GTA 6 Caused Gamers to Hold Off on Buying New Games — Including Take-Two's Own NBA 2K27, Strauss Zelnick Says

IGN 9 نوفمبر 2026، 21:41 1 قراءة

The behemoth that is GTA 6 looms large over the video game industry, and it’s so big that it not only caused the September crush of releases, but caused some gamers to hold off on buying new games entirely.

GTA 6 Caused Gamers to Hold Off on Buying New Games — Including Take-Two's Own NBA 2K27, Strauss Zelnick Says

A month after Paramount acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, its merged game division is laying people off

As investors ask about GTA 6 and AI, Take-Two CEO once again puts faith in dev creativity, states making hit games "remains the purview of human beings"

Take-Two expects to make as much as $3.5 billion during the GTA 6 launch period

GTA 6 pre-orders are tracking "well above expectations", says Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick in latest earnings call as he anticipates the game "setting a new baseline" for the company