Will GTA 6 Be The Best-Selling Game In 2025?

The trailer released by Rockstar a few months ago caused a carnival among players, because this trailer represents the upcoming game, Grand Theft Auto 6.

In recent months, many media have made predictions about GTA 6. They estimate that GTA 6 will bring Rockstar $3 billion in revenue in the first year. Such speculation is not groundless. At least from the perspective of Rockstar’s fan base, they have been waiting for this game for a long time.

Prediction Of GTA 6

Rockstar’s GTA 6 is expected to be released on Xbox Series X and S and PlayStation 5 in the fall of 2025. However, Rockstar did not disclose whether GTA 6 will be available on PC.

According to the forecast of the British Financial Daily, GTA 6 will exceed $1 billion in pre-orders before its release. Video research agency DFC Intelligence predicts that GTA 6 will bring Rockstar $3 billion in profits in December after its release.

Strauss Zelnick, the boss of Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two, humbly said that he would not declare victory until GTA 6 is truly successful. However, he is sure that GTA 6 will be another extraordinary work brought by Rockstar.

GTA 6 is not only predicted to have high revenue but also has development costs that cannot be ignored. The Financial Times estimates that the development cost of GTA 6 may be as high as $2 billion.

In any case, the media seems to have placed too much expectations on GTA 6. Since 2022, the game industry has experienced a cold winter, and more than 33,000 people have lost their jobs. Game companies such as Microsoft and Sony have also carried out large-scale layoffs.

Game companies hope that GTA 6 can rekindle players’ interest in games and revive the game industry. At the same time, console manufacturers such as Sony are also confident that GTA 6 is the kind of game that can attract players to play consoles.

Why Are Media Confident About GTA 6?

This is not surprising, because the Grand Theft Auto series has always been one of Rockstar’s most popular series, and their last work was GTA 5, which was released in 2013. At that time, GTA 5 made Rockstar earn $1 billion in just three days, which was a miracle in the entire history of games.

In the past decade or so, GTA 5 has become a work that almost every gamer will own, and this game has indeed stood the test of time. To this day, the number of players playing GTA 5 is still very large, and the only game that has been released for many years and still remains active seems to be Elder Scrolls 5.

On the other hand, it is the excellent game quality of Rockstar Studio. The quality of Rockstar series games gives players confidence that they will not make failed works, and the biggest contributor should be Red Dead Redemption 2.

There is no need to say much about the excellence of Red Dead Redemption 2. This game released in 2018 is still top-notch in terms of graphics. And the story of Arthur Morgan proves to players that Rockstar has the ability to tell a good story. With these two guarantees, players are so looking forward to GTA 6.

Don’t Be Overly Optimistic

Although GTA 6 is destined to cause a stir in the gaming industry in 2025, there will still be some factors that will affect GTA 6’s sales.

Optimization

Rockstar’s optimization is good, but GTA 6 is huge, and no one can guarantee what kind of finished product Rockstar will present to players. Most players will not choose to pre-order because they are worried that the optimization is not good enough and their devices will not be able to run the game normally. Players have suffered from the disastrous first release of 2077, and now they will be more cautious.

Platform

There is no news yet whether GTA6 will be available on PC, and players don’t know how long GTA6 will be exclusive to the host platform. There are quite a few GTA players who are accustomed to playing games on PC, and most of them will not buy a host for a game area. If GTA 6 is delayed in logging into the PC platform, its sales will definitely be affected.

Competition

GTA 6 will not be the only game in 2025. There will be many excellent games released next year, such as Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Monster Hunter Wild, Borderlands 4, Death Stranding 2, etc. These games are potential competitors of GTA 6.

In short, everyone is looking forward to the release of GTA 6, and players can’t wait to start their second life to rob some money in Miami. Will GTA 6 bring revolutionary changes to the game industry this time? Will GTA 6 be a next-generation game? Let’s wait and see.