Grand Theft Auto creators join list of Britain's wealthiest

The cofounders of Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games have joined the list of the 1,000 wealthiest Britons, as compiled by The Sunday Times.

Brothers Dan and Sam Houser peek in at No. 947 overall with a combined fortune estimated at £90 million ($151 million US). It's well below the wealthiest video game entrepeneur to make the roundup, Mel Morris of King, the maker of Candy Crush Saga. Morris is worth £407 million ($684 million), good for No. 238 on the list.

Rockstar's powerhouse franchise grossed more than $800 million on the first day Grand Theft Auto V was for sale back in September, then surpassed $1 billion in just three days on shelves. The figures come from internal estimates by Take-Two Interactive, which owns Rockstar.

This is the first ranking of the wealthy by the Sunday Times since 2008. Six years ago, one needed £80 million to make the list; that figure rose to £85 million this time around.

[TheNotoriousNiceGuy]

The Devs that got me into gaming !! Congrats

[Riderz1337]

They should make a GTA that takes place in the UK...Would be cool on next gen.

[Mr_cheese]

I would love to see a GTA LONDON but highly doubt it since they said GTA is more American.

[DemonChicken]

we had a GTA London

http://www.rockstargames.co...

Ah the memories, still have a boxed copy stored away somewhere

[Muzikguy]

I can't believe candy crush is even up there. I'm glad it ran its course already. I've never been big on fads, and candy crush was/is one

[Gazondaily]

Yeah how is the Candy Crush bloke higher than the guys that made GTA?!

[annus]

Despite what N4G says, mobile gaming is HUGE, and since the teams and budgets are far smaller the profit made is even bigger. How much do you think Candy Crush's budget was in comparison to GTA? Compare team size as well.

[DoctorJones]

Yeah you have to look at the big picture really, Candy Crush makes nearly a million dollars a day. When the share of the profits goes around the pie is sliced far fewer ways than with a huge game like GTA5.

[Codewow]

Candy Crush's advertisements make them millions of dollars a month. The mobile market is one of the easiest ways to make money off the stupidest of things. That's why I will be attempting to make an original, highly addictive game some point in my life.

[Muzikguy]

Yes it's a lot easier making money off cheap mobile games. At least for those that play them. Not me, but I don't want cheesy time killer games. When the market shifts again these will hopefully die off. The only game I play to kill time is Bejeweled and even that is past its prime.

[Lionalliance]

I love rockstar games, but i barely know the people who are behind the team, isn't that weird?