Take-Two Interactive just released their financial results and they’ve updated the sales figures for many of their franchises. The Grand Theft Auto franchise has now sold 345 million units between its many games, while the Red Dead Redemption franchise has now shifted 60 million copies. There’s also new figures for some of their other major franchises, including BioShock, Borderlands, and NBA 2K.
Many Grand Theft Auto games have been released over the years, the latest of which is Grand Theft Auto V. This title alone has sold more than 145 million copies over its lifetime and is the best selling game of the decade in the US for both number of units sold and dollar sales. GTA V became the fastest entertainment release to ever reach $1 billion in sales and has definitely made a healthy contribution to the franchise’s total of 345 million units sold. This looks set to grow even further later this year with the release of the PS5 version of the game and the standalone version of Grand Theft Auto Online. Meanwhile, the Red Dead Redemption franchise has shifted nearly 60 million units between the two games and the standalone version of Red Dead Online. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the biggest contributor to that total, selling over 37 million units on its own. It’s the second biggest title to be released in the US in the last three years in terms of dollar sales. Red Dead Online continues to receive updates with more races due to arrive next week and a bigger ...