Over the past week or two, there has been a
huge amount of excitement around the world for the release of the newest instalment
of the Grand theft auto franchise, Grand theft auto 5. It has been 5 years in
the making and has set records for being the most expensive game ever made, at
£170 million it is more expensive than any game or film made except for
'Pirates of the Caribbean 3'.
The money which has gone into making it has made it one of the
biggest games ever made scale wise, and is set to shoot down any competitors
like 'Saints row 4' which has also been released recently. People have been so
excited for the game, that 'Rockstar' the creator of the game had already made
the money that it had spent on producing the game back, in just preorders.
It made over $800 million in the first day of it being sold, which is more than
the also much anticipated ‘Man of Steel’, but it isn’t stopping there, or so
Rockstar think, they have set themselves a tough target of $1.5 billion!
Is
this the first time that the franchise has done so well? No, nearly all of the
games have done well, 14.5 million people bought GTA 3, 17.5 million bought
GTA: Vice city, 21.5 million bought GTA: San Andreas and 25 million bought GTA
IV . With a track record like this, Rockstars target of $1.5 billion may be a
realistic target after all.
1 comment:
Very interesting read, Pierce - let's hope that it doesn't act as an advert for people who have come on here to do their HW!
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