Grand Theft Auto 6 remains to be on-track to launch in slightly below six months. And whereas it’s too quickly to assert the title will obtain the identical vital acclaim that Grand Theft Auto 5 obtained in 2013, Strauss Zelnick–the CEO of Rockstar Video games’ mother or father firm, Take-Two Interactive–is assured the sequel will obtain excessive opinions. He additionally believes the glowing response to Rockstar’s earlier video games displays nicely on the corporate itself.
“Rockstar’s scores are usually within the mid-90s, generally excessive 90s,” Zelnick mentioned throughout an interview with The Recreation Enterprise. “Not many video games can say that. And that’s a mirrored image on Rockstar’s dedication to high quality.”
Zelnick additionally acknowledged that nice opinions nonetheless matter for video games like GTA 6, however his fellow visitor, Future content material director Dan Dawkins, prompt that the gaming media panorama has vastly modified within the 13 years since GTA 5 was launched.
“The media and cultural surroundings has utterly reworked,” Dawkins mentioned. “At that time limit … it was easier–not simple, however easier–to handpick the journalists you needed to evaluation that recreation forward of time. I used to be a kind of journalists. Social media is so noisy. And somebody must be first to say the factor you want is garbage. Somebody will do this. All narratives can be found without delay now, about the whole lot. Rockstar are going to get, from the gates, some dissenting voices.”
Regardless, Zelnick stays bullish about GTA 6’s prospects, even within the face of rising prices for on a regular basis wants.
“For those who give folks what they need within the leisure enterprise, they may come out for it,” Zelnick informed IGN earlier this week. He additionally hinted that GTA 6 can have a “affordable worth,” however has but to specify what it is going to be.
If GTA 6 hadn’t been delayed, it might have launched earlier this week. As an alternative, it’s going to launch on Xbox Sequence X|S and PlayStation 5 on November 19. Rockstar just lately reaffirmed that launch date within the face of one other rumored delay.
