Take-Two sees the annual reservations below the revised estimates as “GTA VI” period

(Reuters) -Take -Two Interactive Thursday Planning the reservations for the 2026 fiscal year below Wall Street revised expectations, noting that a large range of outings this year cannot lead to the delay of its highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto VI”.

The company provides reservations between $ 5.9 billion and $ 6 billion, compared to $ 6.46 billion, according to an average of the analysts compiled by Visible Alpha which were revised after the delay in “GTA VI”.

The actions of the company based in New York fell by almost 2% of prolonged exchanges.

The next episode of the best -selling “Grand Theft Auto” franchise should sell millions of copies and generate billions in the first weeks. Take-Two’s decision to delay the long-awaited game during the 2027 fiscal year could weigh on its global reservations for this year, but could take advantage of it in the next one.

“While we put our exciting range on the market, notably Grand Theft Auto VI during the 2027 fiscal year, we plan to reach record levels of net reserve,” said Stake-Two CEO.

The delay of “GTA VI” led to a wave of dates of version for this launch window of publishers who seek to capitalize on the absence of the title of probable blockbuster of Take-Two which would have dominated the graphics of sale.

Take-Two has other titles lined up for the year such as “Borderlands 4” and “Mafia: The Old Country”, but their potentially strong outings cannot avoid a stroke of “GTA VI”.

The company expects reservations for the first quarter is between $ 1.25 billion and $ 1.30 billion, against $ 1.28 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.

(Report by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; edition by Leroy Leo)