Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, the developer of the GTA series, and 2K, the developer of many series such as BioShock and Borderlands, has published its financial results for the last quarter of 2021 today. While the results shared by the company were above expectations, some prominent details were also included in the report.
Take-Two Interactive announced that it earned a total of $ 903 million in the last 3 months of 2021. This revenue increased by approximately $10 million from the previous quarter. Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick made important statements about NFTs and GTA series in the report where the results were shared.
GTA V has sold another 5 million copies in the last 3 months
Despite its release in 2013, GTA V, which continues to be among the most popular games of today, sold 5 million more copies in the last quarter of 2021, that is, in the last 3 months of 2021, according to the statement. Thus, the total sales figure of the game increased to 160 million. The number of sales of the entire GTA series increased by 15 million to 370 million.
CEO Zelnick also spoke about the next GTA game in his statement. Expressing that he is excited about Rockstar working on a new GTA game, Zelnick stated that he has no doubt that the game will be perfect and that the GTA catalog will continue to perform.
Rockstar believes in NFT
Talking about NFTs, one of the most controversial technologies of today, CEO Zelnick said, “We believe NFTs are real.” made a statement. “We believe in digital products, we believe in rare products, we believe in collectibles. Our concern is that it’s an ongoing speculation.” Zelnick concluded his statement by saying that they believe there will be an opportunity for Take-Two’s catalog to fit with NFTs in the future, and that they will stay away from speculation.