Grand Theft Auto made over $6.4 billion since GTA V's launch

Grand Theft Auto V is a sales juggernaut that has not only amassed 150 million shipments to date, accounting for 1/3rd of total GTA franchise sales, but the game has helped generate over $6.4 billion since its release.

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In preparation for Take-Two's Q1'22 earnings call tomorrow, I decided to chart GTA franchise revenues on a quarter-by-quarter and year-by-year basis. The results were just as eye-opening as the huge GTA V game sales graphs I put together.

According to numbers provided by Take-Two Interactive, the Grand Theft Auto franchise has made $6.468 billion in revenues as of Fiscal Year 2021 (bear in mind this is total GTA revenues, not just GTA V, but most of if is from GTA V).

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This eight-year span encompasses a number of milestones, including the game's initial launch on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which skyrocketed GTA earnings past $1.6 billion, as well as subsequent re-releases on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. These new launches also helped spark revenue and game sales growth. In November of this year, Rockstar will do it again by re-releasing GTA V on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

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Taking a closer look at the numbers shows the game owes a sizable part of its goldmine to Grand Theft Auto Online. We don't know the exact digital mix (yet) but Take-Two has routinely accounted GTA Online as one of its top-earners in microtransaction revenues.

GTA Online has helped the game grow its revenue base years after launch, and other promotions like the Epic Games Store freebie--which coincided with the single-largest quarterly revenue spike since the game's launch in 2013--and the inclusion on Game Pass are also major drivers to sales and earnings.

Take-Two Interactive will reveal more info about Grand Theft Auto's earnings and sales figures during its Q1'FY22 earnings call tomorrow, August 2.

We've also compiled a closer look at Red Dead Redemption 2's sales growth since launch, which you can find here.