GTA V tops 230 million sales as GTA Online keeps growing

GTA V is still acting like a current platform, not an old hit on life support. Take-Two said Rockstar’s blockbuster sold more than 5 million copies between March and May, pushing lifetime sales past 230 million worldwide and pulling the Grand Theft Auto franchise closer to 470 million total units.

That matters because the money is not coming from nostalgia alone. GTA Online and GTA+ kept growing during the quarter, with GTA Online up 5% year over year and Take-Two saying engagement remained strong. The A Safehouse in the Hills update was one of the best-performing updates in the game’s history, which is a useful clue for anyone reading Rockstar’s tea leaves: strong updates still move the needle, and that gives the studio a reason to keep treating GTA Online like a live service with real runway.

The quarter’s broader numbers back that up. Take-Two reported fiscal fourth-quarter net bookings of $1.58 billion and full-year fiscal 2026 net bookings of $6.72 billion. Recurrent consumer spending rose 7% in the quarter and made up 82% of total net bookings, while GTA Online and GTA V were among the biggest contributors to both net bookings and GAAP net revenue. In plain English, the old guard is still paying the bills.

That is the key player-facing implication here. Rockstar can afford to be patient with GTA VI because the current game still prints money at blockbuster scale. It can keep supporting GTA Online, keep pushing premium content through GTA+, and keep stretching the lifespan of Los Santos without starving the business. When a 13-year-old game is still one of the largest revenue drivers in the portfolio, the incentive is to keep feeding it, not wind it down.

Take-Two said fiscal 2027 will be driven by the November 19, 2026 launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, and it set initial fiscal 2027 net bookings guidance at $8.0 billion to $8.2 billion. The company had previously shifted GTA VI from fall 2025 to May 26, 2026, before moving it again to November 19, 2026, a reminder that the market is still counting every delay against a very patient, very profitable GTA V ecosystem. The stock rose about 7% in extended trading after the date was reiterated, but the bigger story is simpler: Rockstar still has a cash machine in GTA Online, and it is not done running yet.