{
  "id": 501938,
  "title": "Grand Theft Auto 5 averages more copies sold per year than most megahits manage in their entire lifetime, with a total of 230 million since 2013",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/grand-theft-auto-5-averages-more-copies-sold-per-year-than-most",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:31:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/grand-theft-auto-5-averages-more-copies-sold-per-year-than-most-megahits-manage-in-their-entire-lifetime-with-a-total-of-230-million-since-2013/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold an astonishing 230 million copies since its 2013 launch, according to recent earnings call figures from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. The series has continued to outperform expectations, with recurrent consumer spending for the franchise growing by 3% and GTA Plus maintaining popularity through additional content. The anticipation for Grand Theft Auto 6 remains high, as the game's release on November 19 approaches with an estimated multi-billion dollar development budget.",
  "summary": "The people yearn for Los Santos.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}