Following the GTA 6 delay and release of trailer 2, Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two Interactive has issued new financial reports to investors. During Take-Two Interactive’s Q4 2025 quarterly earnings presentation, CEO Strauss Zelnick also discussed the success of Rockstar Games’ ongoing titles over the past three months.
The delay did cause Take-Two’s share price to drop around 10% a couple of weeks ago. However, the second trailer and screenshots along with the actual release date did bring it back up a bit.
GTA 6 Development Started In 2020, Certain Of May 2026 Release
Take-Two Interactive released their release calendar with GTA VI now listed to release on May 26th 2026. For the past year, including as recent as February, the company were telling us it would release in Fall 2025. Zelnick warned of “slippage” in February but told shareholders “we feel really good about it (Fall 2025).”
The company now say “affording Rockstar additional time for such a groundbreaking project is a worthy investment” given GTA 6 “is now the most anticipated entertainment property of all time.” Not that we needed any proof.
IGN shared Take-Two said “The ambition and complexity of Grand Theft Auto VI is greater than any previous Rockstar title, and the team is poised to release another astonishing entertainment experience that will exceed players’ expectations”. It is also the “most anticipated entertainment property of all time.”
CEO Zelnick spoke with IGN on the GTA VI release date. Despite saying before how they felt good about Fall 2025, he now says “I think historically when we set a specific date, generally speaking, we’ve been very good about reaching it.” Another interesting tidbit is that development for the game did not start “in earnest” until 2020 due to Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA Online.
Grand Theft Auto V Continues To Sell As Well As Usual
Take-Two Interactive revealed that Grand Theft Auto V sold over 215 million copies. This is up from hitting 210m in February. Grand Theft Auto V normally sells an average of 5 million every month. GTA V “surpassed forecasts” Take-Two’s said.
The total sales of the Grand Theft Auto series is now at nearly 450 million copies worldwide, up 10 million in the past 3 months. This is more than usual as it typically sells 5m per quarter.
Take-Two’s CEO also shared there is “an ongoing demand” for GTA+. Whilst GTA V as whole exceeded the company’s financial expectations this past quarter. There was a mid-single digit increase over the previous quarter.
Speaking of Twitch, GTA RP is huge on there. FiveM, which makes it possible, even got a mention during the earnings call. CEO Zelnick noted “Rockstar Games continues to expand the possibilities for engagement with the series through ongoing development of its FiveM creator platform.”.
In just the past month, the game has gained some places in the PS5 download charts. For the past several months and years, it almost always the third most played game on PlayStation. It was also recently revealed by Twitch that the game was the most watched on the platform in 2024.
Red Dead Redemption 2 hits 74m copies sold
Red Dead Redemption 2 sold an extra three million copies in the last 3 months. This means Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 74 million copies worldwide, up from 70 million in February. In total, the Red Dead Series has now sold over 100 million copies, up from 95 million last time. This is an improvement over the previous quarter. Player engagement is up 23% over the previous year.
The game has been the most downloaded PS4 game for the past five months in a row. The continued sales success does not come as much of a surprise given the PlayStation charts over the past few months.
The next thing Rockstar could release is a new GTA 4 port. A reputable insider has revealed it started production last year and with the delay of GTA VI, it could fill the gap this year. You can learn more here.
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