Publisher Rockstar and 2K Games present their financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, with GTA V selling 5 million copies in the last three months.
Last night we had an unpleasant surprise with the delay of GTA 6 to November 19, 2026. Finally the game will not arrive on May 26th next yearso we will have to wait more than a year to enjoy Rockstar Games’ new title.
It’s unknown why Rockstar delayed GTA VI until Fall 2026, although one reason could very well be that GTA V continues to sell very well. Just look at Take-Two Interactive’s financial report for the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal year.
With a deadline in the past September 30, 2025total net reserves grew 33% to reach 1.96 billion dollars (in the second quarter of 2024 there were 1,470 million). Net reserves from expenses also grew, in this case 20%.
Take-Two also saw how Its net profit is 1,770 million (in 2024 they will reach 1,350 million), and net losses decreased considerably with $133.9 million, or $0.73 per share, up from $365.5 million ($2.08 per share) in 2024.
Strauss Zelnick, the company’s CEO, is pleased with these numbers and expects higher cumulative net bookings by the end of the fiscal year in March, even after the delay of GTA VI:
”With the momentum our business has experienced, especially in mobile and NBA 2K, we are increasing our net bookings forecast for fiscal 2026 for the second quarter in a row. Rockstar Games will release Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19, 2026, and we remain excited and confident that they will deliver an unprecedented blockbuster entertainment experience.”.
GTA reaches 460 million games sold and Red Dead makes history
Yes, it’s a shame that GTA VI has been postponed until November 2026, but it’s a fact that the Grand Theft Auto saga is at its best. Proof of this is that Almost 460 million games have already been soldwith GTA V reaching the 220 million copies.
The curious thing is that the fifth installment of the franchise sold 5 million games in the previous quarter (between July and September), maintaining its status as the best-selling title in the USA over the last 10 years.
It also has the honor of being the fastest video game to reach US$1 billion in profits in history, among other records achieved with the two GTA 6 trailers: the first is the most viewed non-musical music video, and the second achieved the best release numbers.
At Take-Two they have more reasons to be satisfied. Red Dead Redemption 2 exceeded 79 million copies sold since 2018 and is already the fourth best-selling game of all time. The saga arrives 106 million titles sold.
In the report, Strauss Zelnick also highlights Mafia: The Old Country for exceeding the company’s expectationsalthough without providing numbers. Something similar happened with NBA 2K26, the basketball simulator.
”What we suspected was confirmed. In other words… if you offer the consumer a great narrative experience, very fun, with a well-structured plot and at a fair price, you can obtain the perfect result”, says Zelnick.
NBA 2K grew 46% compared to the previous editionmobile games have added more users than ever before and GTA Online suffered a decrease in players as expected from Take-Two.
There are still no official numbers for Borderlands 4, remember that it came out on September 12th, two weeks before the deadline for the fiscal report. We will have to wait for the next results to verify its success.
In short, the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 was excellent for Interactive Take-Twoachieving good results with Mafia: The Old Country and NBA 2K26 while breaking records with GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. The bad: GTA VI will hit stores a few months later, on November 19, 2026.
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