GTA 6 is expected to make over $1 billion in pre-orders, and double the first year of GTA 5, no doubt allowing a bunch of suits to buy ten car garages they don't need.

you know Game GTA 6? That little game that's coming out later this year and people sure haven't been on the internet going a little wild while trying to predict when it would get a second trailer? Well, it is expected to make an obscene amount of money when it arrives.

Yes, in case it wasn't obvious, people like me and strange moon theories not the only people who are excited to finally play the mega-blockbuster – people who are sure to get some of their profits will definitely be too.

According to an analysis by the games industry consulting firm DFC Intelligence, which appears in a report by the Financial Times, Game GTA 6 It's expected to pull in over $1 billion in pre-orders, because everyone and their mother exercises no self-control when it comes to providing content the wallets to Lucia and Jason.

That's not all either, with the company estimating that the game will make more than $3.2 billion in revenue in its first twelve months of sales, which the report says is doubling. Game GTA 5is a sign for the same period. That game, in case you forgot, reached $1 billion in sales in just three days — faster than any entertainment release in history, record it still holds.

It's okay, however, in comments to the FT, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick is very down to Earth about the whole thing, saying: “I don't claim victory before it happens. That said, I think Rockstar Games will deliver something again. absolutely amazing… the anticipation is certainly high.”

The report estimates that GTA 6's development costs will run “from the high hundreds of millions to upwards of $2 billion”, so the numbers are big around here, and there's a lot of weight on the game to deliver the obscene kind of revenue predicted.

More pressure comes from the fact that it may not just be Rockstar hoping that GTA 6 is a cash grab, with other ships across the industry having laid off too many workers over the past few years. past years no doubt hope they will. built by – console makers, for example.

Do you think GTA 6 will live up to those smashing predictions – and the general hype? Let us know below!