Grand theft auto: the big bucks!

 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.