Grand Theft Auto V Next Gen Sells 3M Units Worldwide First Week - PS4, Xbox One - News

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by, posted on 29 November 2014

Grand Theft Auto V hit the next generation consoles last week more than a year after the game initially released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game in its first week for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sold a combined 3,093,320.

The PlayStation 4 version of Grand Theft Auto V accounted for about two-thirds of the sales. It sold 2,189,34 units for the PlayStation 4, while the Xbox One version sold 903,978.

Looking at the older versions of the game, it has sold 18.87 million units for the PlayStation 3 and 14.49 million units for the Xbox 360. When you combine those two versions it has sold 3.34 million units. When you add in the launch sales for the PS4 and Xbox One versions that brings the combined sales up to 36.46 million units.

Grand Theft Auto V launched in North America and Europe on November 18.

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