According to Gamesindustry.biz and others, Take Two has revealed its sales figures and other titbits during a conference call with investors. From Gamasutra:

[Chairman Strauss] Zelnick went through [Take Two's] IP sales numbers: GTA selling 66 million units to date, Midnight Club 11.5 million, Civilization 8 million, Max Payne 7 million, Mafia 2 million, BioShock 2 million, Red Dead Revolver, Manhunt, and Bully all 1.5 million, and Carnival Games approaching 1 million sold thus far.

The impressive GTA figure is set to be healthily enhanced by the fourth title - Michael Pachter, famed analyst with Wedbush Morgan reckons it'll shift nine million copies, enlivening what he expects will be a mediocre year for the publisher.

Anyway, during that conference call, Take Two revealed that it has at least one currently unannounced blockbuster sequel due in 2009. While some reckon it's another Max Payne title (there's a movie out in '09), others - including Mystic Michael Pachter - reckon on a Red Dead Revolver follow-up. Bully, Manhunt and Rockstar Ping Pong are all outside bets. What do you reckon?

Elsewhere, company CEO Ben Feder was asked if Bioshock producer Ken Levine would be involved with the forthcoming sequel, despite the fact that it will be handled by 2K Marin and not Irrational Games 2K Boston and 2K Australia. Feder said that Levine is onboard - while also overseeing another IP. 2K Boston/Australia, meanwhile, are working on a different title. So while Take Two's release schedule for 2007 harbours the likes of Top Spin 3, Don King Presents: Prizefighter and Carnival Games: Mini-Golf (plus the genuinely promising Borderlands), next year's might actually get the publisher out of its current mini-slump.