Shortly before the release of GTA 5, GTA 4 is predecessor to a new sales milestone. Since the 2008 release 25 million copies were sold, a brand that will serve as a benchmark for the success of the successor. GTA 5 appear on 17 September 2013 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
Up until the release of GTA 5 there are more than two months. First, however, had again to report good news from the previous 4 GTA publisher Take-Two on its latest quarterly conference. Accordingly, since the release of the open-world action adventure of the 25 million copies were sold by Nico Bellic in 2008 now. Alone eleven million were sold within the first month of release.
Back in November of last year announced Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick that the whole GTA series has now sold more than 125 million copies. In addition to current titles like Borderlands 2, Bioshock Infinite, and NBA 2K13 GTA 4 is still one in the past quarter, despite his age of five years, the largest revenue bringers. While Take-Two has posted a loss of $ 62 million dollars, but equal an improvement compared to last year.
However, the publisher looks to the future, mainly due to the upcoming release of GTA 5 on 17 September is due. It is expected that the latest offshoot of the series clearly surpasses all records of its predecessor. Even now, the title is according to analysts and the three most pre-ordered games of all time. Whether GTA 5 can fulfill the expectations, we see from the 17 September 2013, when the game for PS3 and Xbox 360 will appear.
