Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed the status of the GTA 6 release and why fans need to be patient.
Who is it about? Every quarter, Take-Two shareholders, the publisher of GTA 6, get to know how the company is doing. An interesting moment for GTA 6 fans who are currently hungry for information.
Just recently, the release of the third trailer was predicted, but it turned out to be just hot air. Now, during the so-called “Earnings Call,” the CEO spoke about the title and revealed the status of the release.
Here you can watch the second trailer again:
May is not summer at all
What is the deal with summer? Strauss Zelnick already emphasized in the last earnings call that they want to start the marketing campaigns for GTA 6 in summer. However, since many fans have become eager for the trailer amid the warm summer temperatures, the Take-Two CEO had to clarify it further.
He explained: “I don’t think it will already be summer in the next few weeks, but as soon as it is summer, Rockstar wants to start marketing ‘GTA 6’.” In the USA, summer begins on June 21, 2026.
Whether the CEO commits to that is, however, rather unlikely. It is clear: Fans can save the discussions around trailer number 3 for the next few weeks.
At least the release date of GTA 6 seems to be set now. Take-Two mentioned multiple times in the presentations that GTA 6 will launch on consoles on November 19, 2026. However, they remained silent about the PC release.
What else was revealed? During the earnings call, there was also information about the expected revenues of Take-Two from GTA 6. According to forecasts, the publisher expects additional revenues of over one billion US dollars. For comparison:
- Take-Two reported revenues of 6.72 billion US dollars for its fiscal year 2026, exceeding its own forecast
- Take-Two’s forecast for the fiscal year 2027 is between 8 to 8.2 billion dollars
Of course, this also includes revenues from various other titles and areas. However, it is likely that GTA 6 will become a billion-dollar game.
According to the magazine 3DMGame, the CEO is said to have positively considered the monetization opportunities of GTA 6 during the subsequent Q&A round. He reportedly said:
Will we sit back and relax until the release of “GTA 6”? Quite the opposite. Our team has lived by the motto “Red meat for breakfast” for 17 years. In the coming months, we will eat even more red meat.
This statement could be interpreted, according to 3DMGame, as Take-Two considering more radical monetization methods for GTA 6 – including in-game purchases, exclusive member benefits or even subscription levels or price increases specifically for GTA 6.
The price and exact date of the next trailer of GTA 6 remain a mystery. At least now all fans know when summer starts in the USA and that they should not expect anything in the coming weeks. All current information about GTA 6 can be found here: GTA 6: Potential preorder start – rumors, possible trailer and price
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