GTA 6 will be one of the two leading forces being record revenue for the video game industry this year according to a new report. Whilst this is not exactly a difficulty prediction to make, the numbers and the analysis is interesting nonetheless.
First spotted by Reuters, analytics firm Newzoo have published their PC & Console Gaming Report 2025 with plenty of insights into the business of video games. After a few years of turmoil due to layoffs and slow down in spending, the behemoth that is GTA VI should help change things.
The data company’s first key takeaways of the upcoming couple of years is that console revenue growth will be led by both GTA 6 and the Nintendo Switch 2. The expectation is that both of these products will push overall market revenue up to $92.7 billion in 2027. For comparison, 2024 is down on 2023 at $80.2b.
They also mention that full-game sales will be “carried by GTA VI”. This will create a rebound from 2025 onwards after a drop in 2024. Of course, Switch 2’s first party games will also do quite well. Naturally we can expect Xbox and PS5 console sales to improve as GTA VI will only be launching on them.
On a related note, we get some data on how popular GTA V still is despite nearing 12 years old. In 2024, GTA V accounted for 4.4% of all hours played on PlayStation consoles. This is the 4th most played game in terms of played hours. Fortnite took the top spot with 13.8%, CoD MWIII had 8.4% and EA Sports FC 24 had 7.6% of the pie.
It was a similar story on Xbox too. GTA V accounted for 3.2% of all playtime hours on Xbox hardware. It was in 8th place compared to 4th on PS4/PS5. If you’d like to read the full report for yourself, you can do so here.
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