Grand Theft Auto V Has Surpassed 160 Million Units Sold, GTA Remastered Trilogy ‘Significantly Exceeded’ Expectations

The last week saw the release of quarterly results from Activision Blizzard and EA. Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar, 2K and others, released its own results today and to nobody’s surprise, Grand Theft Auto V is still selling really well. 

You might be asking who doesn’t already own GTA V? You might be asking who doesn’t already own GTA V? In November last year, Game Informer reported that GTA V had sold 5 million copies that quarter, bringing the total up to 155 million units overall. In Take-Two’s latest results, the publisher revealed that Rockstar’s GTA V has now sold 160 million units, representing another quarter where the game sold 5 million copies. 

Here are some additional GTA-related stats from today’s results:

• The Grand Theft Auto series sold over 370,000,000 units 
• Grand Theft Auto V was the fastest entertainment release to reach $1 billion in sales than any previous one 
• Grand Theft Auto V has been ranked the number one game for the U.S. in terms of both units and dollar sales. 

Elsewhere in the results, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said that the critically maligned Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, which saw Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas remastered, “significantly exceeded’ Take-Two’s expectations, as reported by Video Games Chronicle.

On the Red Dead Redemption side of things, Take-Two has revealed that Rockstar’s wild west series has sold more than 65 million units worldwide, with Red Dead Redemption 2 selling 43 million of those. RDR2 has been the best-selling U.S. title for the last three years, based on dollars sold. 

Take-Two, which owns 2K, also revealed that its NBA 2K series is the best-selling basketball simulation game, based on dollar sales and units in the U.S. It has also sold over 121,000,000 units around the world. 

Read more on Rockstar’s confirmation of the next Grand Theft Auto title, then read this story regarding the release date for GTA V for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. 

GTA V will be available on PS5 next month. Comment below to let us know your thoughts!