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[DeepEnigma]

Grand Theft Auto V Has Shipped Over 140 Million Units; Red Dead Redemption 2 at Over 36 Million

Take-Two Interactive Software announced new shipments figures for Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V.

twinfinite.net

Spoiler: Twitter Link

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

 

[MrA]

it's going to the best selling game on ps5 and xbox sx,

 

[hybrid_birth]

It sold 1/3 of the United States population.

Rockstar must be swimming in dough.

 

[farmerboy]

Gotta be honest, I don't understand how.

 

[Corgi1985]

Too bad decent games don't get these sales numbers. Glover only sold 0.91 million

 

[GriffinCorp]

GTA VI confirmed for PS6 - Why release a new game when the old game doesn't stop selling?

 

[TTOOLL]

GTA5 is the next game I'm buying after I finished RDR2.

 

[SJRB]

Well you know, it was an incredible achievement, 7 years ago or whatever...

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I kind of soured a bit on GTA Online over time, but I had a great time with GTA V at launch. Rockstar just knows how to make quality open-world games.

I'm curious what kind of hype/sales an eventual GTA VI is going to bring. I have a feeling it will be unlike anything we've seen.

 

[Same ol G]

I bought it on PS3 and again on PS4, i think that happened a lot PS3 couldn't run the game as it was supposed to.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Sweet baby Jesus.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I bought it on PS3 and again on PS4, i think that happened a lot PS3 couldn't run the game as it was supposed to.

GTA V is one of the only games I have bought full price both times. Likely won't buy the PS5 version, but it's insane to see it still going strong.

 

[Excess]

I used to be a die hard GTA:O player back in the day. Grinded hard to a rank near 300, and had millions of earned cash. Now I despise the game. When I look back on it, it became nothing more than a game of diminishing returns. R* spent more time looking for ways to make the game more of a grind, while inflating prices on in-game items to bankrupt money-glitchers and getting Little Billy to run mommy's credit card for Shark Cards. I also suspect that any resources that might have been useful to developing single player DLC were also relegated to the terrible bore-fest that is known as GTA Online. What an absolute fucking disgrace to the GTA franchise.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It sold 1/3 of the United States population.

Rockstar must be swimming in dough.

And they still don't run pure dedicated servers. I love me some RDR2, but that's shameful, especially impacting PC gamers with all the hacks people do on that platform.

 

[MarlboroRed]

Imagine having your game sell 36 million copies within 2 years and still be considered a failure in comparison.

No one does it quite like Rockstar.

 

[Kenpachii]

rdr2 online probably added a large part towards those sales 5 bucks for online so yea there is that.

Also shipped, epic games gave gta 5 away for a week or something which basically nuked there website so that will probably also add a lot of people towards it.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I used to be a die hard GTA:O player back in the day. Grinded hard to a rank near 300, and had millions of earned cash. Now I despise the game. When I look back on it, it became nothing more than a game of diminishing returns. R* spent more time looking for ways to make the game more of a grind, while inflating prices on in-game items to bankrupt money-glitchers and getting Little Billy to run mommy's credit card for Shark Cards. I also suspect that any resources that might have been useful to developing single player DLC were also relegated to the terrible bore-fest that is known as GTA Online. What an absolute fucking disgrace to the GTA franchise.

It is a shame how much you need to grind. I tend to just do races these days and not worry about money. Obviously not having a top custom car can be a problem sometimes, but I always seem to do well with the older cars I have.

 

[Halo is Back]

 

[waquzy]

GTA V is one of the only games I have bought full price both times. Likely won't buy the PS5 version, but it's insane to see it still going strong.

I got GTA V for PS3(launch day), then for PS4, then for Xbox One X(digital) and will be buying the next gen for PS5. It's my most played game ever on PlayStation....

 

[CitizenZ]

Series ill never understand its popularity and another reason any of those sales posts are comical.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I got GTA V for PS3(launch day), then for PS4, then for Xbox One X(digital) and will be buying the next gen for PS5. It's my most played game ever on PlayStation....

That's insane man. I have spent an incredible amount of time in GTA: O as well.

Although I wonder how many of those hours were spent in Rockstar's cloud for us?

 

[Denton]

It's a fun game. RDR2 is Rockstar's best though. Don't care about online modes in either...but of course, without those, these games would be ten times less profitable than they are.

 

[Joelenheimer]

Gotta be honest, I don't understand how.

It is on damn near every platform since the xbox360, that's how. Also what price does it sell at? I bet steam sales have sold it so low it had to be practically giving it away for free.
Edit
I'm more impressed with Nintendo and their Switch. All their games have sold how many? With no drop in price in sight? 80mil consoles sold since march 2017 and continuing to climb.
GTA5 and Minecraft can honestly fuck off. Whats next, This free to play phone game was downloaded this many times. Don't give AF, lol.

 

[Bodomism]

It's funny when some people here were mocking Switch users for buying an enchanted port of WiiU game that put that game as the best selling game of Nintendo Switch but at the same time GTAV is the best selling game on PS3, PS4, X360, XB1, and soon on both PS5 and XSX too.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

It's funny when some people here were mocking Switch users for buying an enchanted port of WiiU game that put that game as the best selling game of Nintendo Switch but at the same time GTAV is the best selling game on PS3, PS4, X360, XB1, and soon on both PS5 and XSX too.

I will say that the bump-up in graphics was definitely worth it. Maybe not full-price, but it was so much better playing it on PS4/Xbox One. It was like night and day. I wish I hadn't played it in 2013 first honestly.

 

[waquzy]

That's insane man. I have spent an incredible amount of time in GTA: O as well.

Although I wonder how many of those hours were spent in Rockstar's cloud for us?

You are not going to believe me when I say this, but all those hours are from Single player and Director mode only. I have spent less than a single hour on GTA Online. I only tried it once when I first got the game all those years back... heck I don't even have PlayStation Plus. Here's my trophies list after 871 hours:

 

[Sidney Prescott]

You are not going to believe me when I say this, but all those hours are from Single player and Director mode only. I have spent less than a single hour on GTA Online. I only tried it once when I first got the game all those years back... heck I don't even have PlayStation Plus. Here's my trophies list after 871 hours:

Okay, yep, you're insane.

 

[Negotiator101]

Gotta be honest, I don't understand how.

A person places an order online for a digital copy or walks into a shop and buys a physical copy.

 

[Alebrije]

No wonder , its the Minecraft of older gamers...

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

LMAO. It would be hilarious if GTA5 will get "another" next gen port

 

[martino]

LMAO. It would be hilarious if GTA5 will get "another" next gen port

why would it ? is there a serious possibility next rockstar game is not gta 6 ?

 

[retsof624]

Update RDR2 for the new consoles you nerds

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

swimming in the money

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

LMAO. It would be hilarious if GTA5 will get "another" next gen port

I can see that happening before GTA 6 comes out.

I don't see Rockstar putting GTA 6 out before 2024 and if they do I would not be surprised if its cross gen game.....

 

[waquzy]

Update RDR2 for the new consoles you nerds

Yep, we need that 60 fps smoothness

 

[TheTechnician]

give it another three Gens and respective remasters or so and it´ll catch up with GTA V ... Rockstar is way to innovative to miss out on that money...

 

[Dunki]

This is INSANE

 

[Blond]

Gotta be honest, I don't understand how.

The shark card bundle being sold is cheaper than buying out from the PlayStation store from my understanding. The used markets been flooded with copies for ages since they started doing this and I’m sure 2020s interest in console gaming didn’t help, either.

 

[Negotiator101]

Yep, we need that 60 fps smoothness

And raytraced horse testicles.

 

[e&e]

Is this company making a profit yet?

 

[Sander Cohen]

Second only to Minecraft.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Minecraft is an amateur game compared to GTA yes it progresses creative sales but how much credit to its sales are due to mobile? I believe GTA V is #1

 

[cormack12]

What's crazy is that it had its best year since launch!!! And RDR:O had the best month!!!!!

GTA 5 and GTA Online Just Had Their Best Year Since Launch - IGN

2020 was yet another record-setting year for Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online, according to publisher Take-Two Interactive.

www.ign.com

.....more units of GTA 5 were sold in calendar 2020 than in any other year except for the game's launch year of 2013
.....Red Dead Online reached more players in December of 2020 than it ever has since its beta launch in 2018

And the upgrades aren't due until at least Q3!!!

Take-Two reaffirmed its commitment to release GTA 5 on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in the second half of 2021, as well as continue to update the game with new content this year.

 

[CaptainConlock]

This game is gonna sell more than the fucking PS2

 

[Miles708]

And people still wonders why the sequel is not out.
Lol shut up and keep paying.

 

[Javthusiast]

70 Million for PUBG, jaysus, didn't think it was that huge. I mean yeah it's fucking big, but that big?

 

[Sander Cohen]

Minecraft is an amateur game compared to GTA yes it progresses creative sales but how much credit to its sales are due to mobile? I believe GTA V is #1

If Minecraft is amateur then Tetris is über amateur.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

I played and loved it on the 360. I have been tempted to buy it for my XB1 or PC, but I never followed through.
Im not interested in playing through the story again or the multiplayer. I mostly just like flying around and shooting at stuff.

 

[Can't decide]

FFS, who keeps buying this game? Stop it! It's only encouraging Rockstar to continue to drag their heels in releasing new games while they endlessly milk the cash cow that is GTA 5.