Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Cause “A Meaningful Uptick” in Console Sales – Take-Two CEO
gamingbolt.comWith Take-Two Interactive having revealed quite a bit of details regarding its future plans in a recent earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed that the company isn’t worried about hardware sales for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S having fallen. In an interview with IGN, Zelnick also spoke about the release strategy for Grand Theft Auto 6.
“So with Civ 7 it’s available on console and PC and Switch right away,” said Zelnick, referring to the recent multi-platform release of Civilization 7. “With regard to others in our lineup, we don’t always go across all platforms simultaneously. Historically, Rockstar has started with some platforms and then historically moved to other platforms.”
Zelnick is referring to the tradition of Rockstar’s titles not coming to all consoles on the same day. GTA 4, 5, and Red Dead Redemption 2, for instance, got their PC releases well after the original console versions launch. Even the seminal Red Dead Redemption only managed to make its way on to PC last year.
He did, however, point out that PC is an important platform for Take-Two as a whole, with most games in the publisher’s line-up coming to the platform along with their console releases.
“We have seen PC become a much more and more important part of what used to be a console business, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see that trend continue,” he said. “Of course, there will be a new console generation.”
Zelnick also said that he expects the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto 6 to be a big enough event that fans of the franchise that are still sticking to either their old consoles or PCs will want to get their hands on a PS5, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S in order to play.
“When you have a big title in the market and we have many of them coming, historically that has sold consoles,” Zelnick said.
“And I think that will happen this year. I don’t think tariffs are going to be our friend, but I think there will be a meaningful uptick in console sales in calendar 25 because of the
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