Take-Two said on 9 November that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI continue to reach unprecedented levels. The company's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, made the statement in the release for its fiscal second quarter of 2027, which ended on 30 September. Take-Two kept its full-year net bookings outlook of $8.0 to $8.2 billion and gave a first outlook for the December quarter.
The quarter
| Measure | Fiscal Q2 2027 | Last year's Q2 |
|---|---|---|
| Net bookings | $1.60 billion, down 18% | $1.96 billion |
| GAAP net revenue | $1.50 billion | $1.77 billion |
| GAAP net loss | $54.0 million ($0.29 a share) | $133.9 million ($0.73 a share) |
Recurrent consumer spending made up 81% of net bookings, and it fell 9%. Take-Two named NBA 2K, the Grand Theft Auto series, Toon Blast, Match Factory! and Empires & Puzzles among the largest contributors.
Outlets do not all describe the quarter the same way. Shacknews calls the $1.60 billion revenue, but in Take-Two's own release that figure is net bookings and GAAP net revenue is $1.50 billion. GamesBeat says NBA 2K27 sold fewer copies than expected, and the Motley Fool adds that it still had the second-highest net bookings in the series.
The outlook
| Period | Net bookings | GAAP net revenue |
|---|---|---|
| Year ending 31 March 2027 | $8.00 to $8.20 billion | $7.98 to $8.18 billion |
| Quarter ending 31 December 2026 | $3.35 to $3.50 billion | $3.27 to $3.42 billion |
The release says the outlook depends on the timely delivery of the titles in it. Its list of announced releases shows Grand Theft Auto VI for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on 19 November 2026 and no other platform. Our PC release status page keeps the PC position.
What the executives said on the call
GamesBeat's account of the call has Zelnick, CFO Lainie Goldstein and president Karl Slatoff describing the launch as on track and the game as finished. Zelnick said coverage so far had been universally positive and that he was wary of declaring success before launch. Goldstein called the level of pre-orders extraordinary. GamesBeat also reports:
- Marketing spending was up 21% from a year earlier, with no figure given.
- GTA V had sold more than 235 million units as of 30 September.
- Goldstein expects the December quarter's net bookings to split roughly 37% Rockstar Games, 34% Zynga and 29% 2K.
- The Extended Look video on Netflix drew more than 31 million viewers in its first four days.
The Motley Fool, citing the research firm Sensor Tower, puts pre-launch sales at 9.69 million units. That is a third-party estimate, not a Take-Two number, and the release gives no unit count.
What it does not say
Take-Two gave no pre-order total and no price change, and the launch date is unchanged at 19 November. The previous report, from August, is on the Q1 results page. Sony and Microsoft made their own pre-order statements the next day, covered in the Xbox One cloud gaming article.