It sounds like an awful lot and, well, it is an awful lot. So what does 110 million copies mean, exactly? Even GTA V's sales only count up to a point. In any case, one can't help but admire Rockstar's crazy success with this game. Even GTA V's sales only count up to a point. This one might be cheating a bit, but a powerful computer can run Minecraft Shaders, and that looks beautiful – way better than GTA V’s “realistic” graphics. The second is Minecraft, which has sold 154 million copies. Minecraft Minecraft is a ... do Minecraft versus Roblox or GTA 4 versus GTA 5 or something. Report Post. It's also funny to think about what a fuss people have made over the game and its violence and debauchery. 4 – Cheaper GTA V starts at around $60.
They are two totally different categories of games. After that it's the cash cow that is GTA Online that really matters, since that generates revenue past the initial sale. EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change.
GTA V has sold 110 million copies, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time. The first is Tetris, which has sold a whopping 170 million units over its lifespan. "You kill prostitutes!" Somehow, we've all managed to not kill each other despite so many of us playing such a violent video game. but ultimately this kind of commercial success simply illustrates that a video game like this, with escapism and freedom at its core, has incredibly wide appeal. It makes no sense to compare them. Popular MMOs like World of Warcraft are more about subscriber numbers than copies sold (though that matters, obviously). It's also a game appropriate for kids, giving it wider mass appeal than the grittier GTAV. is one of the popular buzz-phrases people have used to either poke fun at the game or point to its moral degeneracy (oh won't someone think of the children???) It's also been out longer (launching in 2009) and has been released on all kinds of different platforms including browsers at this point. After all, the game has sold 110 million copies at this point, a truly staggering sum. But that ship has sailed, I'm afraid. Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V continues to sell like gangbusters despite having launched six years ago at the end of a different console generation.
The second is Minecraft, which has sold 154 million copies. You may opt-out by. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
C'est la vie. Fortnite: Battle Royale is an enormously successful game that doesn't really sell copies in the traditional sense. It's kind of crazy to think about. In fact, only two games have ever sold this many copies before. Hopefully Grand Theft Auto VI isn't too far off. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. 110 million copies places GTAV in an exclusive bunch as just one of three games that have ever sold more than 100 million copies.
If only a small fraction of players purchased the DLC that would still net Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive millions of dollars. Vinayak says 2016-03-21T08:15:01.7633151Z. I write about video games, TV and movies. After that, the next top-selling game is Wii Sports at just under 83 million copies and then PUBG at 50 million copies rounding out the top 5 (the newest game on this list and an impressive total, to be sure). It's like asking whether cats are better than dogs (without specifying any criterion like loyalty or cuteness). (Blame that on the consoles though). All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. And one can't help but wonder why, with all these copies sold, Rockstar Games doesn't release some single-player DLC. One suspects it will continue to do so into the next.
Of course, units sold isn't the only way to track success in video games, especially in an era of "games-as-service" and free-to-play. But, of course, that game has been sold on even more platforms than GTAV and has been out significantly longer, releasing way back in 1984.