Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks seven world records
Rockstar North's epic crime adventure previously earned the Guinness World Record for 'most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame'.
Now its massive first-day sales figures have earned the game a further six awards.
The full list of awards now currently held by Grand Theft Auto V are as follows:
Best-selling action-adventure videogame in 24 hours
Best-selling videogame in 24 hours
Fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion
Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion
Highest grossing videogame in 24 hours
Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours
Most viewed trailer for an action-adventure videogame
According to official figures, GTA 5 sold 11.21 million units in its first 24 hours and generated revenue of $815.7 million (£511.8 million), eventually reaching $1 billion (£624.45 million) in sales after just three days.
Sales of the game in the UK led to a 45 per cent year-on-year increase in game sales for September, marking the first time the British games retail sector recorded an increase in spending since December 2008.
A week after its release, Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz stated that sales had likely exceeded 15 million worldwide and were predicted to surpass 25 million within the game's first year of release.
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kingceePosted:
They got all that money and they cant put better online servers and fixed the disk install
Dr-JPosted:
PawnStarsLia-Skillz Surprised that it is the top selling in 24 hours
It was the most highly antisipated game of the year, I'm not suprised one bit!
Yeah, it should not be a shocker to anyone lol
I think there will be better games but don't get the amount of sales such as batman AO,the last of us
Corn_DogPosted:
Lia-Skillz Surprised that it is the top selling in 24 hours
It was the most highly antisipated game of the year, I'm not suprised one bit!
Yeah, it should not be a shocker to anyone lol
Corn_DogPosted:
WeWantStuffForFree Good for Rockstar. They deserved it
that they did, read dead 2 next?
DissPosted:
Scuf_KontrolLiaI dont have a problem with the servers at allHorizex Was worlds worst online release one of them? Sad how they still haven't been able to fix most of the multiplayer issues.
The online has currently been a poor experience for many, but that was kind of expected as seeing that so many players are playing it and the servers couldn't handle it. I think everything should be fixed by the end of October.
I guess you're lucky :) I always get the "cloud servers aren't available" message and the infinite loading screen. I think they fixed that though now, since the patch came out. It shall improve my experience.
VapePosted:
LiaI dont have a problem with the servers at allHorizex Was worlds worst online release one of them? Sad how they still haven't been able to fix most of the multiplayer issues.
The online has currently been a poor experience for many, but that was kind of expected as seeing that so many players are playing it and the servers couldn't handle it. I think everything should be fixed by the end of October.
A7x_l_N1GHTM4R3Posted:
Soo happy for rockstar still waiting to get my copy of the game wish time would hurry
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