Take-Two Interactive shares Q1 results, Grand Theft Auto V has sold almost 135 million copies
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Take-Two Interactive has shared its Q1 results for the 2021 fiscal year. Net bookings for the quarter totalled $996.2 million, which is up 136% year-over-year. Game sales remain strong overall as reported byGamesIndustry.biz, with Grand Theft Auto V reaching almost 135 million copies sold, up from 130 million sold inQ4 of fiscal year 2020.
Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online are coming toPS5andXbox Series Xin the second half of 2021. Another Rockstar title, Red Dead Redemption 2, has now sold over 32 million copies. Meanwhile, NBA 2K20 has sold over 14 million copies since launching in August 2019. Borderlands 3 has reached 10.5 million copies sold, up slightly from 10 million sold last quarter. Obsidian Entertainment’sThe Outer Worldshas crossed 2.8 million copies sold.
Sales numbers were not given for Private Division-publishedDisintegrationbut Take-Two CEO Zelnick Strauss told GamesIndustry.biz that they were “a bit disappointing.” Looking ahead, Private Division has signed deals withLeague of Geeks, Roll7 and Moon Studios, though the first of these games is not expected to launch until Take-Two’s fiscal year 2022.
Take-Two is also raising its expectations of net bookings for the fiscal year to be between $2.8 billion and $2.9 billion, with digital sales of console games accounting for 68% of copies sold.
Heists are waiting
Grand Theft Auto V is a massive game from Rockstar that allows players to live out their high-stakes criminal dreams. A huge campaign focuses on three very different men drawn together by circumstance, while GTA Online continues to grow with constant updates.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
