The Rockstar Games leak didn’t seem to do what the hackers had been hoping. After wanting $200,000 for the data it had stolen and then releasing it for free when noone paid up, the data simply showed just how much money Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive were making from their franchises like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption.
Now, in the day following the leaked data going public, parent company Take-Two Interactive is making even more money.
Entering trading on Tuesday, Take-Two had a market value of $38.03 billion with stocks trading at roughly $202.26 per share. As of 11:45am ET, stock prices had risen 2.63% up to $206.66 per share. That jump added roughly $1 billion to the company’s overall value.
Now, compared to its 52-week high of $264.79, Take-Two’s stock prices are still down by just under 25%. But, knowing that prices are rising as people saw information that they weren’t privy to before has to be making investors feel pretty good right about now in an unstable economic environment. It’s also nearly $20 per share above the company’s 52-week low of $187.63 that happened back in February when the latest Take-Two earnings report took place.
As with all stocks, the prices will fluctuate throughout the day. By the end of trading for the day, the price could very well go even higher or come back down.
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That’s hilarious 😂
They really thought.
It clearly shows how massive the hacker problem is on PC and why Rockstar prioritises consoles over PC.
Except that isn’t how any of this works. You don’t get access to Rockstar’s internal servers by installing a mod menu for GTA Online. Also the hacking was bad on console before we had a PC version. Hell, December of 2013 saw the easiest hacks ever. You just had to change your DNS.
Hackers wasted months of their life over this only for it to benefit take2 🤣 I thought hackers are supposed to be smart
Now to top it off when caught they will be arrested, charged, jailed AND then also sued by Rockstar into oblivion. Id not want to be in their shoes right now. Embarrassing to the point they should end it all.
Hackers should have known Rockstar wasn’t playing ball. The last time someone hacked them and tried this stunt, they tracked down who it was and they wound up being found a danger to society and indefinitely confined to a mental hospital.
The guy from the last time this happened sort of really brought it upon himself and straight up did it again while in police custody. He had mental issues that were more severe than just being a criminal
They hacked themselves.. who are you kidding lol
Don’t worry guys, I was trading pure Alpha til close