So it should come as no surprise that this bump in sales comes with one of the best years GTA Online has ever had for additional content.
Grand Theft Auto Online is likely the main draw for players who keep coming back to GTA 5 or jump in for the first time, years after the game’s initial release. Over the last 12 months, everything from new content for Grand Theft Auto Online, to Twitch streams, to something as simple as lower prices, seems to have contributed to the game’s impressive sales. With no big release of a new version, and no single-player expansions, the reasons for GTA 5’s sudden uptick in popularity are multifaceted. In fact, in 2019, Grand Theft Auto 5 had one of its best years ever.Īfter its wildly successful launch, the game averaged around 15 million copies sold a year, had a brief dip in 2018, then jumped to about 20 million last year. But even after the full releases stopped, the game’s sales remained strong. Then, Rockstar released it again in 2014, this time on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and finally on Windows PC in 2015.
Grand Theft Auto 5 was first released in September 2013, and quickly became one of the best-selling games of all time.
