The results of the giveaway GTA 5 in EGS: they can be proud of!

Analytical resource SuperData summed up the results of a large-scale giveaway Grand Theft Auto 5 in the digital store Epic Games Store — the results are impressive!

Rockstar Games and Epic Games Store from 14 to 21 may this year distributed free the premium version of GTA 5. The event has turned out loud: from fallen servers to increase the amount of cheaters in multiplayer GTA Online. Players were divided into two camps: the opponents of the “freeloaders” have clashed in verbal skirmishes with the defenders of the developers. However, the passions are extinguished and the main thing — figures a generous gift.

According to SuperData:

• compared with April, the number of PC players in may increased by 245%;
• revenue from microtransactions GTA 5 has doubled;
• console bring in four times more revenue than from the PC version of the game.

It seems that Rockstar Games is confident in its seven-year child, and therefore GTA 5 will release on the PlayStation 5. For the first time in history, the company will release GTA 5 on three different generations of consoles. Plans CEO Strauss zelnick of Take-Two Interactive coming true: Rockstar brings huge revenue for the publisher.

As for the common players, the decision to reissue the third time GTA 5 “worthy” rated: video on channels PlayStation and Rockstar Games drowned in the red (this was also the first time in the history of GTA). It seems that the GTA community is tired of long time use of GTA 5 and they need new Grand Theft Auto 6.