estimates more than 10 million copies of the upcoming title are preordered across Xbox and PlayStation platforms, placing revenue above $1 billion net of returns a week before the title officially launches.
Preorders Top $1 Billion Before Release
According to Sensor Tower’s estimates, PlayStation 5 accounts for about 75 percent of the purchases.
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick on Launch Expectations
For the July-September quarter, Take-Two Interactive posted a 29-cent loss per share alongside $1.6 billion in net bookings, $1.38 billion in game revenue, and $121 million in ad sales.
The company recorded a quarterly loss of $54 million and “NBA 2K” sales underperformed compared to expectations.
Wall Street forecast a loss of earnings per share of 86 cents on $1.66 billion in revenue, according to analyst consensus data provided by LSEG. Executive leadership addressed the upcoming software launch ahead of the earnings release.
The standard edition will cost $79.99. The ultimate version will cost $99.99 when the game becomes available on Nov. 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S and X devices.
Rockstar has yet to confirm exact preorder results for the game. Zelnick said the company will provide more information regarding how the title performs after it launches. These results match what Zelnick and Rockstar previously disclosed following the start of preorders in June, which reached record highs at that time.
“That's a good thing. That said, we never claim success before it occurs” Zelnick told Variety in an interview.
“running far in excess of our expectations” Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said Monday.
Zelnick said that such information always originates from the labels regarding whether and when the game might arrive on additional platforms such as PC and the Nintendo Switch 2, or receive a physical disc release, and left those potential future announcements to Rockstar.
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA issued a statement backing the decision of Rockstar Games workers to unionize, a topic on which Zelnick declined to comment during his interview.
Earlier coverage: Rockstar Games Opens GTA 6 Pre-load on PS5 and Xbox Ahead of November 19 Release
