GTA 5, the popular open-world video game from Rockstar Games and its online component, GTA Online, is reported to have sold over 75 million units worldwide, publisher Take-Two revealed during its earnings report on Tuesday (February 7).
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This represents the total sale of the game which was released in September 2013. The sale numbers are said to have outperformed the expectations.
Daniel Ahmad, a video game industry analyst at Niko Partners, revealed that in December 2016, a record number of users opted for GTA Online following the release of the new content, iDigitalTimes reported.
He also revealed that GTA 5 had sold more units in 2016 than in 2015. Together, the GTA franchise has sold over 255 million.
GTA 5 was initially released for Xbox 36O and PS3. It was only in 2015 that the publisher released it for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
Meanwhile, Take-Two's other games like Mafia 3 reportedly shipped over five million units and Civilization VI shipped up to 1.5 million.
In 2016, Take-Two's revenue rose by 15 per cent ($476.5 million). Its revenue from digital content shot up by 64 per cent to $240.2 million. Twenty per cent of its total revenue came from microtransactions, DLC and virtual currency purchases, GameSpot reported.
