Only a few days remain until the release of GTA VI. In anticipation, Take-Two Interactive released its report for July-September 2026. This was the second quarter of the fiscal year 2027 for the company.
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Key Figures
- Financially, the last quarter was mixed for the company. Its net revenue amounted to $1.5 billion, down 15.9% compared to the previous year. Initially, however, Take-Two expected a more significant drop — down to $1.42-1.47 billion.
- The net bookings (deferred revenue) fell by 18% to $1.6 billion, which was below Take-Two's forecast.
- Take-Two's net losses are gradually shrinking. This time they amounted to $54 million compared to $133.9 million the previous year.
- Regarding revenue breakdown, 81% of Take-Two's quarterly revenue came from recurrent consumer spending — which includes purchases of DLCs, microtransactions, in-game advertising, and other similar items. Last year, this share was 72%.
- Mobile games brought Take-Two nearly half of its revenue — $731.1 million (-11%). Console games generated another $615.4 million (-14.5%), while PC games accounted for the remaining $150.5 million (-35.2%).
- Amid the excitement surrounding GTA VI, the company raised its annual revenue forecast. It now plans to earn $7.98-8.18 billion instead of the previously expected $7.9-8.1 billion. Notably, at the same time, Take-Two slightly lowered its expectations for net profit — where the upper limit of the forecast previously stood at $143 million, it now maxes out at $142 million.
- Take-Two did not disclose the exact number of pre-orders for GTA VI but described it as "extraordinary." According to the company, the game is selling much better than anticipated, and after GTA VI's release, "the numbers will speak for themselves."
- Take-Two also commented on the release of NBA 2K27, which took place on September 4, 2026. It announced that the game had the second-largest launch in series history in terms of net bookings, but sales still fell short of expectations. In an interview with Bloomberg, the company's CEO Strauss Zelnick explained the insufficient sales of NBA 2K27 by the tight schedule of September releases. Furthermore, he believes that some gamers are simply waiting for GTA VI and are not yet ready to spend money on purchasing a basketball simulator.
Updated Sales and Download Statistics for Some Take-Two Interactive Games
- GTA V — 235 million copies. Entire series — 480 million copies.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 — 89 million copies. Entire series — 118 million copies.
- NBA 2K27 — 4 million copies.
- Downloads of Rollic Games' mobile games exceeded 3.9 billion. In particular, Color Block Jam garnered 78 million downloads, Timeline Up! — 19 million downloads, Gecko Out — 10 million downloads, Crowd Express — 9.6 million downloads, and Knit Out — 7 million downloads.