GTA 5 sold five million more copies in the last three months alone
After yesterday’s confirmation that a Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer would drop in December 2023, Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two has released its financial results for the latest quarter. While net bookings were down 4% compared to the same period last year, Take-Two raked in $1.4 billion USD in the second quarter of FY 2024.
Take-Two highlighted the performance of Rockstar Games’ GTA 5, GTA Online, and Red Dead Redemption 2. GTA 5 alone sold another five million copies in the last quarter, bringing it to 190 million lifetime sales. Red Dead Redemption 2 added another two million sales, up to a total of 57 million.
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This raises the GTA franchise’s total sales to 410 million, while its Wild West counterpart went up to a total of 81 million units.
If you’re asking yourself why you had to wait for this long to hear anything official about GTA 6, then you’ve got the answer right here: GTA 5 is printing money, so Rockstar has all the time in the world to make the next title.
Strauss Zelnick, Chairman and CEO of Take-Two, commented: “Looking ahead, I am optimistic about our company’s multi-year growth trajectory and our ability to deliver long-term value for our shareholders. Our development pipeline is robust and diverse, and we are getting closer to delivering the groundbreaking titles that our audiences throughout the world have been anticipating. With an unwavering commitment to being the most creative, the most innovative, and the most efficient entertainment company, I have great confidence that our offerings will surpass our players’ expectations and set new standards of creative excellence in our industry.”
One of the “groundbreaking titles that our audiences throughout the world have been anticipating” that is getting “closer” is sure to be GTA 6.
Take-Two’s other workhorses in the last quarter have been NBA 2K23 and NBA 2K24 alongside a portfolio of mobile games.
