Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V has earned the title of best-selling game of 2013 after having sold 32.5 million copies, Take-Two Interactive has revealed.
Take-Two interactive revealed the statistics during its fiscal third quarter earnings call on Monday. The company revealed that its revenues increased from $405 million to $767 million in its fiscal third quarter year-on-year. The company however didn’t reveal individual sales figures of GTA V for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Take-Two also said that 70 percent of its players had played GTA Online contributing to company’s strong growth.
The upwards trend and constant cash flow for the company is expected to continue right through 2014 as it is yet to release GTA V for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. According to recent reports the game is already being ported to the new consoles and should hit shelves in the UK as early as June. Further a PC version of the game is also being awaited and rumours point to an eminent 2014 release.
Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two said, “Take-Two’s business continued to outperform expectations significantly during the fiscal third quarter.”
“Take-Two was the top video game publisher of 2013, according to the NPD Group, underscoring our positive momentum over the past year,” he added.
