Following Ubisoft, publisher Take-Two shared its financial report, talking about the success of already released games
What is known
As in the case of the French company, revenueTake-Two came in below expectations, earning $930 million. 75% of revenue came from digital sales. Last year, the publisher's coffers added $1.249 billion. The company attributes the drop to the lack of releases on the level of Red Dead Redemption 2, which was released at the end of 2018.
Take Two also lost 9% in its share price.At the beginning of the week, the publisher announced the departure of Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser, which affected the securities. Sam Houser will continue to lead the studio, but there is no word yet on the future of the GTA series.
Still, the company continues to be pleased with the success of GrandTheft Auto V, which has sold over 120 million copies. Moreover, the company sold 20 million copies in 2019. In turn, Red Dead Redemption 2 sold 29 million copies, and over the past quarter the company shipped 2.5 million copies of the game.
Borderlands 3 shipments reach 8 millioncopies, five of which were sold out in the first week after the game's release. Take Two notes that she expected more. The Outer Worlds pleased with sales of 2 million copies.
BioShock remained in the distant future.The company is not preparing a full announcement and plans to spend another two years developing the project. At the same time, over the coming months, gamers will hear news from Hangar 13, the authors of Mafia 3, as well as 2K Silicon Valley.
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