{"id":50460,"date":"2026-11-10T07:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/gta-6-pre-sales-running-far-in-excess-of-our-expectations-says-take-two-ceo\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T07:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T06:34:48","slug":"gta-6-pre-sales-running-far-in-excess-of-our-expectations-says-take-two-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/gta-6-pre-sales-running-far-in-excess-of-our-expectations-says-take-two-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Pre-Sales \u201cRunning Far in Excess of Our Expectations,\u201d Says Take-Two CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Grand-Theft-Auto-6_0-27.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Grand Theft Auto 6<\/em> is about nine days away from launch, and it almost doesn\u2019t feel real. That notion could also apply to its pre-sales, with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick telling <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/gaming\/news\/gta-6-preorders-expectations-launch-1236943278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> that they\u2019re \u201crunning far in excess of our expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a good thing.\u201d However, he reiterated the same belief that he\u2019s said several times before. \u201cWe never claim success before it occurs. So we\u2019re just days away from beginning to see the fruits of our labor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Players (and shareholders) won\u2019t have to wait long to learn about it either, as the publisher will \u201ccertainly be giving more information about how <em>GTA 6<\/em> performs post-launch.\u201d Whether that\u2019s on the same day or with its next financial results remains to be seen, but it\u2019s expected to do big business.<\/p>\n<p>The latest estimates from Sensor Tower claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/grand-theft-auto-6-has-generated-751-million-in-pre-order-revenue-says-analytics-firm\">7.71 million copies have been sold<\/a>, allegedly generating $751 million in revenue. About 74 percent of sales are allegedly on PS5, which is good news for Sony given its partnership with Rockstar Games. Neither the developer nor Take-Two has confirmed the budget, especially after UK public records claimed it <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/grand-theft-auto-6-development-costs-may-exceed-2-billion-per-uk-public-records\">was over $2 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/gta-6-pre-sales-running-far-in-excess-of-our-expectations-says-take-two-ceo\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto 6 is about nine days away from launch, and it almost doesn\u2019t feel real. That notion could also apply to its pre-sales, with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick telling Variety that they\u2019re \u201crunning far in excess of our expectations. \u201cThat\u2019s a good thing.\u201d However, he reiterated the same belief that he\u2019s said several<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[637,36,108,209,221,638,211,212],"class_list":["post-50460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gaming","tag-grand-theft-auto-6","tag-mixtv","tag-news","tag-ps5","tag-rockstar-games","tag-take-two-interactive","tag-xbox-series-s","tag-xbox-series-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}