'GTA 6' Expected to Make $3 Billion USD in First Year

Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to earn at least $3 billion USD in total revenues in its first year after launch. Per a report from Financial Times, which utilizes data from DFC Intelligence, the Rockstar gaming title is projected to reach more than $1 billion USD in pre-orders alone before raking in roughly $3.2 billion USD across the year.

The highly-anticipated open-world game is set for release in Fall 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, though Rockstar had not confirmed whether GTA 6 will be available on PC. The title, which is estimated to have cost between the “high hundreds of millions” to upwards of $2 billion USD to produce, is expected to become the largest entertainment launch of this year.

Speaking to Financial Times, Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Rockstar’s publisher Take-Two Interactive, said he would “never claim victory before it occurs,” though he’s sure that GTA 6 will be “something absolutely phenomenal.”

Upon launch, GTA 6 will need to give its predecessor a run for its money. Notably, the 5th iteration of the popular game sold more than 205 million copies, which made it the third best-selling game in history (beat out only by Minecraft and Tetris).

Rockstar has not yet announced an exact release date for GTA 6.

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