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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Dr-JPosted:
PawnStars Only seven, weak sauce come talk to me when your in the double digits Rockstar
It might break more within 1 year
Corn_DogPosted:
Shen This is pretty insane, wondering how CoD will respond.
Buy spewing out another game every year for rest of time
Corn_DogPosted:
u_uPawnStars I want to see if the pc sales break any pc records
I wouldn't hope much for a PC release
I'm not lol
just curious tbh
IlIuminatiPosted:
PawnStars I want to see if the pc sales break any pc records
I wouldn't hope much for a PC release
Corn_DogPosted:
BeetPawnStarsWeWantStuffForFree Good for Rockstar. They deserved it
that they did, read dead 2 next?
It would be the 3rd Red Dead...
my bad, I realized it after I put it but it was too late :/
BeetPosted:
PawnStarsWeWantStuffForFree Good for Rockstar. They deserved it
that they did, read dead 2 next?
It would be the 3rd Red Dead...
Corn_DogPosted:
SliceFX And yet I still can't get online...
join the club, seriously, we should probably make one
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