With Rockstar already in the news about shutting down their Social Club platform, it’s time a turn was taken with regard to positive news. The studio is set to have the biggest video game launch in history with GTA VI, as it’s set to break records worldwide and will move millions of copies with ease in the first few minutes when the gates are opened for release day.
One venture capital firm driven by investment in gaming has taken a somewhat analytical stance, making some bold predictions, which include an ambitious suggestion that GTA VI will bundle up $7.6 billion in revenue within 60 days of launch. Even those sorts of numbers astound me, but it would also not shock me at the very same time as this could be and likely will be the largest launch in gaming history.
Over on LinkedIn, Konvoy’s Josh Chapman posted a series of predictions based on inside conversations at the firm. For people not in the know, Konvoy is a firm focused on investing in “platforms and technologies at the frontier of gaming”. A big statement if you ask me.
Internally, there was a lot of analysis done at Konvoy, with a whole array of predictions being put on the table. While some are more obvious than others, the predictions put forward are intriguing, nonetheless.
For example, the team has suggested that GTA VI will be the most profitable video game release of all time, which, at this point, is pretty much a given based on the decade plus of hype. They also suggested that GTA VI Online, or whatever Rockstar’s equivalent is of this at the time of release, will accommodate 200-player lobbies and will host a thriving UGC component on the platform.
The largest prediction and probably the most ambitious one was centered around the revenue of the upcoming title:
“GTA VI: we predict that GTA VI will generate $7.6 BILLION in revenue in the first 60 days of its launch (current release date: May 26, 2026). This will be the greatest video game release of all time; shattering player, viewership, and revenue records” said the team at Konvoy.
They have estimated that in a two-month period, GTA VI will ship 85 million copies at $80 a pop. The team also said they factored in GTA+ subs, which they estimate to skyrocket upon the release of GTA VI.
As we sit here in 2025, Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold 215 million copies, and it took just three days for the game to secure $1 billion in sales. Where in a single day, 11 million copies were sold. Taking into account the amount of buzz GTA VI has had behind it, the hype, the trailers breaking viewership TWICE, and how the fans have been hungry for a new Grand Theft Auto title since the release of GTA V. The leap in technological advancement alone, is a driving force for people to get excited about the game, but not only that, Rockstar are ultimately marketing the game to near perfection.
Let us know in the comments below, if you think that GTA VI will break the $7 billion mark in 60 days?
