GTA 6 could earn $3.25 to $5.2 billion in its first week

Analyst firm Newzoo has predicted that Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6) could earn between $3.25 billion and $5.2 billion in its first week of release. This could be one of the biggest earnings in the history of the gaming industry.

According to the report, gamers around the world have spent about $260 million on digital copies in the first few weeks since pre-orders began. Pre-orders in the US and five major European countries alone reached $180 million, while global estimates were based on the same figures.

Newzoo also dismissed claims circulating on social media that GTA 6 has already earned $1 billion from pre-orders alone.

According to the company, this claim is not true because the game is still 21 weeks away from release and Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive have not yet launched a full marketing campaign.

Analysts say that the launch of GTA 6 pre-orders is the biggest launch in their recorded history, and that figures of this nature have only been seen with highly successful commercial games in the past.