GTA V by the Numbers: 13 Years of Take-Two's Own Figures

GTA V went on sale on September 17, 2013, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Thirteen years and three console generations later, Take-Two's filings say it has "sold-in over 230 million units worldwide." Every number on this page comes from Take-Two's own releases and SEC filings, Rockstar's announcements, platform stores or Guinness World Records, and each one carries its date. Where we did arithmetic, we say so.

Launch week, in Take-Two's words

Date	Figure	Source
September 18, 2013	"First day sell-through of more than $800 million worldwide," excluding Japan and Brazil, which hadn't launched yet	Take-Two press release (SEC Form 8-K)
September 20, 2013	"Worldwide retail sales of more than $1 billion during its first three days on sale"	Take-Two press release (SEC 8-K exhibit)
October 29, 2013	"Nearly 29 million units" sold-in, more than GTA IV's lifetime sell-in	Take-Two second-quarter fiscal 2014 results
May 13, 2014	"More than 33 million units" sold-in; best-selling console game of 2013 in North America, Latin America and Europe combined (per NPD, IDG and GfK Chart-Track data)	Take-Two fiscal 2014 results

Both dollar figures are company estimates of retail sales, meaning what stores took in, not Take-Two's revenue. The September 20 release called GTA V the fastest entertainment property to reach $1 billion, footnoting the previous video game record to the Los Angeles Times and the film record to Filmonic.com.

The Guinness records

OFFICIAL On October 8, 2013, Guinness World Records confirmed GTA V's launch records. Its list:

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

The same article gives 11.21 million units sold in the first 24 hours and $815.7 million in first-day revenue, slightly above Take-Two's "more than $800 million." One oddity worth knowing if you cite it: the Guinness headline and intro say six sales records, then the list runs to seven, because the seventh is the trailer record. Most coverage at the time said seven.

Sell-in over thirteen years

Take-Two reports GTA V as units "sold-in," and it states the figure as a floor ("over 225 million," "more than 33 million"). The table uses the earliest filing we found at each step.

Filed or released	Take-Two's figure	Document
October 29, 2013	Nearly 29 million	Q2 FY2014 earnings release
May 13, 2014	More than 33 million	Q4 FY2014 earnings release
August 10, 2015	Over 54 million (PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC)	Q1 FY2016 earnings release
February 3, 2016	Over 60 million	Q3 FY2016 earnings release
November 7, 2017	More than 85 million	Q2 FY2018 earnings release
May 2019	Over 105 million	Annual report (10-K), fiscal 2019
May 2021	Over 145 million	10-K, fiscal 2021
May 2022	Over 160 million	10-K, fiscal 2022
May 2023	Over 180 million	10-K, fiscal 2023
May 2024	Over 195 million	10-K, fiscal 2024
May 2025	Over 210 million	10-K, fiscal 2025
May 2026	Over 225 million	10-K, fiscal 2026
August 2026	Over 230 million	Q1 FY2027 conference call and 10-Q
November 9, 2026	Over 230 million	Q2 FY2027 10-Q (latest filing)
November 9, 2026	"Nearly 235 million"	Q2 FY2027 conference call (spoken, per transcript)

The latest figure: "over 230 million units," first stated on Take-Two's first-quarter call in August 2026 and repeated in the quarterly filing dated November 9, 2026. The November 9 earnings press release itself doesn't give a GTA V unit number, but on that day's call Strauss Zelnick said "to date, the title has sold nearly 235 million units worldwide," per The Motley Fool's transcript. That's a spoken figure, not a filed one, and the transcript's publisher notes it may contain errors, but it's the first sign the number has moved past 230 million. Take-Two's fiscal 2026 annual report, filed in May, puts the whole Grand Theft Auto series at "over 465 million units."

Our arithmetic on the annual reports: GTA V added roughly 15 million units a year between May 2021 and May 2026 (20 million in the year to May 2023), and about 87% of its lifetime sell-in came after the first six weeks. Because Take-Two states floors, those gaps are approximate. The filed "over 230 million" stayed unchanged between August and November because the number only moves when it clears the next round figure; the call's "nearly 235 million" shows sales kept going.

WHAT "SOLD-IN" MEANS

Sell-in counts units shipped to retailers plus digital sales, not copies bought by players at the register. It runs ahead of sell-through at launch and the two converge over time. It's also units, not players: someone who bought GTA V on PS3, PS4 and PS5 counts three times.

The platforms, in order

Date	Platform	Source
September 17, 2013	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Take-Two, Reuters
October 1, 2013	GTA Online goes live, "free with every copy" per Take-Two	Rockstar's announced date (via Gaming Nexus); Take-Two Q2 FY2014 release
November 18, 2014	PlayStation 4, Xbox One	Rockstar / Take-Two release, September 12, 2014
April 14, 2015	PC (originally announced for January 27, 2015)	Rockstar release via Business Wire
March 15, 2022	PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\|S, plus a standalone GTA Online	Take-Two release
March 4, 2025	"Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced" on PC	Steam store listing
June 18, 2026	Free upgrade from PS4 and digital Xbox One versions to PS5 and Xbox Series X\|S	Rockstar announcement, reported by Game Informer

It has also been leaving the subscription services. REPORTED GTA V left Xbox Game Pass on April 15, 2026 (PC Games, citing Insider Gaming) and leaves the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on November 17, 2026 (Notebookcheck). It's still sold on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. For GTA Online's current update cycle, see the GTA Online hub.

What these numbers set up for GTA 6

None of this predicts GTA 6's sales. It does tell you what will be compared, and why some comparisons won't be fair:

The day-one benchmarks are $800 million-plus and 11.21 million units in 24 hours, and $1 billion in three days (Take-Two and Guinness, 2013). Those are 2013 dollars; in September 2026 dollars, $1 billion is about $1.44 billion by CPI-U (our arithmetic: $1 billion × 336.940 ÷ 234.149, the BLS CPI-U values for September 2026 and September 2013).
Whether Take-Two publishes comparable figures is up to Take-Two. In 2013 it put out dollar figures within days. Its November 9, 2026 release gave no GTA 6 pre-order or unit number, only that pre-orders were at "unprecedented levels."
The platform base is different. GTA V launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 late in their lives, then sold again on two later console generations and PC. GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only, with no PC version announced (what's known about PC), and as a single-player game at launch.
Outside estimates aren't Take-Two numbers. ESTIMATE Newzoo's 37–51 million first-week projection is consumer sell-through, which isn't comparable to Take-Two's 29 million sell-in after six weeks (how that estimate was built).
GTA V's long tail came from re-releases. Two later console generations, a PC version and GTA Online kept it selling. Nobody knows yet whether GTA 6 gets that kind of runway, and Rockstar hasn't said.

More sourced figures sit on GTA 6 by the numbers, and Take-Two's latest quarter is covered in our Q2 FY27 write-up.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many copies has GTA V sold?

Take-Two's filings say GTA V has sold-in over 230 million units worldwide, a figure first given in August 2026 and repeated in the filing dated November 9, 2026. On the November 9 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick said "nearly 235 million," per The Motley Fool's transcript.

How much did GTA V make on day one?

Take-Two reported first-day sell-through of more than $800 million worldwide on September 18, 2013, and more than $1 billion in three days on September 20, 2013. Guinness World Records put day-one revenue at $815.7 million.

How many Guinness World Records did GTA V break?

Guinness's October 8, 2013 article lists seven records, including best-selling videogame in 24 hours and fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion. Its headline says six because the seventh is a trailer-views record.

What platforms is GTA V on?

PS3 and Xbox 360 (2013), PS4 and Xbox One (2014), PC (2015), and PS5 and Xbox Series X|S (2022), with an Enhanced PC version listed on Steam from March 2025.

Sources

HOW WE SOURCED THIS

Sales figures are Take-Two's own, from press releases, 10-K and 10-Q filings and a call transcript; the November 9, 2026 10-Q figure was located with SEC full-text search. Records come from Guinness World Records. Subscription departures are reported by outlets, and the June 2026 free upgrade is Rockstar's announcement as reported by Game Informer. Growth rates and the inflation-adjusted $1 billion are our arithmetic.

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