GTA 5 sales figures: new milestone with 165 million copies sold – update

Updated May 17, 2022: Take-Two has them current sales figures announced by “GTA 5”. Accordingly, more of the title in the last three months 5 million copies sold. The sales figures since the release in 2013 have risen to whopping 165 million copies at.

The GTA series has now become worldwide 375 million times sold. However, Take-Two assumes that the microtransactions for GTA Online will be down this year compared to last year. At the same time, the publisher emphasizes that the still quite fresh subscription is called GTA+ but sold even better than expected.

Updated February 9, 2022: Take Two now has the numbers for that Christmas sales 2021 by financial report announced. There was also an update on the sales figures of GTA 5 and that surprises mainly because the new ports are still coming. Because “GTA 5” was able to sell really well again and overall over 160 million units sold.

The series will continue to be successful. Because Rockstar Games recently announced that they are officially working on the next chapter in the series:

GTA 6: Rockstar officially confirms new GTA!

Update August 3, 2021: Publisher Take-Two Interactive Entertainment has under of the current annual report for the first quarter of 2022 ended on June 30, 2021, among other things, new sales figures GTA 5 released. A further 5 million units of the open-world title were sold in the past quarter. The popular Rockstar title has grown worldwide for the various platforms since its release in 2013 150 million times sold.

Since, according to industry insiders, “GTA 6” is only likely to be released in a few years, sales of “GTA 5” will probably remain very stable in the near future. In addition, the title will be released on November 11, 2021 in an extended edition for the next-gen consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, which means that sales are also likely to increase sharply again.

Original message: Publishers Take Two has last Monday the current quarterly report presented and thus made clear what consequences the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown had for the company. Here’s how Take-Two scored in the fiscal first quarter $831.3 million. This is the highest amount that has been generated in a first quarter in the company’s 26-year history.

Microtransactions rule the business at Take-Two

Especially the business of microtransactions in games like GTA Online or Red Dead Onlinewhich Take-Two calls “recurring consumer spending,” is up a whopping 52 percent in the first quarter $482,153,999 increased. Titles like GTA Online, “NBA 2K20”, Red Dead Online and Borderlands 3 responsible.

“As more people stay at home, we have seen and continue to see increased engagement and net booking growth to date,” said Take-Two. “The full extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors that we are unable to predict.“

GTA 5 is and remains a cash cow

The multiplayer title “GTA Online” in particular is still a real cash cow for Rockstar Games and Take-Two even after seven years. Until now, the open-world game “GTA 5” could be proud of 135 million copies sold. In February 2020, when the company last reported the numbers, it was still 120 million sales. Thus, alone in the last quarter 15 million copies sold by the game, which is the strongest growth since its release in 2013. GTA Online microtransaction revenue increased 155 percent year over year.

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And an end to the growth of “GTA Online” and “GTA 5” is apparently not in sight. Finally, a few weeks ago, Rockstar announced that the title will also be available in 2021 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X New is to be published. This edition is said to include a number of technical and graphical improvements. In addition, the free standalone version of “GTA Online” will be available exclusively for PS5 for the first three months.