We have reason to believe that the game will sell like hotcakes in 2025

We are about to start 2025, and there is no doubt that the arrival of GTA VI will be one of the most important video games of next year. The latest installment of the franchise, with Lucía and Jason as its main protagonists, should arrive in the fall PlayStation y Xboxmarking the beginning of a torrent of income for Rockstar.

As the Financial Times points out, the analysis firm DFC Intelligence projects that the American company will bill about $3.2 billion during the 12 months after the launch of GTA VI. We are facing a figure that would double the income related to GTA V, released in 2023, during an equivalent period of time.

GTA VI, Rockstar’s new gold mine

That the video game industry makes more money than the film industry is no secret. However, analyzing specific figures allows us to better understand the weight that each one currently has. While the video game industry invoiced 184 billion dollars in 2023the film industry generated almost $34 billion at the box office, according to data from Newzoo and Gower Street, respectively.

A few days ago we pointed out that ‘Inside Out 2’ would surely become the highest-grossing film of the year. A few hours before the end of 2024 we can confirm it, as well as have access to a very precise estimate of its collection: 1,698 million dollars, according to Box Office Mojo dataone page IMDb. Presumably, GTA VI will also individually surpass next year’s highest-grossing releases.

Now, the fact that a game is very expensive to develop and has a lot of work behind it is not synonymous with success. Sony and Warner suffered this firsthand when their titles ‘Concord’ and ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ became resounding failures. At the moment everything seems to indicate that ‘GTA VI’ will be a guaranteed success. The previous installment is among the best-selling titles in history.

In any case, we will have to wait to find out if the analysts’ predictions will end up coming true when users get their hands on the game. GTA VI invites us to immerse ourselves in Leonida, in Vice City. The atmosphere is surrounded by neon Mondays that illuminate a city where luxury, ambition and also crime take place.

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