Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V, one of the most anticipated video games of the year, has beaten sales figures posted by previous installments in the violent and controversial adventure game series. The new game generated more than $800 million in sales Tuesday on its first day on store shelves.

Take-Two Interactive Software, the publisher of the game, said those first-day sales were the biggest for the company and the Grand Theft Auto series, which seems to have lost little appeal although the first edition was released 16 years ago.

The last major version of the game, Grand Theft Auto IV, had $310 million in opening day sales in 2008, and more than $500 million in its first week.

Grand Theft Auto V generated more than $800 million in sales on its first day on store shelves.

The new version has received glowing reviews, including from The New York Times, which called it the "best plotted, most playable, character-driven, fictionally coherent entry" in the history of the series.
Most reviews gave the Game a Five Star Ratings .

Source: # NY TIMES #