Grand Theft Auto 6 is still months away from release, and it's already been burdened with the weight of expectations far beyond what most video games will ever face. As the long-awaited follow-up to the unbelievably profitable GTA 5, this is the game that's meant to support developer Rockstar Games for years to come.
GTA 6 shouldn't have any trouble moving copies, and it would likely take an act of God to stop the game's launch from being one of the biggest in history. A recent report highlighted just how high sales expectations are for the game, and the cited number is fairly overwhelming.
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier recently spoke with the CEO of GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive about expectations for the game, and Schreier cited an analyst prediction of 25 million day-one sales. With 25 million as a potential target, 10 million day-one sales could be "considered disastrous."
10 million sales would be a huge success for virtually any other game, but while Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't speak to specific numbers, he doesn't deny that Rockstar is gunning for a high target. Zelnick calls Take-Two's business plan "a high-stakes game for big boys...
