If you didn’t already know, Grand Theft Auto 5 was a pretty big deal last week, and will continue to be a big deal for quite some time. The initial report of Rockstar raking in $1 billion in a matter of three days was eye opening, but new information coming from Cowen & Company analyst, Doug Creutz, estimates current sales figures for the open-world title to be somewhere around 15 million.
This number is based on the information Rockstar released after the first three days of sales, and if it’s true, the blockbuster would be quite the unique case.
"For a game to sell 60 percent of its first year units in just three days would be abnormally high; we estimate that Call of Duty sells about 45-50 percent of its first year units in its first week at retail,” Creutz revealed in his report. "However, for now we are assuming that GTA 5 sales will be extremely front-loaded due to high gamer anticipation, and will also have a shorter sales tail given the launch of next-gen consoles in November."
Creutz also expects the game to push 25 million copies in its first year on the marketplace, but with all the rumors surrounding a PC version of the title, that number might increase. At this time, GTA 5 is only available on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, so for the game to break so many records on just two platforms is pretty astounding, to say the least.
