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GTA V tops 230 million sales; averages 17.7M/year as GTA Plus and Mission Creator fuel spending

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick announced that Grand Theft Auto V has sold over 230 million copies worldwide since its 2013 release, averaging about 17.7 million copies per year. Recurrent consumer spending for the Grand Theft Auto series rose 3%, with GTA Plus subscriptions active and Rockstar adding a Mission Creator toolset to support community content. Grand Theft Auto VI has begun with exceptionally strong pre-orders, with an extended look scheduled for August 27 and a November 19 release date. The scale of GTA V’s lifetime sales outpaces many recent hits, underscoring the franchise’s ongoing commercial significance for Take-Two.

• Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick announced on August 7 that GTA V has sold over 230 million units worldwide since 2013.
• GTA V’s lifetime sales average about 17.7 million copies per year (roughly 1.5 million per month) and place it third on Wikipedia’s top-50 best-selling games list.
• Recurrent consumer spending for the Grand Theft Auto series grew 3%; GTA Plus remains active and Rockstar released a Mission Creator suite to enable player-made missions.
• Grand Theft Auto VI has an exceptional start to pre-orders, with an extended look set for August 27 and a firm release date of November 19.