On this day, exactly 10 years ago, GTA V in its version for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 has started to arrive at the points of sale, and almost as quickly as it filled the shelves of sales points (yes, those were the days when physical support was still quite popular), it disappeared from them before the flood of players who had been waiting for it since some time ago and did not want to delay even a second longer than necessary, his first contact with the long-awaited game. It was September 17, 2013, and Rockstar launched the trajectory of its most successful game to date.

At its initial launch, which is 10 years today, GTA V arrived on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and both Sony and Microsoft have already introduced their next-generation models (Xbox One was introduced on May 21, 2013, and PlayStation 4 was announced on February 20, 2013 , but was not listed until June 10 of the same year), but None of them have been for sale yet.as both debuted on the market two months later in November 2013.

Gamers who made the jump to the next generation, which consists of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, had to wait a year, from the time it went on sale, to the release of the version of GTA V for such devices. And if the wait seems long, it’s because you don’t know what Its arrival on PC was further delayed as Rockstar did not release the Windows version until April 14, 2015.more than a year and a half after its debut on PS3 and Xbox 360. However, this would not be its last adaptation to new hardware, as Rockstar released GTA V for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series early last year. March 15, 2022.

Over the years, as I already indicated, GTA V has been an undisputed success, exceeding 1.850 million copies sold, which is something the enormous effervescence of its online mode contributed decisively to this. Of course, we also have to take into account the fact that it was the title in the saga that remained the freshest for the longest time. A common reference in this regard is that previously each console generation received three GTA titles, but currently each title in the saga spans three console generations.

Today, and although the title that the Epic Store gave away for a week in May 2020 caused a hole in this sense, the game continues to sell and generate revenue, even though the vast majority of these come from microtransactions (or not so micro, in some cases) online.

However, this permanent summer of GTV V will begin to be at least partially overshadowed with the long-awaited arrival of GTA VI, which is expected to happen no later than the first quarter of 2025, but more likely sooner. to become one of the star gifts of Christmas 2024.