Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks seven world records
Rockstar North's epic crime adventure previously earned the Guinness World Record for 'most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame'.
Now its massive first-day sales figures have earned the game a further six awards.
The full list of awards now currently held by Grand Theft Auto V are as follows:
Best-selling action-adventure videogame in 24 hours
Best-selling videogame in 24 hours
Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion
Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion
Highest grossing videogame in 24 hours
Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours
Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame
According to official figures, GTA 5 sold 11.21 million units in its first 24 hours and generated revenue of $815.7 million (£511.8 million), eventually reaching $1 billion (£624.45 million) in sales after just three days.
Sales of the game in the UK led to a 45 per cent year-on-year increase in game sales for September, marking the first time the British games retail sector recorded an increase in spending since December 2008.
A week after its release, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz stated that sales had likely exceeded 15 million worldwide and were predicted to surpass 25 million within the game's first year of release.
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GrownPosted:
Im not surprised by any of this actually I honestly think the game deserves all of these awards.
Corn_DogPosted:
Zoobzy This is the best game ever created IMO.
Rockstar did a good job and deserves all the light it recives.
-Zoobzy
This really a good game, campaign was awesome
ZoobzyPosted:
This is the best game ever created IMO.
Rockstar did a good job and deserves all the light it recives.
-Zoobzy
Rockstar did a good job and deserves all the light it recives.
-Zoobzy
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
PawnStarsCrazy_Horse_RDR More world records will be broken...
They better be, I still expect at least 3 more
Personally I think they may get more most amount of copies sold in a year etc.
Corn_DogPosted:
Crazy_Horse_RDR More world records will be broken...
They better be, I still expect at least 3 more
Corn_DogPosted:
Dr-JPawnStars Only seven, weak sauce come talk to me when your in the double digits Rockstar
It might break more within 1 year
one more wont do it for me, need 3
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