Grand Theft Auto VI by the numbers: 480 million copies sold since 1997

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Grand Theft Auto VI releases November 19, 2026, after a 13-year wait, with the franchise having sold 480 million copies since 1997. The new game is the series' 17th title and expansion. GTA V alone sold nearly 235 million units, making it the second best-selling game ever behind Minecraft, and reached $1 billion in sales in just three days. GTA VI requires 212 gigabytes of storage and features a map twice the size of GTA V's 75 square kilometers. The game introduces Lucia, only the sixth playable female character in franchise history. Development was delayed twice from its initial 2025 schedule, and 90 stolen development videos leaked online in 2022.


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