In addition to revealing that Marvel’s Midnight Suns will arrive later than expected, Take-Two Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the latest achievements of its most famous videogame franchises in the financial report for the first quarter of 2023.
In the first quarter of the fiscal year, the publisher saw its revenue increase by 36% to a total of $ 1.1 billion gross, however, there was an operating loss of $ 37 million compared to a profit of $ 171 million in the first quarter of the year. last year as expenses more than doubled (publisher completed acquisition of Zynga).
The company has revealed that GTA 5 has almost reached 170 million copies sold since its launch in 2013, which means that the open world has sold another 5 million units in the latter period of time. The Grand Theft Auto series thus rises to 380 million copies overall.
Take-Two Interactive:
Grand Theft Auto V has now reached almost 170M units sold-in since (its 1st) launch in 2013.
That’s up almost (yet another) 5M since last quarter.
The series is currently at 380M.
And I can’t even fathom where it will be when GTA VI is out. pic.twitter.com/XHOjl0AbhR
— Dom (@DomsPlaying) August 8, 2022
Red Dead Redemption 2 instead reaches 45 million units placed since launch, with one million units sold in this quarter of the fiscal year. The western series is currently at 68 million overall.
Meanwhile, the NBA 2K sports series has crossed the 125 million copies mark (2 million in the last three months) and is confirmed as a key source of income due to microtransactions. Take-Two has also expressed its enthusiasm for the performances of WWE 2K22 and for the renewed potential of the series, but the publisher has preferred not to release particularly detailed data at the moment.
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