“Grand Theft Auto 5” has achieved $1bn as worldwide sales in its first three days of launch. Publisher Take-Two interactive reveals that it is possibly the fastest that any entertainment property has sold in such a short period since release. In video games, the previous record was held by “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,” which managed to reach the one billion mark in 15 days, while in films “The Avengers” took 19 days to reach the same amount.
One week into the market, the game has sold more in its commencing week than the launch week sales of all the other games in the series combined. “Grand Theft Auto 5” currently holds the top spot in UK chart and is the country’s fastest selling and the 24th biggest-selling game, the 11th biggest on Xbox 360 and the 10th biggest on PlayStation 3.