Pre-sales for Rockstar Games’ “Grand Theft Auto VI” are “far exceeding our expectations,” Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, said Monday.
“That’s a good thing. That said, we never claim success until it happens,” Zelnick said. Variety in an interview before the release of the company’s results. “So we are days away from starting to see the fruits of our labor.”
“GTA 6” launches on November 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X devices priced at $79.99 for the standard edition and $99.99 for the ultimate version. Although Rockstar has yet to confirm the title’s exact pre-order results, despite some rumors regarding sales, Zelnick assures that the company “will definitely provide more information on the performance of ‘GTA 6’ after launch.”
The results are in line with what Zelnick and Rockstar previously disclosed after pre-orders began in June and reached “unprecedented” levels at that time.
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA released a statement in support of Rockstar Games workers’ decision to unionize, which Zelnick declined to comment on during an interview with Variety.
As for if and when “GTA 6” will come to other platforms, like PC and Nintendo Switch 2, or see a full physical release, Zelnick says “information always comes from our labels” and will leave those potential future announcements to Rockstar.
Take-Two game revenue for the July-September period. the quarter was $1.38 billion. Advertising sales reached $121 million. Sales of “NBA 2K” were weaker than expected.
Wall Street expects an earnings per share (EPS) loss of 86 cents on revenue of $1.66 billion, according to analyst consensus data provided by LSEG. Take-Two Interactive reported a loss per share of 29 cents and net bookings of $1.6 billion. The company reported a loss of $54 million for the quarter.
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