GTA VI Preorders Alone Could Generated More Than $1 Billion, Says Research Firm

Grand Theft Auto VI could pull in as much as one billion dollars from preorders alone, according to research outfit DFC Intelligence.

Speaking with the Financial Times, the firm has forecast $3.2 billion will be generated by the highly anticipated crime epic during its first year on sale, doubling the amount made by Grand Theft Auto V more than a decade ago and more than Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. It added that GTA VI is probably going to eclipse $1 billion in pre-orders before the game is even out.

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Meanwhile, this prediction was also echoed by IDG Consulting CEO, Yoshio Osaki, who commented:

We think it’s going to be one of the biggest entertainment launches in history, not just in games but for all of media. The pent-up demand is greater than anything we’ve seen before.

Overnight images and footage reportedly of GTA VI were posted on Reddit that appeared to come from the office of Rockstar San Diego, although the content itself is from Summer 2021. GTA VI also picked up the award for Most Wanted Game during November’s Golden Joystick Awards, with Rockstar teasing at the time that ‘absolutely mind-blowing things‘ are on the horizon.

Rockstar is set to launch GTA VI in Fall 2025 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

[Source – The Financial Times via VGC]