Grand Theft Makes Off With $800 Million On Day One

Like it or not, Grand Theft Auto 5 is big news and motorcycles are a powerful focus in this version. Fans have been waiting 1 year for this release and the anticipation, on the interwebs, and on the stock exchange, has been palpable. Game development was rumoured to at 1 billion dollars.

(1B can buy a lot of real motorcycles. How many motorcycles can be built for 1 billion dollars? What?)

The game centres around three characters: Michael, Trevor and Franklin. Each with a sorted background. Michael is 40 something and is often seen wearing slim suits. Franklin is the young and furious one and Trevor is a rough hill- billy. They come together to pull off a bank job but only by putting aside their differences to bring home the bacon. Source: Zimbio

The wheels of choice are a combination between cars and motorcycles including choppers, dirt bikes and sportbikes.

Yesterday, the company issued this press release announcing sales reached $800 million in it's first day.

New York, NY - September 18, 2013 - Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced that Grand Theft Auto V delivered the highest first day retail sales of any title in the history of the Company and the Grand Theft Auto series. Launched on September 17 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the title has already received widespread critical acclaim and achieved first day sell-through of more than $800 million worldwide, excluding the upcoming launch in Japan and Brazil, according to Company estimates.