In the course of the firm’s monetary convention name for traders and analysts, Take-Two Interactive Leisure president Karl Slatoff and CEO Strauss Zelnick broke down the plans for releases within the present fiscal 12 months and the following.
Following the reveal of the pipeline of video games in improvement and deliberate for launch by March 2026, Slatoff shared that through the present fiscal 12 months (by March 2024) Take-Two plans to launch 16 video games.
3 of them might be “immersive core” video games, which suggests AAA titles for consoles and PC, together with NBA 2K24 and WWE 2K24, on prime of an “eagerly anticipated new IP” from one of many writer’s premier studios. 2 of them might be “mid-core arcade titles” together with Lego 2K Drive. 2 of the video games might be iterations of beforehand launched video games, whereas 3 might be unbiased titles, together with Non-public Division and Piccolo Studio’s After Us. Lastly, 6 of the video games might be cellular, together with Star Wars Hunters.
For the next two fiscal years (by March 2026), Take-Two plans to launch 14 immersive core video games (together with 6 sport simulation video games), 2 mid-core video games (considered one of which might be sport-oriented), 4 new iterations of beforehand launched titles, 4 indie titles for Non-public Division together with the partnerships with Pokemon developer Sport Freak and with Weta Workshop, and 12 cellular video games.
As normal, it is price mentioning that that is only a snapshot of the pipeline, and among the video games may be canceled or delayed, whereas others could also be added to the checklist. In truth, right now’s announcement talked about that a number of video games that have been listed within the earlier iteration of the pipeline have been internally delayed and canceled.
Earlier within the ready remarks, Zelnick talked about that within the fiscal 12 months 2025 (between April 2024 and March 2025), the corporate plans to launch “a number of groundbreaking video games” that might allow the corporate to file a whopping $8 billion in internet bookings. After all, this presumably implies that the corporate intends to launch Grand Theft Auto 6 between April 2024 and March 2025, however in the mean time, no affirmation was offered and that is simply educated hypothesis.
We additionally hear that 44% of the upcoming titles are new IPs, whereas the remaining consists of new iterations of present franchises. Zelnick additionally expressed confidence within the skill to ship the video games listed within the pipeline, since Take-Two has been investing in it for a very long time.
By the way, requested about continued assist for old-gen consoles, he defined that Take-Two’s labels will proceed to assist platforms on which they imagine there is a significant viewers. If and when the viewers diminishes to some extent the place it isn’t economically viable, they will cease supporting a sure platform.
