In an interview with GamesBeat yesterday, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked a series of questions about the upcoming launch for Grand Theft Auto VI, a game that is likely to be the biggest entertainment launch in history. While most of it was not about direct competition, the outlet did ask if Zelnick saw Nintendo’s recent release of the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake was direct competition to its long gestating sequel. His response is a bit mixed.
“It’s terrific, and they should be very proud of the title,” Zelnick said. Noting how the game currently holds a 96/100 on Metacritic, he stated, “In the entertainment business, you compete against everything and nothing. Everything because there’s so many ways consumers can spend their time, and nothing because if there’s nothing good out there, people don’t need to consume any of it. It’s like food; like food could be bad, but you still are going to be hungry. But in the case of entertainment, it’s not a must-have; it’s a want to have. So it’s our job to make the best entertainment on earth. When we do that, people will show up for it.”
That is … certainly an answer. On the one hand, I wouldn’t have expected Zelnick to outright say, “No, lol,” but he seemingly doesn’t even address the question. If we read between the lines, it seems like a yes and no response, with Ocarina of Time obviously pulling away some people’s time, but not mattering in the grand scheme. I do agree that video games are not a must-have, which tends to be forgotten about by most. The real competition for any release is grocery prices and cost of living, which is far more important than a competing game.
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Written by Peter Glagowski
Peter has been a freelance gaming and film critic for over seven years. His passion for Nintendo is only matched by the size of his collection.
