GTA V most profitable entertainment product of all-time

[ryanripley 86,575]

Rockstar’s 2013 open-world venture into the criminal underbelly of their fictionalized satirical take on Los Angeles known as Grand Theft Auto V made massive waves at launch by making over a billion dollars in three days but nearly five years later, it has managed to become something larger than anyone would’ve ever predicted.

To date, the third-person crime thriller has sold an astounding 90 million units across Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, and PC and has retained its starting $59.99 price point since 2013, only dipping for occasional sales but no permanent price drops. This is pretty much unheard of for the vast majority of games with Call of Duty’s top-selling entries only being able to push about 25 million units. There have even been additional skews of the game for more money that give new players a boost in the insanely popular multiplayer mode GTA Online.

On a reported budget of $265 million, Grand Theft Auto V profited in its first week and has drastically multiplied that since then to accumulate an estimated $6 billion, roughly double the amount James Cameron’s film Avatar made which holds the record of being the highest grossing film of all-time.

With that said, Grand Theft Auto V has achieved the status of being the most profitable entertainment product to date, crushing Star Wars, Call of Duty, and any superhero movie ever made. Thanks to its longevity, Rockstar has been able to pump out more and more content to keep players coming back to their lucrative online mode which features microtransactions that Rockstar can continue to make even more money off of long after people dropped their initial $60.

Rockstar’s next game, Red Dead Redemption 2, will take players away from the sun-soaked streets of a modern day parody of California and throw them head first into the brutal and unforgiving heartland of America during the peak of the wild, wild west. Red Dead Redemption 2 will release on October 26th, 2018 for Xbox One and PS4.

Read more: https://www.gamezone.com/news/grand-theft-auto-v-becomes-profitable-entertainment-product-time/

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at least Applause has been in the game since 2014  

[Bear 7,515]

oh my god that's a lot  

Honestly it's a great game though and it deserves the success. 

[Haroon 49,685]

I remember reading about how it earnt so much in such little time a short while ago and I was shocked and still am  Like I didn't imagine gaming beating out movies and TV shows and everything else  Huge congratulations to them for being able to pull off such a huge success, and it seems like they'll just keep it coming considering how much hype is surrounding Red Dead Redemption 2

I wonder if they'll ever bring it over to the Nintendo Switch though, I want to give it a try but I can't be bothered buying a whole new console just for a few games  Also because I've run out of HDMI ports and I know HDMI switches are a thing but still

[Reginald 13,827]

It's what she deserves. Such a great game. 

[FameHookah 4,574]

yasss Applause get that promo slay 

 

no for real if you look at the video comments everyone its like who is here from gta v 

[ryanripley 86,575]

i wish we could find out how many streams and views happened because of GTA V promo  

clearly LG6 needs to be plastered all over RDR2

[Vergil 2,296]

Basic bitches always getting the coins.

Sad world we live in.

[Bat 6,162]

Watch the next GTA with a budget triple of that of GTA V slay this record by far.

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

Disappointed but not surprised...

[JGD 11,860]

22 minutes ago, Vergil said:

Basic bitches always getting the coins.

Sad world we live in.

 

10 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said:

Disappointed but not surprised...

[CyanLights 15,503]

Im not surprised, its an incredible game  

i dont care if it makes me look basic, but the amount of detail that went into this game, esp for 2013, and the map, its all incredible. GTA V is one of my favorite video games of all time

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

3 minutes ago, JGD said:

 

It's a horrible game franchise...

[FATCAT 58,910]

7 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said:

It's a horrible game franchise...

What? It's amazing. It's the pinnacle of game successes and quality. 

[ryanripley 86,575]

9 minutes ago, CyanLights said:

Im not surprised, its an incredible game  

i dont care if it makes me look basic, but the amount of detail that went into this game, esp for 2013, and the map, its all incredible. GTA V is one of my favorite video games of all time

this.... is true

i just want somebody else to be on top

it's like the drake of the gaming world

[TopDomBoy 1,182]

So is the most sold game ever? and even the most bought thing ever?