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Assertion Contradicted

BMG Sold Its Take-Two Stake for $14M Right Before GTA Released

“So we sell the stock in the open market for, wait for it, fourteen million dollars. So a month later, this public company launches the first property that we had completed into the market.”

Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 35:33 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick

Assertion Contradicted

Take-Two Acquired BMG Interactive for 20% Equity Worth $20M

“It's a little tiny public company with a, I want to say roughly a hundred million dollar market cap, and they agree to give us 20% of their company in stock for the business, such as it was. So, twenty million dollars.”

Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 34:53 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick

Assertion Contradicted

Take-Two Historically Lost Money Three Out of Every Four Years

“When GTA released, the company would have a meaningful profit, like, a hundred or so a year, but it only released every four years. They lost money the rest of the time.”

Strauss Zelnick May 17, 2026 ▶ 59:05 The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick

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