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Grand Theft Auto fans were hoping to see something new related to GTA 6 at The Game Awards 2024. While that did not happen, Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, made some optimistic claims regarding the title in a recent interview with Conner Mather on YouTube. The Take-Two CEO was asked to describe GTA 6 in a few words, to which he replied:
"I would say... I think it'll be extraordinary and worth waiting for"
Another question that Strauss Zelnick was asked was if there was something that excited him the most about the upcoming title, but he didn't mention anything in specific:
"Just what I said earlier, I think it'll be breathtaking"
Strauss Zelnick also touched upon GTA Online, Grand Theft Auto 5's multiplayer mode, talking about its success and initial struggles.
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Take-Two CEO briefly talks about GTA 6 and GTA Online in an interview
GTA 6 won the Most Anticipated Game award at The Game Awards 2024. There is a lot of buzz around the title in the gaming community, but not much has been revealed so far besides all that was shown in its first trailer. That said, Strauss Zelnick claims that it will be "extraordinary and worth waiting for".
In addition to GTA 6, he talked about Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games' collaboration on the Grand Theft Auto franchise during the interview, stating that the developer is "highly independent creatively":
"Rockstar is highly independent creatively, and the nature of our internal workings across all of our labels is lots of interaction, lots of support, obviously financial support, marketing and distribution support. Creatively, the labels exercise enormous freedom"
The discussion then steered towards GTA Online. The interviewer, Conner Mather, asked Take-Two's CEO whether he had expected it to be so successful, to which he said:
"No, I don't think any of us did. I think that we saw it as a really interesting add-on to the title, we, actually, orginially had not planned to have virtual currency in the game, so it wasn't gonna be an economic driver, it was relatively late in the day when we decided to pursue virtual currency, cause this is long ago we're looking back at 2013"
Strauss Zelnick continued:
"And it wasn't an immediate success, you may recall it was pretty buggy at first, we had some trouble coming out of the gate and um, because it was all new and we were innovating and we were doing it all in real time, so it was like building a plane while you're taking off and then flying it. So, it is an incredible durable success, and it continues to perform many many years later. So, I think, obviously, its astonishing, and no I don't think any of us expected that."
Take-Two's November 2024 earnings call revealed that Grand Theft Auto 5 sold over 205 million copies by then. The event also revealed that GTA 6 was still on track for its previously announced Fall 2025 release window.
Some fans, however, are worried that it might get delayed. The reason behind it is Rockstar's silence, and the absence of new reveals even a year after the first trailer's release. Officially, though, no such suggestions have been made yet.
Also check: Fans react to GTA 6 winning an award at The Game Awards 2024
