Even without a PC version, predicted sales figures point to GTA 6 breaking GTA 5’s first day record, with 25 million copies sold in 24 hours.
Given how much anticipation there is surrounding GTA 6, with fans once again convincing themselves that a new trailer could arrive at any moment, there is no reality where the game doesn’t sell incredibly well once it launches in November.
GTA 5 has sold over 220 million copies since its 2013 release, making it the best-selling traditional video game ever made, and while it will take a long time for GTA 6 to match that, it’ll almost certainly have a bigger launch.
Its predecessor managed over 10 million in the first 24 hours but analysts are forecasting that GTA 6 will sell at least 25 million copies in its first day.
This is per a Bloomberg report and would certainly be considered a success for Rockstar Games and owner Take-Two Interactive. After all, GTA 5 is reported to have sold 11.21 million copies in its first day, with Guinness World Records deeming it as having had the biggest launch ever.
Day one sales of only 10 million would be considered a flop (even though it’s more than most games sell in their entire lifetime) but it seems highly unlikely that GTA 6 would sell less than the original game and the 25 million estimate is probably accurate.
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The fact that there’s no PC version is irrelevant, asGTA 5 was console-only at launch too, as are most Rockstar games.
On that subject though, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has reiterated why a PC release isn’t a priority, as it’s not where most of GTA’s playerbase is.
‘Rockstar always starts on console because I think with regard to a release like that you’re judged by serving the core. … If your core consumer isn’t there, if they’re not served first and best, you kind of don’t hit your other consumers,’ Zelnick told Bloomberg.
A PC version will no doubt arrive later, with one peripheral manufacturer already talking about it, athough this was when GTA 6 was still scheduled for a 2025 release.
GTA 5 was ported to PC 19 months after launch, while Red Dead Redemption 2’s PC port arrived 13 months after the console versions, so there’s a good chance GTA 6 will arrive towards the end of next year.
There’s also a matter of GTA 6’s price, as some have suggested it could cost at least £100. Zelnick did say just last week that the aim is to sell the game at a ‘reasonable’ price, which could point to GTA 6 having the standard £70 price tag for modern AAA games.
Elsewhere, though, the Bank of America, of all places, has suggested that GTA 6 should be sold at $80. That would almost certainly work out as £80 in the UK, if Take-Two take them up on their advice.
According to Seeking Alpha, Bank of America analyst Omar Dessouky says GTA 6 having an $80 price tag would be a net positive for the industry, after speaking to attendees at the iiCON Video Game Conference in Las Vegas.
‘We also heard from attendees that the industry, which is perceived as struggling, would have difficulty selling games for $80 if GTA 6 came out at $70,’ they say.
‘We think it’s in Take-Two’s self-interest, as a publisher and partner to many developers, to raise the price point for the entire industry.’
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