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GTA 5 Ships 54 Million Copies, as Take-Two Revenue Rises 142 Percent

Rockstar's open-world action game soars to new heights.

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Grand Theft Auto V has now shipped more than 54 million copies worldwide, parent publisher Take-Two Interactive announced on Monday as part of its latest earnings report for the quarter ended June 30. This is up from nearly 52 million three months ago.

Overall, Take-Two revenue rose by 142 percent to $366.4 million, compared to $151.6 million during the same period last year. The company posted an overall profit of $34.2 million for the quarter, which was much better than the $11.2 million net loss that Take-Two last recorded last year.

The biggest drivers of net revenue for the quarter were GTA V, GTA Online, NBA 2K15, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, and WWE 2K15.

Revenue from digitally delivered content specifically was also up year-over-year, rising a healthy 139 percent to $254 million. The biggest contributors here were the GTA, NBA 2K, Borderlands, WWE 2K, and Evolve franchises.

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Take-Two's "recurrent consumer spending" category, which includes virtual currency, DLC, and online games, rose 47 percent compared to last year. In all, this made up 36 percent of revenue from digitally delivered content, or 25 percent of total net revenue.

Catalog sales during the quarter came in at $67.5 million, led by the GTA and Borderlands franchises.

Take-Two will hold an earnings call to discuss these results and answer questions starting today at 1:30 PM PDT / 4:30 PM EDT. Check back later for more.

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This is why free DLC is good for publishers.

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@JustinGoSka: wat

NBA2k15 has a very popular microtransaction p2w card game, GTA V = shark cards, Borderlands season pass + more DLC, WWE DLC wrestlers

I missed the free DLC obviously.

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@tdiamond15: You must hardly play or never played GTA online, because they're constantly coming out with free DLC packs with new clothes, vehicles, side missions, house, and weapons.

The shark cards aren't DLC. They're actually in game currency from what I understand. You can buy them in order to bypass the time it takes to earn currency by playing the game in order to get higher end items that cost alot of in game currency. I've never bought one myself, but Rockstar/Take-Two have been making a lot of money off of them and its because of the little DLC packs they're adding for free here and there that people keep playing the game and are willing to spend money on microtransactions.

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Still they aren't able to spend a few dollars fixing what they broke with patches two months ago (PC version). Kinda arrogant I'd say.

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So GTAV sold like pancakes, what else is new. Good game; although not the best in the franchise in my opinion.

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mafia 3 coming in 2016 or 2017??????

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Got boring faster than any other GTA..

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@Duffy12323:

I may have to agree with you, the 3 things I wanted for them to do the most in GTA5 was Gang take overs Home invasions and get my Hot Coffee on.

If I could do it in versions before I should be allowed to do it again!

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I bought V a few weeks back and it is the first one I have ever played. IMO, the single player is not great as I can't get immersed in a world where I am playing 3 degenerate lowlifes, but the Online is by far the best online I have ever played....other than the loading screens and a few random douches, simply amazing.

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@Daelusca: lol, its so funny that you say that. I was just telling someone that I liked GTA V's story so much because I can relate so much to the characters.

The game is called Grand Theft Auto though, so its obviously made to appeal to gangsters, criminals, and other crazies.

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$254 million from digital channels and $366,4 million in total, i.e. almost 70 percent from digital. Man, the dominance of digital revenue has come quick. I remember not so long ago when I was surprised that something like 51-52 % was from digital channels.

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a new red dead game to be announced no later then next E3 you heard it here first

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When will they finally release new story lines for GTA 5 like they did with GTA 4. I finished the game 100% long ego and online sucks.

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you know whats funny, iv had GTA 5 since release and still never played the storyline, i just played the online when it became available.

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It's a fine game, never have understood the MASS appeal of it though. Did purchase and enjoyed though.

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@tyronefonsworth: I think the game's MASS appeal comes from the game succeeding on so many levels.

The controls and graphics are generally quite good. The satirical take on society is both sharp and blunt. There's a wide variety of things to do (i.e., tennis, swimming, flying planes, parachuting, crime sprees, hunting wildlife, etc.). The dialogue and characters are on par with typical summer blockbuster movies, and so is the soundtrack (although GTA-V wasn't one of my favorites in the music department). The game doesn't bow to political correctness, nor does it have much of a "gimmicky" feel.

In short, it's all about entertainment value. GTA-V packs more of it than most games do.

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Some impressive sales figures no doubt it really is incredible to think how far gaming has come since the Atari 2600. I'm yet to play it as I thought I'd hold out for the release on the next generation console. I still haven't got one of those yet either! I need to pull my finger out and make a decision and play this game.

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SWEET MERCIFUL HEAVENS

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This says to me that ppl were actually stupid enough to waste money on those dumb GTA Shark Cards. Where you pay like $50 for 3Million GTA$ which equates to like one in-game item. I swear GTA online is like a free-to-play Cell phone game I can't decide whether it's horrible hilarious.

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I've bought it 3 times so far.

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Will they fix the stutter? From buttery smooth at release time on old HW to stutter fest (10fps routinely)

Finally drop the game price for once? And consistently? Greedy bastards.

Make more large connected via bridge islands like GTA:San Andreas? Map needs more large islands....

Release any free things for the people who gave it so much?

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You'll never go broke appealing to the lowest common denominator.

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@deathstream: You are a wise man, The Witcher 3 is a masterpiece in my opinion and the last count I saw it had only shifted 4 mil units. Nice, to be sure, but certainly nowhere near this. Speaking of lowest common denominator, I actually enjoyed SR4 more than this. But, it just flat out goes for it's insanity.

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@tyronefonsworth: Saints Row 1 and 2 were so gangster. The Third was just a joke and the 4th one seemed like even more of a big joke, so I didn't even bother trying it.

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Make some good singleplayer DLC then!

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@Wraith3:

Agreed

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@Wraith3: Yes i agree, its about time for some GTA5 story DLC.

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@quink: Agreed

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Was hoping their outlook might suggest a Rockstar game release.

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Waiting for it to go down in price before I buy it again. BTW, where's this single player extra content they promised last year?

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@dark_rising76: Nothing was ever actually promised. They said they were exploring the idea of it. They basically said "We may do a DLC, we don't know yet.", not "We promise GTA V single player DLC will come by the end of 2015."

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I still haven't bought it nor play it. I can't beleive some pleople bought it many times

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@Coco_pierrot: Dont be pitying everyone else when you should be pitying yourself, just because we have the money for the game and you don't, now curl back up..

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@alapicia: oh don't worry about my money. I pity all the sucker who bought it for PS3, X360 then on PS4 and X1 ... how many copies of the same game you need ??? I'll wait, I don,t see any value in this game.

Sorry that some people think differently than you, it must be hard to accept

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@Coco_pierrot: I pity you.

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@logangta5: like REDShadowG said, I've no need of your pity. I'll play it one day. You should pity the people you paid full price for it on PS360 and bought it again like a sucker on PS4/X1 ... the same story for people you bought The Last Of Us only to see the ultimate version a year later on PS4

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@logangta5: Why? If there's anything worth of pity its people that pay over and over again for the same experience.

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@REDShadowG: He hasn't experienced one of the best games ever made.

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@logangta5: "One of the best games ever made" -> highly subjective.

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@lim30041982 said:
@Vojtass said:

@logangta5: "One of the best games ever made" -> highly subjective.

Well at least sales number support his statement , name one game that can compare to that , anything ??

By that logic the CoD franchise is one of the best franchises ever made, which is false. Use critical reception instead. 96-97 throughout all platforms on Metacritic, that does make it one of the best games ever.

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@lim30041982 said:

@REDShadowG: We are talking one game not a franchise , the different ?? in franchise there are several games some can good some can bad.

Proof ?? Resident evil series any one want to denied the good of early franchise ??

COD series ?? anyone want to denied the good of modern warfare or the world war 2 timeline in the franchise ??

When people saying RE evil 4 is one of the best game ever made did that made it wrong ?? even the RE 5 and 6 is piece of shit

That's the point you dummy, RE 4 had 90+ on Metacritic across all platforms. Sales don't represent how good a game is, sales represent how generally appealing to the general public it is.

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@lim30041982: By that standard Resident Evil 5 is the best RE game. Twilight is the pinnacle of Western literature. and Avatar is a much better film than Citizen Kane.

It should read, one of the most popular/successful games ever made, not one of the best.

p.s. Tetris and Minecraft.

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@lim30041982: No, you either misunderstood or misread my comment. I never said he said it was the best, and I never likened it to him having said it was the best. I was talking about what you used as a standard of evidence (i.e., better sales = better game) to support his claim. Perhaps you get it now?

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I bought this game on 360/One, PS3 and I'll buy it again on PC in the next few months. I ficking love it.

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@gous: *like* same here buddy.

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