the entire series, Grand Theft Auto V makes up roughly 42% of the entire franchise's sales. Needless to say, the game is a juggernaut and it isn't surprising Rockstar wants to try and continue the momentum, especially if it's still selling tens of millions of copies every year.
Grand Theft Auto V is still the second best-selling game of all time, just behind Minecraft and ahead of Tetris. There's no real reason for Rockstar to rush the next entry in the series and it seems likely that the only game that will ever be able to truly compete with it is Grand Theft Auto VI. Given the monumental expectations for the next game, it's safe to say that it will be equally, if not more, explosive in impact than the last one.
With Rockstar teasing fans with exclusive content in the upcoming GTA V re-release, it seems likely the series will see a rather large spike in sales by the end of the year. It's not impossible to rule imagine the game manages to sell an additional 10 - 15 million by the end of the year, especially if it is a proper revision of the game and not just a basic 4k update. Rockstar has yet to truly show off the new version of Grand Theft Auto V, but it'll likely give a proper look very soon.
GTA Online is available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Source: Take-Two