The meteoric rise of Grand Theft Auto 5 had all but been confirmed when Guinness World Records announced that the game had broken six world records. GTA V has earned the highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours, and the fastest entertainment properly to exceed $1 billion. GTA V has also been the best-selling video game in 24 hours, best-selling action adventure game in 24 hours, fastest video game to gross $1 billion, and highest grossing video game in 24 hours.
GTA V’s sales so far have beaten GTA IV’s lifetime sales, and game creators Rockstar have knocked rivals Activision out of pole position. Activision’s Call of Duty series used to hold most of the awards above, and with the fourth game in the series due for release on 5 November they have a lot of groundwork to make for.
Despite the regularly reported bugs frustrating users and their gaming experience, the demand for GTA V remains high, and only seems to be getting stronger. It remains to see whether Call of Duty: Ghosts will amass the same success.
