When the most anticipated game, GTA 6, was announced in December 2023, along with the first teaser, its release on Xbox Series was only confirmed shortly, but the president of Take-Two pointed this out in a recent interview!

In a new interview cited by Rockstarintel, he responded Strauss-ZelnickCEO of Take-Two (parent company of developer and publisher Rockstar), to a question about the missing and unannounced PC version as we indicated in a previous article, along with many other questions about GTA and the company as a whole.

GTA Online and GTA V made huge profits

The interviewer pointed out that TD Cowen estimates that GTA V has so far generated around US$10 billion in bookings since its launch, which appears to be the case. Zelnik He agrees, saying it's "simple math", and then the next question moves on to GTA 6.

A new GTA 6 teaser is on the way

asked the interviewer Zelnik And when the company thinks about GTA 6 and what might be available and what it is working on, and is it confident that this series can take another leap in terms of revenue and reach? The CEO's answer was quite extensive and confirms just how big GTA is, as he said:

“The world is a different place than it was when we released GTA V. What came before it at that point was GTA IV, and we had some DLC, and there was no online version.”

He added:

“With GTA V, after 10-11 years, we are now the number one entertainment company of all time, in all forms of entertainment. When Rockstar released a trailer, the announcement of the trailer broke the internet and had 93 million views on YouTube in 24 hours, which was a record, and that was just the trailer. “The anticipation is huge and no one can deny it.”

However, we have yet to see actual gameplay from the sixth installment in the series and we don't know if it will be perfect at launch, and he realizes Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick It's just talk at the moment, as he said:

“That’s great, it’s a great data point, but we haven’t delivered an amazing, perfect video game yet. Until we do, these are all just words. “If we do that, which is certainly what Rockstar and Take-Two want, the opportunity is really huge.”

Is there a GTA 7 game on the horizon?

In the interview, when the Take-Two CEO was asked about the future of the GTA series after GTA 6, the interviewer jokingly interrupted him by saying "GTA 7?" to confirm that the question was about the distant future of the series, and not about a specific game currently in development.

The purpose of this jocular interjection was to soften the official interview a bit, add some humor and emphasize that the upcoming sixth part is still the main focus and that talking about GTA 7 is significantly premature.

After the joke about GTA 7, the interviewer returned to the original question about Rockstar's future ambitions with the series, where he wanted to know if the developer plans to shorten the time gap between major releases (like GTA 5 and GTA 6), and what their plans are for expanding the live service component (GTA Online) and if they are considering developing other titles beyond this series.

Zelnick responded that Rockstar has not stood still in the years since GTA V's release, but has worked hard to develop GTA Online into a massive and successful ecosystem. He also noted that they released the hit game Red Dead Redemption 2 during this time, and stressed that Rockstar has the resources and capabilities needed to achieve its future ambitions, whether that's developing the GTA series or other titles.

In short, the interview didn't provide specific details about Rockstar's future plans, but it did confirm the company's commitment to delivering high-quality content and meeting player expectations in the future.