80M Units Of GTA V Shipped, Continue To Sell Three Years After Release

Rockstar released Grand Theft Auto V back in 2013 to huge acclaim, with customers positively flooding retailers in order to get their hands on a copy of the game. More than three years on and it seems enthusiasm for the title is still continuing with over 80 million units shipped. What’s more, this number suggests GTA V sold 5 million copies over the last three months alone.

Back in February, over 75 million units of the game have been sold, Gamespot reports. Reaching the current number in a period of three months just goes to show that Rockstar’s behemoth of a game still continues to draw a huge crowd. It has even been making the top spot in top-selling charts all over the world, including the UK and Australia.

Take-Two is more than aware of the game’s considerable presence as well, with CEO Strauss Zelnick noting during a conference call that revenue from the online mode of GTA V has exceeded expectations. As a result, the publisher and the developers plan to add even more features to the multiplayer version of the game on top of the ones already released.

The platform’s considerable profitability has been rumored to be a major factor in why Rockstar has yet to announce GTA VI. Fans are starting to wonder if the only way to actually see another Grand Theft Auto game is for GTA V to actually stop selling. So far, this hope is in vain.

As for the publisher’s recent announcement that Red Dead Redemption 2 was going to be delayed, any damage that the push might have caused was likely immediately canceled out by the earnings report. Take-Two shares suffered no major drops following the revelation, Polygon reports, which could indicate that it was confident in sharing the details due to how impressive GTA V was performing.