Take-Two CEO Asked About GTA Remasters As Grand Theft Auto V Ships 140m

Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two offered a non-binding response when asked about the potential for remastering older Grand Theft Auto games on Monday.

During the company’s third-quarter earnings call, Take-Two revealed that Grand Theft Auto V has taken another major sales milestone.

“Grand Theft Auto V remains one of the most iconic titles ever to be released and it continues to exceed our expectations, having sold over 140 million units,” said Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two.

“In fact, in the 2020 calendar, more copies of Grand Theft Auto V were sold than in any other year except 2013, when it first launched on PS3 and Xbox 360.”

During the call’s question-and-answer session, an analyst suggested that it was likely that a significant portion of GTA V players had never played previous games in the series. Given the huge appetite for GTA content, he asked for Take-Two’s perspective on potential Grand Theft Auto remasters.

“That’s a great and encouraging question,” Zelnick replied. “I’m more inclined to leave this more as a statement than a question and any update to our release schedule will come from Rockstar Games.”

Rockstar is set to bring an “extended and improved” version of GTA V to next-gen consoles in the second half of 2021, including a standalone version of Grand Theft Auto Online that will be free for PS5 owners during the months. first three months.

The studio recently said that future updates to GTA Online will cover single-player gameplay as well as online co-op activities with The Cayo Perico Heist.

Earlier during Monday’s earnings call, Zelnick revealed that Red Dead Redemption 2 has now shipped 36 million units and NBA 2K21 has shipped eight million copies.

Take-Two also discussed its failed bid for Codemasters and said it will launch The Outer Worlds second expansion, Murder on Eridanos, before April 2021.