GTA V to release in 2013, will sell 16 million

Janco Partners’ Mike Hickey believes that Take Two will ship the next GTA game in its 2012 financial year, which is April 2012-March 2013.

The title, whatever it’s going to be called should sell around 16 million copies and earn about $750 million, according to him.

The next in the series is rumoured to be taking place in Hollywood.

Hickey also told that Bioshock Infinite should release around the same timeframe which Gamespot seems to have confirmed aswell. The title should sell around 4 million units, he believes.

Hickey also thinks that Take Two’s financial prospects are bright for 2011, with L.A Noire and Max Payne 3 slated for that period. The two games will be accopanied by Duke Nukem: Forever.

GTA IV which released in 2008 has sold 15 million units in its lifetime.

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