135 million copies of GTA V and 32 million copies of Red Dead Redemption 2 – review addiction

Company Take two reported to investors for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2023.

Finance

  • Record sales in the first quarter – $ 996.2 million (136% more than a year earlier);
  • Net income – $ 831.3 million (54% more than a year earlier);
  • Net profit – $ 90.4 million;
  • Operating income – $ 82.1 million.

Games

general sales

  • Grand theft auto v – 135 million copies;
  • Red dead redemption 2 – 32 million copies;
  • NBA 2K20 – 14 million copies;
  • Borderlands 3 – 10.5 million copies;
  • The outer worlds – 2.8 million copies.

Six weeks after the giveaway in EGS, GTAV sales exceeded the same period in any previous year. In addition, for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the action movie Rockstar sold better than any other first quarter since its release in 2013.

Red Dead Redemption 2 sales in the first quarter of this fiscal year were twice the sales in the first quarter of the last fiscal year. The game also attracted twice as many users as a year earlier.

GTAV will launch on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in the second half of 2023. Nextgen versions will receive technical and visual improvements, as well as increased performance. GTA Online, in turn, will receive additional exclusive content for new consoles and PCs.

A standalone version of GTA Online will be available for free to PS5 owners for the first three months. At the same time, the executive director of Take Two, Strauss Zelnik, expressed confidence that in the future, other old games of the company will be released on the next generation consoles.

A month ago it became known that NBA 2K21 on consoles of the new generation will cost $ 10 more than on the current one. In a conversation with investors, Strauss Zelnik noted that the decision to increase the prices of games for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 will be made for each title separately.

Pricing must reflect the quality of the experience and we strive to provide the best experience in the industry. From our point of view, this is a very modest price change, given that prices have not changed for a very long time.

Strauss Zelnik

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