The company behind “Grand Theft Auto 6” tried to run the delayed outing of the game as a good thing during a call for results on Thursday.
“I believe that access to additional Rockstar for such a revolutionary project is a worthy investment,” said Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two.
Zelnick went so far as to call the video game filled with crimes the “most awaited entertainment property of all time”.
Wall Street does not seem to buy it, however.
Rockstar Games, which produced the series “Grand Theft Auto”, announced on May 2 that the release of the game would be delayed until 2026. The announcement sent actions from Take-Two, the mother company of Rockstar, falling by more than 8%.
Take-Two’s stock dropped again Thursday before calling the company’s profits. Society’s forecasts are not expectations, largely due to the delay in “GTA VI”.
Zelnick said that “the ambition and complexity” of “Grand Theft Auto 6” is greater than any other game that Rockstar has created. “The team is ready to publish another amazing entertainment experience that will exceed players’ expectations,” he said.
Zelnick said that the “Grand Theft Auto” series was “the standard carrier, not only for our business, but for industry since its launch”.
“We, of course, do market studies here, and the market studies we have done are quite amazing,” said Zelnick during the call. “But look, we are not in the field of success before it happens. All that we are focusing on is to do the best possible entertainment here. This is our work. The rest will take care of itself.”
Despite the delay in the game, the leaders of Take-Two said they expected the year of the company to succeed, pointing towards other versions to come like “Borderlands 4” and “Mafia: The Old Country”.
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