Whereas the most important information out of Take-Two’s newest earnings name was a disappointing 6 month delay for GTA 6, CEO Strauss Zelnick additionally took a while to debate the success of August launch Mafia: The Outdated Nation. The prequel title was priced at simply $50 on launch, a big gamble that Zelnick says paid off.
A Mafia prequel set in Sicily within the early 1900s, Mafia: The Outdated Nation is extra linear and story-driven than different video games within the franchise. 2K video games promoted the title as a sophisticated, condensed expertise that does not require a large time dedication from gamers, and priced the sport to match.
Take-Two’s newest earnings report revealed that Mafia: The Outdated Nation rapidly outperformed the corporate’s expectations for it. “What we suspected was confirmed,” Zelnick stated in an interview with The Sport Enterprise. “Which is simply… if you happen to give customers an ideal narrative expertise that is quite a lot of enjoyable, considerably contained, and at a good worth, then you may have the proper end result.”
Within the earnings name, Zelnick stated that The Outdated Nation’s success means we are able to anticipate to see extra cinematic titles in the identical vein from Hangar 13, each within the Mafia franchise and in “future artistic pursuits.”
The Outdated Nation’s success was a excessive level in Take-Two’s incomes name, with the newest GTA 6 delay inflicting the corporate’s inventory worth to plummet, and the corporate revealing that Borderlands 4 did not carry out as nicely as Take-Two wished.
Take-Two subsidiary Rockstar Video games can be below hearth, having been accused of union-busting over the current firing of over 30 employees members. Whereas Rockstar claims it fired employees for “gross misconduct” over leaking GTA 6 secrets and techniques, the union claims affected staffers had been focused for partaking in union actions.
