As seen in the tweets below from Niko Partners’ Daniel Ahmad, not only has Grand Theft Auto 5 hit yet another milestone in sales, but also the game outsold most titles that actually launched last year, with products such as Star Wars Battlefront 2 getting beaten out by the Rockstar release. To be specific, this most recent figure shared by Take-Two reflects that GTA 5 sold a whopping 15 million units in 2017 alone.
For those unaware, Grand Theft Auto 5 had already achieved the major feat of becoming the best-selling video game of all time in the US, so the fact that it continues to sell well is simply icing on the cake for Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive. As it so happens, the previous record holder that GTA 5 beat out was the title’s antithesis in almost every way – that is, Nintendo’s Wii Sports – which originally held the top spot with 82.83 million units sold in total.
Taking all of this into account, it looks as if Grand Theft Auto 5 shows no signs of slowing down in the sales department, especially with the title’s developer having confirmed that even more GTA Online content updates are on the way. And if a recent rumor regarding GTA 5 eventually getting a Nintendo Switch port is true, then Rockstar and Take-Two will almost certainly see sales for the game spike even more so in the future.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is available now for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Source: Daniel Ahmad – Twitter 1, 2
