{"id":233352,"date":"2023-06-05T07:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=292200"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:01:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:01:04","slug":"gta-vi-will-break-a-launch-sales-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/gta-vi-will-break-a-launch-sales-record\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA VI will break a sales record: launch&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can say, without fear of being wrong, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-last-feature-of-gta-6-will-allow-you-to-go-to-the-hairdresser-and-the-barber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that GTA 6 is the big thing<\/a>. In the world of gaming, in the video game industry, there is no game that can come close to the madness that is Grand Theft Auto 6.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Grand Theft Auto V\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/b3d17a4e-96bf-11e6-a0d8-00163ed833e7\/1148015448\/gta-v-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Grand Theft Auto V<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-v.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/gta-v.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We all know what GTA 5 has meant for the industry<\/strong>. More than 200 million units sold, records in revenue, a trajectory that is now 10 years old, an online with millions of players\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all this, <strong>Rockstar knows that when they launch the expected GTA 6, potential customers are going to buy the game the same day of release<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/gta-6-will-not-take-place-only-in-vice-city-also-on-a-well-known-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We will see how many millions are sold only in the pre-purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GTA 6 is expected to earn $1 billion and sell 25 million copies at launch. It\u2019s also projected to release between holiday 2024 and early 2025, according to an industry analyst. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BhTLyN18fI\">pic.twitter.com\/BhTLyN18fI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GTA 6 NEWS (@GTAVInewz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GTAVInewz\/status\/1665443861957623813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">25 million copies on the same day of launch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GTA 6 is closer than ever, as Take-Two&#8217;s CEO recently hinted at a fiscal year 2025 release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CEO predicts record profits, as we&#8217;ve seen before, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/gta-6-the-billion-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including the possibility of raking in over $1 billion that first fiscal year<\/a>. This can only be achieved by launching a strong GTA 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s where the news jumps in, as a video game expert claimed this weekend that GTA 6 is likely to surpass 25 million sales at launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joost Van Dreunen, an industry expert, noted in his monthly newsletter that sales estimates for GTA 6 are as high as 25 million units distributed in the same week of launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Map Details of GTA 6!\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YHXYsQOybZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared to GTA 5, G<strong>TA 6 will launch with a smaller player base due to the fact that there are fewer PS5 and Xbox Series currently sold than their predecessors at the time<\/strong>. The PS5 has sold an estimated 38.4 million units and the Xbox Series is estimated to have passed the 20 million mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By comparison, <strong>the PS3 and Xbox 360 had sold around 160 million units at the time of GTA 5&#8217;s release<\/strong>. Still, 100 million players expected by the time GTA 6 comes out should be a decent base for Rockstar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It remains to be seen if Rockstar will release the PC port at launch<\/strong>. Looking back, Rockstar are to release the PC port a few years later than its console release. 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So the sales&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":233355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[3275],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-233352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongta-6"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319899,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233352\/revisions\/319899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233352"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=233352"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=233352"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=233352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}