![]() When people think "video game that sells like hotcakes", the other franchise that pops into mind next to GTA is almost always going to be Call of Duty, however CoD doesn't even hold a candle to Rockstar's masterpiece.ĬoD sales have been going down in recent years, with the two best selling titles in the history of the franchise being a few years old themselves - Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3. That said, it is a revelation that it alone sold more than all three 3D era games together. It is hardly any secret at this point that GTA 5 is the best selling title in the franchise, since no other outcome would be possible after achieving the "best selling non-bundled game of all time" status. Since GTA 5's budget was "just" $265 million, to say that is has been hugely profitable and an insanely good investment on Take-Two's part would be the understatement of the century. $6 billion is an absolutely colossal figure, and is significantly more money most of us can possibly visualize or imagine. GTA 5, however, is known to have become about as mainstream as any property can. While the games industry as a whole has been more profitable than the movie industry for years now, the general idea has always been that films are, by default, more mainstream than games. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having earned over $6 billion in total revenue, the game is several times more financially successful than any film ever made - the highest grossing film of all time, Avatar, made $2.8 billion. ![]()
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