Without a doubt, Grand Theft Auto 5 is one of the most memorable and successful video games of all time, and Rockstar Games' open world crime title continues to sell well far beyond its launch back in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. As it so happens, the action-adventure release keeps moving so many units that it managed to beat every single game on the sales charts for August 2017 except for Madden NFL 18, with the EA Sports football title taking the top spot.

According to the NPD Group's market research figures, not only is Grand Theft Auto 5 the second-best selling game of August 2017, but also it is the best selling game of all-time in terms of revenue and tracked unit sales. As explained by the NPD Group's Mat Piscatella, "Grand Theft Auto 5 has now been on the market 49 months and has achieved 41 Top 10 chart appearances, 16 more times than any other single title in reported history. In addition, Grand Theft Auto 5 is the all-time best-selling game by both revenue and units in tracked sales across PC, console, and portable with digital and packaged combined."

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Aside from Grand Theft Auto 5 and Madden NFL 18's financial successes, the rest of the top five for August 2017 includes Naughty Dog's spin-off Uncharted: The Lost Legacy landing in third place, while Nintendo’s  Splatoon 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild take the fourth and fifth slots, respectively. Interested parties will find the full top twenty for August 2017's software sales below.

  1. Madden NFL 18
  2. Grand Theft Auto 5
  3. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
  4. Splatoon 2
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  6. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
  7. Mario Kart 8
  8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastred
  9. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
  10. Overwatch
  11. Injustice 2
  12. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
  13. Minecraft
  14. For Honor
  15. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
  16. Agents of Mayhem
  17. Forza Horizon 3
  18. Battlefield 1
  19. NBA 2K17
  20. UFC 2

All things considered, it will be interesting to see how many more sales milestones Grand Theft Auto 5 will hit during its life cycle, as purchases of the title don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. With Rockstar continually updating the game's multiplayer component in GTA Online, there's no telling how long the developer will continue supporting the title and drawing fans into the world of Los Santos. Of course, with the hotly anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 slated for arrival sometime next year, the studio may shift its attention toward the forthcoming Western title and finally rest its updates for GTA 5, which could pump the brakes on the game's sales overall.

Grand Theft Auto 5 is available now for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

Source: VentureBeat