This evening saw the quarterly results of Take Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, which took the opportunity to unveil the new sales figures for GTA5, the latest installment in the GTA saga, which will celebrate its 12th anniversary at the end of the year. And the scores are quite colossal, showing that Rockstar Games still has a nice margin while waiting for the release of GTA6.
GTA 5: more than 215 million games sold
Usually, when a game manages to sell 10 million copies during its first year of launch, it remains a very fine feat, quite rare in the video game industry. For its part, GTA 5, which celebrated its 11th anniversary last year, managed to sell once again 15 million copies.
In total, GTA 5 has reached 215 million games sold since its launch on PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 17, 2013. This is a pretty crazy feat, considering that the game is "only" available on seven platforms: PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
More than 11 years after its release, Rockstar's title continues to be a huge success, confirming that the anticipation for GTA6 is pretty crazy. As a reminder, the next GTA was expected for fall 2025. About ten days ago, Rockstar Games confirmed the title's delay to May 26, 2026. To compensate, we were treated to a second trailer and a shower of information.
Red Dead Redemption II: More than 74 million games sold
Reducing Rockstar Games' success only to GTA would be a mistake. Because yes, all of the star-studded company's games are hugely successful. The proof is in Red Dead Redemption II. A rather unusual western game, aimed at a niche audience and not as mainstream as the usual big AAA games.
Yet, in just six years, Red Dead Redemption II has managed to sell more than 74 million games sold. Another four million games were sold in the last quarter. In total, the Red Dead saga, which was launched in 2004 with Red Dead Revolver and which has only three installments, now stands at 100 million games sold. Completely crazy numbers.
Yet, despite this, and despite the demand and desire of players, there is still no sign of a potential port of Red Dead Redemption II to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. We hope that the recent rumors about a Switch port2 will be true and that the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions will also be released at that time.
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