Grand Theft Auto V is the best-selling game of the decade in the United States.
Grand Theft Auto V is the best-selling game of the decade in the United States.
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NPD: This is why Sony started the PS5 showcase with GTA V

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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If anyone had doubts about the value of Sony’s deal with Rockstar Games on the PlayStation 5, we have the answer in U.S. sales numbers for Grand Theft Auto V for the month of May. Grand Theft Auto V ranked No. 2 on the charts, just behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, according to the May report from market researcher NPD. This is amazing because GTA V first came out in 2013.

The game has had quite the run, thanks in part to the excellent GTA Online, which has helped Rockstar and parent Take-Two Interactive hang on to the audience all these years.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.