Grand Theft Auto 5 is currently the best-selling game in 2017 in the U.K., according to data from GfK.
Following the news that GTA 6 is currently in development, the latest statistics on GTA 5 sales has landed.
The critically acclaimed crime opus has sold 334,280 units, although it’s still lagging behind other entertainment properties such as Star Wars Rogue One, Ed Sheeran’s Divide, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
In terms of competition, Ghost Recon Wildlands is snapping at GTA 5’s heels with 311,792 sales, with Horizon Zero Dawn cracking the Top 20 at number 17 with 286,538 sales. Considering this is a PlayStation 4-exclusive release, it’s pretty impressive to see the game making such an impact amongst other heavy hitters.
GTA 5 has consistently sold well since its debut in September 2013 on PS3 and Xbox 360, and even in 2017 is a regular contender in the Top 10. Recently, it even managed to top the charts for the first time in 23 weeks, and is to date the best-selling game in the U.S. since the NPD began tracking sales in 1995.
The main pull in recent years has been GTA Online, which developer Rockstar Games has been kitting out with numerous updates since its release in October 2013. In fact, it appears the studio opted to eschew the planned GTA 5 single-player content in favor of supporting its crime-fueld multiplayer.
Unsurprisingly, GTA 5 remains one of the biggest success stories of the past few years, shipping over 80 million copies worldwide. While initially launched on last-generation consoles, Rockstar released an improved version of the game for PS4 and Xbox One in 2014, complete with all-new features such as a first-person view mode and enhanced visuals.
GTA 5 differs from its predecessors by offering three playable characters that can be switched to at any time, allowing for dynamic missions such as coordinated heists between Michael, Trevor, and Franklin. Each character has a unique set of skills that must be utilised efficiently if you’re to nab the big bucks during these missions.
The crime opus offers hundreds of hours of gameplay, with the main campaign supplemented by a host of side quests to tackle, plus the chance to indulge in everything from tennis, scuba-diving, earning a pilot’s licence, to trading on the stock market.