Analyst: Grand Theft Auto V to Top 25m in First Year - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 25 September 2013 / 10,503 Views
Grand Theft Auto V has already set a record for biggest opening in gaming history selling 16 million units in just five days and topping $1.15 billion. Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has told Computer and Video Games that he expects the game to sell 25 million units in its first year.
"For a game to sell 60 per cent of its first year units in just three days would be abnormally high, said Creutz. "We esteem that Call of Duty sells about 45 to 50 per cent of its first year units in its first week at retail."
"However, for now we are assuming that GTA V sales will be extremely front-loaded due to high gamer anticipation, and will also have a shorter sales tail given the launch of next-gen consoles in November."
Grand Theft Auto V took in $800 million in its first day, selling 11 million units. First week sales nearly tripled that of Grand Theft Auto IV in 2008.
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gta beats everything
I do hope it ends up being the best selling game for PS360, if only to knock FPS off it's perch. Unfortunately nothing will stop FPS taking 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th for PS360, unless Kinect Adventures can do it single handedly through X360, if it sells a couple more million, to take 5th spot.
Pc version sure but next gen console don't have the install base to justify it and Rockstar already said its not happening.
I think you are just dreaming honestly and overstating the number of people that would buy the game twice.
Of course GTA online can last for years without next gen. Not everyone is going to upgrade dude. Silly assumptions and wishful thinking in the fact of reality.
It will top 30 million, if we count digital versions.
GTA5 will definitely reach 30mil in about 4-6 months. GTA4 sold 27mil, & people called that a "flop", when COD took 7 years to start selling 20mil, while GTA series was constantly breaking records on PS2/PSP in the early 2000's. GTA5 might sell at least 40mil, shit, it's not impossible, 4mil under 20mil in 5 days, & by nxt week, GTA5 will be at 20mil, or past 20mil. COD couldn't do this 4 consecutive years, but it's more popular.
