With latest rumors swirling across the potential for a successor to the Nintendo Change, many followers and builders have been involved a couple of doable lack of backward compatibility for such a console. And whereas the decision hasn’t fairly been delivered on whether or not or not a “Change 2” would have the function, one main writer does not appear too involved in regards to the prospect: Take-Two Interactive.
Talking to IGN forward of the corporate’s Q1 earnings announcement, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said that he felt backwards compatibility was “a profit to shoppers.” Nonetheless, he added that he’d “be shocked if platforms did not provide that with an improve that’s type of mid-cycle, nonetheless I am not sure it is a must-have.”
Zelnick’s response was a curious one – my preliminary query had talked about upcoming rumored console upgrades (particularly rumors of a PS5 Professional), however had honed in on asking a couple of Nintendo Change successor particularly. So I adopted up by asking him if he thought-about the Nintendo Change to be “mid-cycle.”
Zelnick replied: “Stays to be seen.”
Now, an imminent successor to the Change remains to be absolutely within the “rumor” part, even when these rumors are steadily rising extra credible, so it is comprehensible that Zelnick is not desirous about saying something that may by chance reveal specifics of a brand new console earlier than Nintendo has one thing to say about it. However I did ask him if Take-Two could be an early supporter of a brand new Nintendo system as they had been with the Nintendo Change, to which he replied, “nearly definitely.”
If dev kits are certainly within the wild, Take-Two would doubtless be one of many first corporations to have them in hand, that means that no matter is occurring with the Change, Take-Two is probably going poised to have video games of some variety within the chamber for no matter Nintendo has cooking subsequent. Backward compatibility or no. It is also value noting that Take-Two and Rockstar had been just lately criticized by followers for the announcement of Pink Useless Redemption on Change and PS4 at a $50 worth level. The sport is already out there on fashionable Xbox consoles through backward compatibility for simply $30, and that model runs in 4K.
Take-Two’s Q1 earnings revealed that Grand Theft Auto 5 has as soon as once more offered one other 5 million copies, bringing it to a grand complete of over 185 million lifetime unit gross sales. Pink Useless Redemption 2 has achieved over 55 million models, and NBA2K23 has offered over 13 million, making it the second-highest promoting NBA 2K sport after NBA 2K20.
In complete, the corporate posted internet bookings for the quarter of $1.2 billion (up 20% year-over-year) and is getting ready to launch three “immersive core video games” this yr, together with NBA 2K24, WWE 2K24, and one unnamed title coming late within the fiscal yr. The writer continues to trace at preparations for a large following yr in fiscal 2025, which we suspect would possibly imply the discharge of the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto 6, amongst different video games.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Obtained a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.
