Report: GTA VI preorders hits $1 billion in one hour, over 30 million copies sold

[Alex_The_Hedgehog]

I can't find the original article, so I'll just take the news from some random website:

While word on the street is that Grand Theft Auto 6 has surpassed 39 million copies sold through pre-orders, an analysis of Take-Two Interactive's financial activity suggests the company generated $1 billion within an hour of pre-orders going live. Almost everyone expected Grand Theft Auto 6's release to post eyebrow-raising numbers. However, generating $1 billion in revenue in just one hour is still an virtually unheard of achievement in today's gaming industry.

Source: GameRant

Anthony Palomba, a researcher and professor at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, estimates that the stock gains in the first hour alone after the preorders went live suggest an increase of about $1 billion in revenue.

"Take-Two shares rose almost 3% in early trading when pre-orders opened, and some analysts modeled as much as $1 billion in revenue in the first hour alone," Palomba wrote.

On: Yahoo! Finances

Well, to be honest, I don't like GTA. I enjoyed San Andreas and Vice City with cheats and friends, but never finished any of them.

But this is something out of this world. I was expecting it to be a really powerful launch, but assuming this report is true... Well, we'll see.