If any game sells 5 million copies over its life time, in most cases you can call that a win. A lot of games sell a lot less than that even and still call themselves a success.

Well, how about 5 million in just one territory? And we aren’t even talking about the US. What about right here in the UK? Because Grand Theft Auto V has done just that across all platforms.

These numbers come from GfK, and only account for physical sales. That means that there will have been many, many more bought digitally. It also means all the purchases of the newly released PC versions through Steam don’t count towards this tally.

Not that any of this is a huge surprise. Grand Theft Auto 5 being really popular shouldn’t shock anyone. But this is really a huge success that will shape the landscape of all of games for years.

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I came across this article today.  I couldn't find the source on GFK, so take with a grain of salt: