Grand Theft Auto 5 Breaks Seven World Records.

Grand Theft Auto 5 has smashed seven
Guinness World Records, it has been
confirmed today.
The records, which include "best-selling
video game in 24 hours" and "most viewed
trailer for an action- adventure video
game", confirm the phenomenal
success of Rockstar Games' premier title.
GTA 5, which has already outsold its
predecessor raced to $815m in sales within
24 hours of its release, and surpassed the $
1bn-mark just two days
later. As a result, the game shattered seven
different world records from across the
entertainment industry.
"GTA totally deserves to be recognized as
an icon of modern British culture," said
Craig Glenday, the Guinness World Records
Editor-in-Chief. "How exciting that it's
taken on the might of Hollywood and won!
I'm also doubly proud as a Dundonian to
welcome this home-grown series back into
the Guinness World Records book."
The online portion of the game has
experienced some teething problems since
it was launched last week, but it doesn't
seem to have halted the continuing success
of the open-world crime epic.
A full list of the records broken by GTA 5
can be found below:
1) Best-selling action-adventure videogame
in 24 hours.
2) Best-selling videogame in 24 hours.
3) Fastest entertainment property to gross$
1 billion.
4) Fastest videogame to gross $1 billion.
5) Highest grossing videogame in 24 hours.
6) Highest revenue generated by an
entertainment product in 24 hours.
7) Most viewed trailer for an action-
adventure videogame.
Via UseluCentral.

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