Rockstar will make sure to launch GTA V before the end of its financial year

May 26, 2012 13:51 GMT  ·  By

Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive will debut Grand Theft Auto V in the first three months of 2013, according to Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, who is confident that only during its launch period GTA V will sell around 14 million units.

Grand Theft Auto games have always been huge sellers and the previous GTA IV managed to sell around 13 million units in its first year.

Grand Theft Auto V, however, is set to thoroughly beat its predecessor by selling 14 million units only in its launch period, at least according to analyst Arvind Bhatia, via Gamespot.

He bases his insight on the very healthy revenue expectations of both Take-Two and Rockstar for the current financial year, which ends on March 31, 2013.

As such, a near future release of GTA V, probably in the first months of 2013, according to Bhatia, is all but certain.

As of yet, however, Rockstar has not released any more details about GTA V, so it's still unclear when it might actually be launched.