The trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto VI (known to its fans as GTA) dropped, or should I say leaked, on Monday and fans have been going wild. I used to play this game literally 20 years ago, and was actually surprised it’s still such a hit. Then I realized Americans have an infinite amount of sellothing that they usually take out by playing violent video games, so then it all made a lot more sense to me.
The trailer revealed that GTA 6 will be dropping in 2025. Why so far away? Well, let’s just say GTA is a little ambitious is what they’re trying to do for this new version. GTA 6 will introduce a female protagonist named Lucia you’ll be able to control in the game as she goes on a crime spree through crowded beaches, city highways and clubs with her partner in a Bonnie-and-Clyde type scenario. Ok, you’ve got my attention. Tell me more you might be thinking.
Well, it’s been like a decade since the last Grand Theft Auto game came out, and fans have been itching for their GTA fix. The story line of this new game “will return to Vice City, a hedonistic Miami-inspired hotspot filled with neon colors, wild nightlife and plenty of “Florida man” energy”, according to a story on NPR of all places which I would have never imagined would be covering the trailer launching for a violent video game, but I digress.
The last version in the franchise was Grand Theft Auto 5, which came back in 2013. The entire franchise has sold more than 190 million units since first debuting in November of 1997. It went on to sell $800 million copies in its first day of release, which is an industry record that still stands today, like by a lot! Adjusted for everyone’s favorite inflation that’s $1 billion in today’s dollars. That’s just insane for one day of sales! The entire Grand Theft Auto franchise has made an estimated $7.7 billion in sales to date.
Can you guess the only other game to have sold more copies? Minecraft!