Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has predicted that Grand Theft Auto V will move 14 million units at launch.
The figure puts the hotly-anticipated crime romp significantly ahead of its predecessor – 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV – which managed to sell 13 million copies in its first 12 months on sale. Of course, the current user-base for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is far greater than it was four years ago.
14 million copies sold would generate approximately $700 million in revenue for Rockstar Games, which last week forecast that FY13 revenue may reach as much as $1.85 billion.
GTA V was unveiled last November via a brief teaser trailer, though since that time nothing else has been shown on the game. A release date has yet to be announced.
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