'Grand Theft Auto 5' to sell 14m copies at launch, says analyst

Published May 27 2012, 11:39 BST  |  By Mark Langshaw

Grand Theft Auto 5 will sell 14 million copies at launch, according to an analyst.

Stern Agee's Arvind Bhatia predicted that the game will generate $700 million (£446m) in revenue for publisher Take-Two Interactive, and be released before the end of its fiscal year on March 31, 2013.















Take-Two has estimated that it will make between $1.75 billion and $1.85 billion (£1.1bn and £1.18bn) this year, up from $825.8m (£527.2m) during the previous fiscal year, reports GameSpot.

Grand Theft Auto 4, by comparison, shipped 13 million units by the end of its first year on the market, and has shifted more than 20 million to date.

Earlier this month, it was reported that a list of Grand Theft Auto 5's vehicles had been found in the source code for another Rockstar Games-developed title, Max Payne 3.

Rockstar is expected to announce an official release date for Grand Theft Auto 5 at E3 next month.

Watch a trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5 below: