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[Eddie-Griffin]

GTAV Sales Top 170 Million, GTA Series Sales Top 385M, RDR 2 Sales Top 46M

Take-Two Interactive has released its latest earnings report for the quarter ending September 30, 2022 and in the [...]

www.vgchartz.com

The Grand Theft Auto series is the best-selling franchise by Take-Two with over 385 million units sold-in and is "one of the most successful, iconic and critically acclaimed brands in all of entertainment," according to Take-Two.

Grand Theft Auto V has sold-in over 170 million units and is the best-selling game of the past 10 years in the US, based on both unit and dollar sales. It also "reached $1 billion in retail sales faster than any entertainment release in history."

The Red Dead Redemption series with only two releases have sold-in over 70 million units worldwide. Red Dead Redemption 2 has sold-in over 46 million units and is the second best-selling title in the US over the past five years based on dollar sales.

other games

The NBA 2K series has sold-in over 130 million units worldwide and is the best-selling basketball simulation IP in the US based on dollar and unit sales.

The Borderlands series has sold-in over 77 million units worldwide, which is up from 75 million in the previous quarter. Sales reported for Borderlands 2 has sold-in over 27 million, while Borderlands 3 has sold-in over 16 million units.

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is an "all-new, fantasy-fueled offering that has taken our partnership with Gearbox Software to new creative heights." It is "viewed as best new franchise from 2K in several years."

Sid Meier’s Civilization series has sold-in over 63 million units, which is up from 62 million in the previous quarter. The BioShock series has sold-in nearly 41 million units, which is up from 39 million units.

• GTA V: 170 million Copies (franchise is 385 million)
• RDR2: 46 million Copies
• Borderlands 2: 27 million Copies
• Borderlands 3: 16 million Copies

• Bioshock Franchise is at 41 million Copies sold
• Civilization Franchise is at 63 million Copies sold
• NBA 2K Franchise is at 130 million Copies sold.

Somehow Take-Two managed to have financial issues despite these sales. These are huge for a company to have, enormous.

GTA V's 170 million copies taken off leaves 215 million for the rest of the franchise. That's about 20M off from GTA V selling half the franchises LTD. GTA V sales are finally slowing down however, and I doubt it can get to 190-192, however we may never see such a phenomenon again, especially for a rated M game worldwide. GTA 6 will probably do well just because it's GTA, but it won't sell like this.

NBA 2K basically has a monopoly on basketball games after EA's repeated failures. NBA is also open to new comers so 2K accomplished this without using EA's Madden tactics.

Civilization needs to be better treated, 63 million for the franchise is good but it's not being handle the way it was for the first several entries were it was a major gaming event. I think that franchise should be over 100 million by now.

Good to see Borderland and Bioshock still selling well.

No numbers for Tiny Tina is telling. Take Two must not have felt they were worth discussing.

 

[Eru Ilúvatar]

 

[Klosshufvud]

And still no PS5/Series 60 fps patch. Why are you bragging about making billions when you're neglecting these games, Take Two/Rockstar?

 

[Jayjayhd34]

You could sell turd called GTA and it would sell

 

[chromhound]

WTF can't believe it... GTA 5 was the worst of the franchise lol

 

[SmokedMeat]

Where’s my damn Red Dead Redemption PC Rockstar???!!!

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Where’s my damn Red Dead Redemption PC Rockstar???!!!

On Xenia.

 

[DeepEnigma]

And still no next-gen patch, not even a framerate unlock.

 

[Magic Carpet]

New Bioshock, where are you? There's got to be a Plasmid that lets you see slightly into the future. Just Jam it into my wrist.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

And still no PS5/Series 60 fps patch. Why are you bragging about making billions when you're neglecting these games, Take Two/Rockstar?

And still no next-gen patch, not even a framerate unlock.

Early Alpha footage of the patch being developed by Grove Street Games

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

And still no next-gen patch, not even a framerate unlock.

And still no PS5/Series 60 fps patch. Why are you bragging about making billions when you're neglecting these games, Take Two/Rockstar?

What are you two talking about?


If you want 60fps you just have to buy the game again.

 

[DeepEnigma]

What are you two talking about?


If you want 60fps you just have to buy the game again.

GTAV, where they are still selling people a PS360 game.

Not going to lie, I would pay $10 for a next gen current gen patch for RDR2.

 

[waquzy]

Where is the RDR2 next-gen 60fps patch? Useless cunts over at Rockstar!

 

[Represent.]

Still the best open world game ever.

Where is the new Bioshock? Good lord

 

[Spyxos]

Ha. RDR2: 46 million Copies and Take Two considers this game as a flop.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Where is the RDR2 next-gen 60fps patch? Useless cunts over at Rockstar!

They dropped it to work on the sequel to the companies bet selling game.

 

[Fbh]

46 million copies and they can't be bothered to release a simple resolution increase and 60patch for next gen consoles?

 

[DeepEnigma]

They dropped it to work on the sequel to the companies bet selling game.

They employ over 1,000 people. A team of 10 can get a 60fps patch done.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

They employ over 1,000 people. A team of 10 can get a 60fps patch done.

Take Two only pays them pennies a day, there's not enough time. They need those workers for the NBA 2K NFT card lottery mini-game anyway.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Take Two only pays them pennies a day, there's not enough time. They need those workers for the NBA 2K NFT card lottery mini-game anyway.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Where’s muh switch port?

 

[Chiggs]

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

RD sells well and they support it like dumb R* logic.

 

[Trogdor1123]

RD sells well and they support it like dumb R* logic.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Meanwhile...

 

[Grildon Tundy]

You could sell turd called GTA and it would sell

True. Good thing they're fantastic games.

 

[ReBurn]

Who here bought GTA V 3 or more times?

 

[Kerotan]

And still CBA doing a ps5 version.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Who here bought GTA V 3 or more times?

I wouldn't be surprised if there were people on this forum that brought it at least 2-3 times.

 

[Puscifer]

I wouldn't be surprised if there were people on this forum that brought it at least 2-3 times.

I'm sure a lot of people bought it again for the shark card bundle they had for a while, it was worth more than the game at one point...

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

GTA Trilogy sold 14 million https://www-akdeniztelgraf-com.tran...tr_sl=tr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Looks like that collection despite its problems did a lot better than expected. If they didn't refocus all efforts on GTA 6 they probably could have reached 20 million,

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

GTA Trilogy sold 14 million https://www-akdeniztelgraf-com.tran...tr_sl=tr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Looks like that collection despite its problems did a lot better than expected. If they didn't refocus all efforts on GTA 6 they probably could have reached 20 million,

 

[LiquidMetal14]

So I'm 100% understanding, is VG Chartz credible now?

If it's based on actual earnings results then I'd link thkse directly and not that site.

 

[diffusionx]

46 million and cant even get a damn PS5 patch, how annoying

 

[Laptop1991]

Yeah it's why we haven't had a GTA 6 and why every other game company tried to copy GTA V online's success, if the numbers were higher i would still believe them.

 

[Rest]

And still no PS5/Series 60 fps patch. Why are you bragging about making billions when you're neglecting these games, Take Two/Rockstar?

Pixel counting is a hobby for weird nerds, not anything that most people care about.

 

[Chiggs]

So I'm 100% understanding, is VG Chartz credible now?

If it's based on actual earnings results then I'd link thkse directly and not that site.

Right. If this is VGChartz, then wtf?

 

[MysticalChaos]

They clearly have a lot of talent. I wish they would make something else other than Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead

 

[Pasta la Vista]

They are both some of the best games ever made in all honesty. Nothing really even comes close as far as creating a totally reactive open world with so much nuance with the AI.

 

[Esppiral]

You could sell turd called GTA and it would sell

You could say the same for every famous franchise.

 

[Kataploom]

I'll keep saying there's some kind of shady business regarding those numbers, I know basically no one that has the game, it's anecdotal but hell, I've seen way more people with Smash, Mario Kart, Minecraft, WoW, Fortnite, etc.

 

[NeonDelta]

I wouldn't be surprised if there were people on this forum that brought it at least 2-3 times.

i just bought it for the 5th time (Steam), mainly because i want to play it on steam deck.

Xbox 360 disc
PS4 disc
Xbox One digital
Xbox Series X upgrade digital
Epic Games Store (free)
Steam

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

i just bought it for the 5th time (Steam), mainly because i want to play it on steam deck.

Xbox 360 disc
PS4 disc
Xbox One digital
Xbox Series X upgrade digital
Epic Games Store (free)
Steam

Well 4 times if epic was free. But yeah you would be an example of the I'm sure many that did at least 2 if not more dips.

I'll keep saying there's some kind of shady business regarding those numbers, I know basically no one that has the game, it's anecdotal but hell, I've seen way more people with Smash, Mario Kart, Minecraft, WoW, Fortnite, etc.

It may have something to do with the generations themselves. A certain group late gen were buying the game on the 360 and PS3, but then for XBO and PS4 a lot of newer people were buying it, especially in higher income countries, which is likely were most of the double dipping happened too. While near the end of that gen until recently through discounts a lot of late comers were starting to get it, and then finally you have the buyers who got the Series and PS5 consoles in the first 2 years.

However, judging by Take Two's repoert GTAV sales are slowing down so there was a cap for how many were still buying afterlate XBO/PS4.

Even still, I do agree somewhat, I would like see a breakdown by platform and region and what they include as a "sold" copy but we are probably lucky we even got this.

 

[Doczu]

Wow, am i like the only guy on Earth that hasn't bought this game?
Somehow i never felt like playing GTA V and i never finished RDR 2 and sold my copy. Game was waaay to fucking slow.