Take-Two Q2 Results: GTA 6 Date Holds at Nov 19
Take-Two reported its fiscal second quarter on Monday, 9 November, and Grand Theft Auto VI is still listed for 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The company also reiterated its full-year Net Bookings outlook of $8.0 to $8.2 billion.
That was the test we set in our preview of this report: would the range survive with launch days away? It did, unchanged. The quarter itself was weaker than the guidance Take-Two gave in August, and we will say exactly where.
What Take-Two put on the record
The results release on Take-Two's investor relations site carries this line from Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick: "The launch of Grand Theft Auto VI is ten days away and, with pre-orders continuing to reach unprecedented levels, we expect to deliver an historic year for our company."
The headline above it reads: "Company updates fiscal year 2027 outlook and reiterates expectation for Net Bookings of $8.0 to $8.2 billion."
The lineup table at the bottom of the release lists "Grand Theft Auto VI, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, November 19, 2026". The same date sits on Rockstar's own GTA VI page, which we fetched today and which also shows the pre-load opening on 10 November. Our running record of every reaffirmation, the delay tracker, has the new row.
Q2 against the guidance we flagged
The quarter ended 30 September, so it contains no launch sales. It covers the preorder window only. Against the ranges Take-Two gave in its Q1 release:
| Measure | Q2 guidance (August) | Q2 actual |
|---|---|---|
| Net Bookings | $1.62 to $1.67 billion | $1.60 billion |
| GAAP net revenue | $1.42 to $1.47 billion | $1.497 billion |
| GAAP net loss | $140 to $157 million | $54.0 million ($0.29 per share) |
Net Bookings came in about $20 million under the bottom of the range and fell 18% from $1.96 billion in the same quarter last year. GAAP revenue beat its range at $1.50 billion against $1.77 billion a year earlier, and the net loss was far smaller than guided. Recurrent consumer spending fell 9% on a Net Bookings basis and made up 81% of the total.
Read that as a publisher between big releases, not as a GTA 6 signal in either direction. The Grand Theft Auto series is named among the largest contributors again, behind NBA 2K.
The quarter that matters is next
Take-Two gave a first outlook for the quarter ending 31 December, the one that contains launch:
- Net Bookings: $3.35 to $3.50 billion.
- GAAP net revenue: $3.27 to $3.42 billion.
For scale, Q1 ($1.39 billion) and Q2 ($1.60 billion) Net Bookings add up to about $2.99 billion. Our arithmetic, not Take-Two's framing: the single holiday quarter is guided above the whole first half combined. The full-year range only works with a November launch inside it, which is the same logic we laid out when the Q1 results came in.
What the release does not say
- No preorder number. Zelnick calls preorders "unprecedented" but the release gives no unit count and no dollar figure. Treat any viral number as unsourced until Take-Two publishes one.
- No PC. The lineup lists two platforms. Rockstar has not announced a PC version, so our PC guide stays a status page.
- Nothing about the call. The release says Take-Two would host its conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern on 9 November. We have not heard it or read a transcript, so nothing in this post comes from the call itself. If Zelnick said anything new there, it will get its own labelled update.
What this means for your launch day
The date is backed by a filed outlook ten days out, and Rockstar's own page is counting down to the same day. If you preordered, Rockstar's page lists the pre-load as beginning on 10 November, and our pre-load guide has the install size, the Xbox and PlayStation timing and what to do before the download. The editions guide covers what each version includes, and our countdown shows the live time left in your zone.
A formal delay inside ten days of launch is not something this filing hints at. It would have to come from Rockstar or Take-Two directly, on the record, and we will update the tracker the same day if it does. Everything else Rockstar has confirmed so far is collected in everything we know about GTA 6.