Take Two Posts Financial Results, GTA 5 Has Now Sold 60 Million Copies Worldwide

Can't stop, won't stop.

Posted By | On 05th, Feb. 2016

take 2

Grand Theft Auto 5 is, at this point, three years old, and already the highest selling game of all time, having sold an absurd 55 million copies- how much higher can it go, right? Considering how old it is now, you’d think its sales would eventually slow down. This is, after all, an industry that thrives on short attention spans, and giving us the ‘next big thing.’

It turns out that whenever GTA 5‘s sales do slow down, it isn’t going to be anytime soon- the game has added another 5 million units to its overall tally, bringing its total worldwide sales to a massive, staggering 60 million units sold- on average, GTA 5 has sold 12 million copies across each of the systems it is available on.

GTA 5 was the headlining game for Take Two’s latest financial release, but their other games apparently did well, too.  “During the holiday season, Take-Two enjoyed immense consumer demand for its recent releases and catalog, enabling the Company to deliver another quarter of strong revenue, Non-GAAP earnings and cash flow,” said CEO Strauss Zelnick. “These outstanding results were driven by robust sales of Grand Theft Auto 5, NBA 2K16 and WWE 2K16, along with our highest-ever revenue from recurrent consumer spending.

“As a result of our third quarter outperformance and solid forecast for the balance of the year, we are once again raising our financial outlook for fiscal 2016, which is poised to be another year of meaningful profits for Take-Two. Looking ahead, we have an extensive development pipeline that positions our Company for revenue growth and margin expansion over the long-term. We are excited about this Friday’s release of XCOM 2, which has received stellar early review scores, and anticipation already is building for the fiscal 2017 launches of Battleborn and Mafia III.”

Man, these guys are silently becoming one of the biggest publishers in the industry.


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!

Share Your Thoughts Below  (Always follow our comments policy!)



Keep On Reading!

5 Ways Ghost of Tsushima is Better Than Rise of the Ronin

5 Ways Ghost of Tsushima is Better Than Rise of the Ronin

Sucker Punch's open world epic stands head and shoulders above the most recent game that takes inspiration fro...

Princess Peach Showtime! Review – All The World’s A Stage

Princess Peach Showtime! Review – All The World’s A Stage

[drop-cap]P[/drop-cap]rincess Peach Showtime is one of those games Nintendo makes which are aimed at expanded ... Read More

Rise of the Ronin Guide – Best Weapons, Sub Weapons and Armor, and Their Locations

Rise of the Ronin Guide – Best Weapons, Sub Weapons and Armor, and Their Locations

Check out some of the best weapons and sub-weapons, probably the best armor set in the game and some recommend...

Star Ocean: The Second Story R Update is Live, Adds Chaos Mode, New Raid Enemies and More

Star Ocean: The Second Story R Update is Live, Adds Chaos Mode, New Raid Enemies and More

It also includes new weapons, illustrations for various NPCs, Assault Actions and a gallery for viewing unlock...

F-Zero 99 Update Adds Mirror Grand Prix, Steer Assist on March 28th

F-Zero 99 Update Adds Mirror Grand Prix, Steer Assist on March 28th

There's also a new Classic Min Prix, new Mirror Tracks for Knight League, a Recommended Challenges feature, an...

Xbox Cloud Gaming is Getting Mouse and Keyboard Support for Some Games

Xbox Cloud Gaming is Getting Mouse and Keyboard Support for Some Games

The new control scheme is available to alpha testers in the Xbox Insiders program, and is only supported by ce...