Grand Theft Auto Online, the multiplayer companion to Rockstar’s critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto V, still attracts eight million gamers every week, Take-Two said during its latest earnings call overnight.
Interestingly, the figure represents significant growth for the online crime-’em-up, with more gamers tucking into GTA Online than the same period in 2014. This probably isn’t a surprise given the fact Rockstar Games has been supporting the game with various updates since its release, plus of course the modding community on the PC version are constantly pumping out new content on a weekly basis.
In addition, GTA V was also released on PS4 and Xbox One last winter, which has no doubt bumped up the player base for the open-world action-adventure title. Not that it wasn’t always popular, mind; by November 2014, GTA Online had logged 2.3 billion hours of play time, and that was before the game launched on current-generation systems.
GTA V was released in September 2013 for PS3 and Xbox 360, becoming the fastest-selling video game of all time by generating an eye-watering $800 million in just 24 hours. To put into perspective just how well the game sold, GTA V managed to outpace lifetime sales of its predecessor in just six weeks—by that point in time, GTA IV had been on sale for five years. By February 2014, the game had become one of the best-selling games of all time with 32.5 million shipments worldwide. GTA V later arrived on PS4 and Xbox One and cemented the acclaimed crime caper as the best-selling game of all time in the U.K., with GTA Online Heists later propelling the game back to the top of the charts.
To date, the critically acclaimed Rockstar title has shipped an impressive 54 million copies worldwide. Read our full review of GTA V on PS4.