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Take-Two CEO says Grand Theft Auto 6 is on track for fall next year, GTA 5 has sold more than 205 million copies and PC will increasingly become part of (our) business in the future

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Take-Two has published its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, and the house that Strauss built is doing very well indeed: although all those beady shareholder eyes remain focused on one specific future title. The results show Take-Two on track to meet the high end of its own expectations, with $1.47 billion in net bookings for the quarter and a remaining target of $5.55 to $5.65 billion for the full year. But that doesn’t matter –where is Grand Theft Auto 6?

These results were broadly “driven by the continued success of the Grand Theft Auto and Borderlands franchises,” Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick said during an investor call following the results. “We have one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in our industry. With many exciting new titles coming to market in Fiscal 2026 – including Grand Theft Auto 6 in the fall, Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country – we expect long-term value for our shareholders.”

The results are accompanied by a list of 2K’s upcoming titles, including Grand Theft Auto 6 listed for “fall of calendar 2025”, but unfortunately only on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Other titles on the list, such as Civilization 7, Borderlands 4, Mafia: The Old Country and Judas, are also available for PC release. So yes: us PC gamers Maybe we’re looking at 2026 for GTA 6, at best.

There was one later suggesting that things will generally improve with Take-Two’s titles and simultaneous PC releases, when Zelnick talked about the different target platforms in the console market. Zelnick called PC the “open platform” and went on to say, “I think PC will be more and more a part of (our) business in the future.”

Zelnick does a little verbal dance on all these results, while hard-nosed finance guys dig deeper into the performance of individual games and, as always, try to get more information about Golden Goose Theft Auto. Most of the time, these questions are politely deflected, although they do raise some interesting observations about GTA in general.

“Sales of Grand Theft Auto 5 exceeded our expectations and the title has sold more than 205 million copies worldwide to date,” said Zelnick. “Grand Theft Auto Online has also exceeded our plans, thanks to continued engagement (…) The momentum also continued within GTA+, as Rockstar grew its membership by 35% over the past year.”

Zelnick also mentioned Red Dead Redemption 2’s sales figures, which have been consistently on the charts since release, saying that the game has sold more than 67 million copies to date.

People were less complacent about the Borderlands movie, which is one of the biggest flops of the year and was roundly panned by consumers and critics alike. When asked by a shareholder to detail the financial contribution here within the broader Borderlands franchise, Zelnick is quick to say, “We don’t really need to explain the film’s contribution.”

Read between the lines, and they are not happy. “Even though the movie was disappointing, it helped our catalog sales, so that’s a sign that making a movie or a TV show can boost sales and that’s a good thing,” Zelnick says.

“We are very selective, because we would like everything that comes out with our brands to be really successful. We cannot guarantee that, especially if it is beyond our control, so we have licenses for other titles, will continue. selectively to do this, but the emphasis is on the word ‘selective’.”

Since the release of Rockstar the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6Dating the title to 2025, there has been speculation as to whether the game will make it to that date. It’s not just that there’s a history of delays to GTA titles, but that Rockstar is too”looking for perfection” with this title and, as one former lead developer put it, there really is “no competition” to worry about. Maybe this time next year you’ll be playing GTA 6, at least on console. Mr. Zelnick and all his shareholders certainly hope so.

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