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'The experiences on console and PC tend to be roughly the same,' says Take-Two CEO in response to question about GTA roleplaying
Of course, in the case of Grand Theft Auto 6, the PC experience at launch will be a blank screen.
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On a call with investors today, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick pushed back on the idea that PC players have a different relationship with the Grand Theft Auto series than console players.
"Your PC players seem to engage with GTA a bit differently than console," said Oppenheimer & Co analyst Martin Yang during a Q&A session. "There are roleplay options. Over time, do you think you want to close the player experience gap between console and PC, or do you view the two platforms as more independent because of their respective technical capabilities?"
Zelnick responded with acknowledgement that series like Civilization started on PC and expanded onto consoles, but said that "generally speaking, the experiences on console and PC tend to be roughly the same" and that, in general, "the capabilities of the PC platform today aren't different materially from console capabilities."
Consoles are basically specialized PCs these days, but Zelnick didn't quite address what the questioner was getting at, if you ask me. The GTA Online experience is the same for console and PC players, except that the console versions don't have the mods that have helped keep GTA 5 relevant for 13 years. Take-Two of course knows that: It acquired the FiveM GTA 5 multiplayer mod behind so many RP servers.
Answering a related question about console jailbreaking, modding, and monetization opportunities, Zelnick said later that "the FiveM business is a profitable business," but then turned back to one of his stock lines.
"The mission of this company is to create the best entertainment on earth and bring it to consumers around the world," said the Take-Two CEO. "If we do that right, the monetization takes care of itself."
Take-Two has consistently declined to reveal anything about its plans for GTA 6 on PC or the future of GTA Online, and I didn't have high hopes that it would change tack with the console launch just over a week away, but props to the savvy investment analysts who asked about the topics anyway.
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