All game delays have their silver linings, and it looks like Grand Theft Auto VI‘s might just be the fact that it’s given a lot of players more time to experience GTA V.
Earlier today, Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive held its quarterly investor presentation, during which it revealed that the critically-acclaimed action-adventure game has now reached 215 million copies sold. Back in February, that number–while still extremely high–was around 210 million. This means that in the last three months, the 12-year-old game has sold a staggering five million additional copies. To put that into perspective, Monster Hunter Wilds is currently 2025’s best-selling game and sits at about 10 million units sold after being released back in February. Though GTA V still has quite a ways to go if it wants to take down the top two best-selling video games of all time, this is still an incredibly impressive feat.
This investor presentation marks the first one held by Take-Two Interactive since Grand Theft Auto VI’s delay. Despite this setback, the company repeatedly emphasized its upcoming slate of games for 2025–Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country being the most notable–and the gaming industry’s projected growth.
Originally, GTA VI was planned to release in 2025 as well. However, Rockstar stated that it needed more time “to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve.” GTA VI is now scheduled to release on May 26, 2026 for Xbox Series X | S and PS5.
To help make the wait a bit easier on us, Rockstar recently shared a new trailer for GTA VI showcasing some of the game’s new characters and locations, as well as its absolutely gorgeous visuals. Naturally, this has given us plenty of screenshots to investigate and ample time to whip up some out-there fan theories. If that’s not enough, we have a lot more GTA VI content where that came from.
