GTA writer doesn’t anticipate subsequent gen consoles to be disruptive

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick isn’t frightened in regards to the impression the following era of console {hardware} can have on his firm.

The writer, which owns GTA’s Rockstar Games, says it pays consideration to the timing of recent consoles and that the arrival of subsequent gen machines would affect its choice making round releases. But it doesn’t see that subsequent era as being “particularly disruptive”.

“We’re pretty fluent with technology at this point,” Zelnick advised buyers in yesterday’s Take-Two earnings name. He acknowledged that the shift to new consoles had landed a few firms “in trouble” previously, however instructed newer transitions had been much less painful.

“I don’t expect it will happen here,” Zelnick mentioned. “We’ll be mindful of the change. But it wouldn’t be determinative of what we would do.”

Traditionally, new console cycles have altered the fortunes of games firms in unpredictable methods. The PS3 and Xbox 360 period noticed the closure of THQ, a beforehand main writer.

Sony has begun publicly speaking about its subsequent console, however the PS5 release date gained’t be till after March 2020 at the least.