Take-Two Interactive Software Software development costs and licenses, net of current portion increased by 6.8% to $2.24B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 17.9%, from $1.90B to $2.24B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Software development costs and licenses, net of current portion shows an upward trend with a 40.1% CAGR.
An increase suggests heavy investment in future game titles, while a decrease may indicate a slowdown in development or high amortization of existing assets.
This represents the capitalized costs associated with the development of video game software and acquired intellectual p...
Common among major game publishers; peers like EA or Activision Blizzard report similar capitalized development costs.
non_current_assets_software_development_costs_and_licens_97c043| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $607.21M | $621.47M | $737.94M | $755.90M | $828.30M | $907.80M | $1.04B | $1.07B | $1.19B | $1.27B | $1.44B | $1.45B | $1.61B | $1.73B | $1.90B | $1.89B | $2.08B | $2.10B | $2.24B |
| QoQ Change | — | +2.3% | +18.7% | +2.4% | +9.6% | +9.6% | +14.1% | +3.5% | +10.9% | +6.9% | +13.7% | +0.2% | +11.0% | +7.8% | +10.0% | -0.6% | +10.1% | +0.8% | +6.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +36.4% | +46.1% | +40.4% | +41.8% | +43.5% | +40.0% | +39.4% | +34.9% | +35.1% | +36.2% | +31.9% | +30.8% | +29.8% | +21.4% | +17.9% |