Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed to 2026, and father or mother firm Take-Two’s inventory worth is tanking at this time following the announcement. Shares of Take-Two have slid by about 8% thus far at this time to round $219, wiping out billions of market cap for the online game writer.
Take-Two anticipated traders having questions in regards to the delay and its influence on the corporate’s monetary outlook, so it launched a press release reiterating that the corporate nonetheless expects “sequential will increase in, and file ranges of” internet bookings (i.e. income) for Fiscal 2026 and Fiscal 2027.
GTA 6’s new launch date of Could 26, 2026 falls in Take-Two’s Fiscal Yr 2027 (April 1 2026-March 31 2027). Beforehand, the sport was scheduled to launch in Fall 2025, which fell in Take-Two’s Fiscal Yr 2026 (April 1, 2025-March 31, 2026).
Whereas GTA 6 is now not coming this yr, Take-Two’s labels nonetheless have Mafia: The Previous Nation and Borderlands 4 coming this yr, along with its roster of sports activities titles.
Take-Two will launch its subsequent earnings report on Could 15, and it is anticipated the corporate will face quite a few questions in regards to the influence of GTA 6’s delay on Take-Two’s earnings outlook.
Whereas Take-Two’s share worth fell at this time, it is nonetheless up round 80% previously 5 years. In February 2025, Take-Two’s share worth reached a file excessive following Take-Two’s announcement that GTA 6 remained on monitor for launch in 2025 and that the corporate had exceeded earnings expectations. Now that GTA 6 has been delayed, the inventory worth is shifting within the different path, at the least for now. Inventory costs are inclined to fluctuate considerably throughout a significant information occasion after which reasonable quickly after.
For its half, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick mentioned Take-Two “absolutely” helps Rockstar’s choice to take extra time to “notice their inventive imaginative and prescient for GTA 6.” Reporter Jason Schreier mentioned the delay was partially to assist Rockstar’s builders avoid a “brutal crunch” period. Rockstar previously came under fire for its working conditions, and the corporate later spoke out to say it had addressed some office issues pertaining to prolonged work days and weeks.
GTA 6 is anticipated to promote 40 million copies and drive $3 billion in income within the first yr alone, and employees at Rockstar are prone to share within the recreation’s success. Rockstar has an worker bonus program that may result in large payouts. Along with an annual bonus, builders are paid performance-based bonuses within the years of recreation launches. For the unique Crimson Lifeless Redemption, for instance, Rockstar employees earned five-figure bonuses, according to Kotaku.
For Take-Two’s newest reporting interval, operating October-December 2024, Take-Two paid out more than $100 million in bonuses to developers, known as “inside royalties” by the corporate’s accounting.
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