With Take-Two Interactive having revealed fairly a little bit of particulars relating to its future plans in a current earnings name, CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed that the corporate isn’t apprehensive about {hardware} gross sales for PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S having fallen. In an interview with IGN, Zelnick additionally spoke concerning the launch technique for Grand Theft Auto 6.
“So with Civ 7 it’s obtainable on console and PC and Swap instantly,” stated Zelnick, referring to the current multi-platform launch of Civilization 7. “With regard to others in our lineup, we don’t at all times go throughout all platforms concurrently. Traditionally, Rockstar has began with some platforms after which traditionally moved to different platforms.”
Zelnick is referring to the custom of Rockstar’s titles not coming to all consoles on the identical day. GTA 4, 5, and Pink Useless Redemption 2, as an illustration, received their PC releases effectively after the unique console variations launch. Even the seminal Pink Useless Redemption solely managed to make its means on to PC final 12 months.
He did, nonetheless, level out that PC is a crucial platform for Take-Two as a complete, with most video games within the writer’s line-up coming to the platform together with their console releases.
“Now we have seen PC grow to be a a lot increasingly more vital a part of what was a console enterprise, and I wouldn’t be shocked to see that development proceed,” he stated. “After all, there shall be a brand new console technology.”
Zelnick additionally stated that he expects the upcoming launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 to be a large enough occasion that followers of the franchise which can be nonetheless sticking to both their outdated consoles or PCs will need to get their fingers on a PS5, Xbox Collection X or Xbox Collection S with a view to play.
“When you might have an enormous title available in the market and we’ve got lots of them coming, traditionally that has offered consoles,” Zelnick stated.
“And I believe that can occur this 12 months. I don’t suppose tariffs are going to be our pal, however I believe there shall be a significant uptick in console gross sales in calendar 25 due to the discharge schedule, not simply coming from us, however coming from others. So I’m not involved about that [console sales falling]. I believe the development that you just’d need to give attention to is that this growing share of the market that’s mirrored in PC.”
Experiences of console gross sales being down happened final months due to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella revealing that each the PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S offered much less {hardware} in 2024 than they did again in 2023. Take a look at our report for extra particulars.
Regardless of this confidence in Grand Theft Auto 6‘s success, Zelnick has beforehand said that Take-Two received’t get boastful about it. Throughout its earnings name, the corporate said that it’s effectively conscious of opponents from the remainder of the gaming business not being asleep.
As for GTA 6, there may be presently no confirmed launch date other than a Fall 2025 launch window. It’s being developed for PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S.