Without a doubt, we are facing one of the most beloved franchises of all time and one of the most successful ever seen, which has not released a single game in the last ten years but it has not needed it either, because GTA V has pulverized every imaginable record of sales figures and income, thanks above all to its Online leg, and which have turned Rockstar –if it wasn’t already– into one of the most influential companies in the sector.
That of a thief is the best life
As you probably know, if you haven’t lived under a rock in the last decade, Grand Theft Auto V It is one of the best-selling games in history, counting more than 180 million units worldwide so far. So to make things a bit more interesting and you don’t know ahead of time which is the winner of this article, we have decided to pretend GTA V never existed. She never made it to the stores… “sorry, what game are you talking about? No, I do not know it”.
So if we take that out of the equation, do you know what the five most successful games in the franchise would be? Well, calm down, because here We bring you that top 5 that you were waiting for so much. Behold.
5.Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
In fifth position we have one of the most beloved titles for which we had PSP at the beginning of the 2000s. A tiny but thuggish version for Sony’s laptop that later had versions for PS2 and other systems, in addition to their own smartphones. In total, this marvel managed to sell nothing more and nothing less than 8 million copies worldwide.
4.Grand Theft Auto III
This game is not given enough credit for all that it has given to the franchise as we know it. This title was the one that led the saga down the path it is currently following, that is to say, 3D open world –not overhead like the first two– and freedom to do what you want. If you went gamer at the beginning of the century, surely you got very addicted to him. It managed to sell 14.5 million units worldwide.
3.Grand Theft Auto Vice City
without a doubt It is one of the best stories that the franchise has given us. Until now. Setting ourselves in an alternative version of Miami, we will have to make our way through the criminal world of the city to make our own name. In sales, as expected, it did very well, selling 17.5 million games worldwide.
2.Grand Theft Auto IV
If the previous installments led to the stories that were told on a more comedy or parody side, the fourth main installment was in charge of directing them along the path of the serious and realistic, although without abandoning the cafrismo so characteristic of the franchise. Niko Bellic, without a doubt, is one of the best protagonists of the saga, which made him sell no more and no less than 25 million copies.
1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
If we talk about mythical games within the franchise, this one takes the gold prize. Everyone, absolutely all the characters are iconic, the missions more of the same and also, it planted some seeds that would be resolved in the fifth installment. Just legendary. In sales also takes the gold medal with 27.5 million copies sold globally.
And you? What is your favorite GTA game?
