Take-Two Interactive says pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI are running well ahead of its own plans, and it is standing behind a record fiscal year. In its fiscal Q2 2027 results, published November 9, 2026, CEO Strauss Zelnick said “the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is ten days away” and that pre-orders keep “reaching unprecedented levels.” The company projects $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion in net bookings for the quarter that includes the launch.
The quarter itself, July through September, was weaker: net bookings fell 18%, and NBA 2K27 came in below forecast. Here is what Take-Two published and what its executives told the press.
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Take-Two results at a glance
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Q2 FY27 net bookings (July-Sept 2026) | $1.60 billion, down 18% from $1.96 billion a year earlier |
| Q2 GAAP net revenue | $1.50 billion, versus $1.77 billion |
| Q2 GAAP net loss | $54.0 million ($0.29 per share), versus $133.9 million |
| Recurrent consumer spending | Net bookings down 9%, 81% of total net bookings |
| Q3 FY27 net bookings outlook (Oct-Dec 2026) | $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion |
| Full-year FY27 net bookings outlook | $8.0 billion to $8.2 billion (reiterated) |
All figures come from Take-Two’s results release, filed with the SEC on November 9 (checked 22:25 UTC). Net bookings is the company’s own operating metric for products and services sold during a period.
Vice City, one of the official screenshots on Rockstar's GTA VI site. Image: Rockstar Games
GTA 6 pre-orders “far in excess” of expectations
Take-Two’s release does not give a pre-order count. The language on pre-orders comes from Zelnick’s comments around the earnings call, and outlets print it slightly differently. Insider Gaming reports that Zelnick told Variety sales are “far in excess of our expectations,” adding: “we never claim success before it’s earned.” Kotaku quotes him from the earnings coverage as saying pre-orders are “tracking far above our initial expectations.”
Take-Two has not published a total. PC Gamer notes the company previously said raw pre-order numbers “could potentially be misleading” because it has never seen numbers like these. Any pre-order tally you see elsewhere is not from Take-Two.
Is the November 19 date still on?
Take-Two’s lineup table in the release lists Grand Theft Auto VI for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19, 2026, and Zelnick’s statement counts the launch as ten days away. For the full set of store and publisher listings, see our GTA 6 release date status page. Pre-loading starts November 10, covered in our release time and pre-load guide, and our countdown converts the date to your time zone.
What the guidance means
The $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion Q3 outlook is what Take-Two expects to book in October through December. PC Gamer reports it is slightly below the $3.51 billion analysts expected, citing LSEG data via Reuters. Take-Two also projects GAAP net revenue of $3.27 billion to $3.42 billion for the quarter and $7.98 billion to $8.18 billion for the year.
Grassrivers, from Rockstar's official GTA VI screenshot gallery. Image: Rockstar Games
NBA 2K27 and the GTA 6 effect
NBA 2K27, released September 4 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC, was a Q2 disappointment by Take-Two’s own measure. PC Gamer quotes the company as saying it “delivered the second highest Net Bookings performance in the history of the series, but it was below our forecast for the period.”
Kotaku quotes Zelnick, in an interview with IGN, saying the game sold 4 million units and that “GTA 6 coming has had an influence on the consumer.” Kotaku adds that Take-Two president Karl Slatoff said the company has “seen this before,” called it “really hard to know exactly” why, and stopped short of naming GTA 6. Zelnick also told Bloomberg, per PC Gamer: “If your lunch is going to be eaten, I’d rather be the one eating it.”
Other notes from the results
- Kotaku reports Grand Theft Auto V is still selling roughly five million copies a quarter, at nearly 235 million sold, and the franchise has sold nearly 480 million units.
- Take-Two’s list of announced games has GTA VI as the only title with a release date. PGA TOUR 2K27, WWE 2K27, Project ETHOS, a new BioShock, Judas and the Zynga mobile titles Top Goal and CSR 3 are all listed as “TBA.”
- The biggest Q2 net bookings contributors, in the company’s order, were NBA 2K, the Grand Theft Auto series, Toon Blast, Match Factory! and Empires & Puzzles.
What’s next
GTA 6 pre-loading opens November 10, and the game launches November 19. Take-Two’s next scheduled results will show how the launch period landed against the $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion outlook. Rockstar’s launch-week events are covered in our GTA 6 Festival guide. We will update this post if Take-Two publishes more on pre-orders.
Sources: Take-Two Q2 FY27 results release (SEC); Insider Gaming; Kotaku (pre-orders); Kotaku (NBA 2K27); PC Gamer. Checked November 9, 2026, 22:25 UTC.
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