Take-Two says pre-orders are at unprecedented levels ten days before launch
Reported, not confirmedIn its quarterly results of November 9, Take-Two said Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders keep reaching unprecedented levels and kept the November 19 date. Press coverage of the investor call adds that executives described the game as finished.
Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar's parent company, published its results for the quarter ended September 30 on November 9. In the press release, chief executive Strauss Zelnick said the launch was ten days away and that pre-orders were continuing to reach unprecedented levels. The release schedule in the same document lists the game for November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The company forecast net bookings of 3.35 to 3.5 billion US dollars for the quarter ending December 31, the period that contains the launch, and repeated its full-year forecast of 8.0 to 8.2 billion. It did not give a number of pre-orders or copies.
GamesBeat's report on the investor call says Take-Two's executives stated that Rockstar has finished developing the game. That wording comes from press coverage of the call, not from the press release or from Rockstar, which is why this item is marked as reported. For players, the point is that the publisher restated the November 19 date this month.