{"id":119574,"date":"2026-04-30T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-talks-gta-6-jitters-zynga-turnaround\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:26:58","slug":"take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-talks-gta-6-jitters-zynga-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/take-two-ceo-strauss-zelnick-talks-gta-6-jitters-zynga-turnaround\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick Talks &#8216;GTA 6&#8217; Jitters, Zynga Turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/take-two-interactive\/\" id=\"auto-tag_take-two-interactive\" data-tag=\"take-two-interactive\">Take-Two Interactive<\/a> CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/strauss-zelnick\/\" id=\"auto-tag_strauss-zelnick\" data-tag=\"strauss-zelnick\">Strauss Zelnick<\/a> admitted that he\u2019s wrestling with some nervousness around the long-awaited launch of \u201cGrand Theft Auto 6\u201d in November. He also addressed the turnaround at Take-Two\u2019s Zynga and the importance of investing in original properties during his conversation at the inaugural Interactive Innovation Conference in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZelnick spoke April 28 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas with Jennifer Maas, <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s senior business writer for TV and video games. Take-Two\u2019s unveiling of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/gta-6\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gta-6\" data-tag=\"gta-6\">GTA 6<\/a>\u201d is expected to deliver a blockbuster performance to the company that operates a collection of major gaming labels including Rockstar Games, 2K and Zynga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re blessed that we have some of the greatest creative talent on earth working inside the four walls of Take-Two and all of our affiliates. And I\u2019ve always felt like the way you create hits is to find the most talented people, encourage them to work within your system and then give them unlimited resources \u2014 financial, creative, technical and human \u2014 to pursue their passion,\u201d Zelnick said. \u201cWhen that happens and the team delivers a property, it\u2019s in our job as a broader organization to do a better job with worldwide marketing and distribution than anyone else, and then to run a rational business that makes sound decisions with no drama and does it over and over again every day. And so creative independence is a hallmark of creative success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRockstar Games\u2019 \u201cGTA 6\u201d is the first new edition to the blockbuster franchise since <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2013\/digital\/news\/grand-theft-auto-v-earns-800-million-in-a-day-more-than-worldwide-haul-of-man-of-steel-1200616706\/\">the 2013 release of \u201cGTA 5\u201d set sales records for Take-Two and the industry.<\/a> Zelnick acknowledged that the pressure is magnified with the upcoming title, but notes that he typically sweats out all the company\u2019s big initiatives, for good reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI run so scared with regard to all of our releases \u2014 just multiply it by a billion this time around,\u201d Zelnick said. \u201cAnd I think the minute you stop running scared, you better get a different job if you\u2019re in the entertainment business. Because [if] you claim success before you have it \u2014 you will largely be wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZelnick wouldn\u2019t divulge any details on the price of the game, which Take-Two has yet to specify, other than to say that the company is mindful of the moment for consumers. \u201cHow do we deliver something amazing and how do we make sure that what people pay for it feels very reasonable,\u201d Zelnick said of the considerations the company is weighing. He affirmed Maas\u2019 query that news on the game\u2019s pricing will come \u201csoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTake-Two has resisted the temptation to stock the \u201cGTA\u201d world with product placement and brand integration deals, despite the easy profit that could surely generate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe need to be true to the underlying intellectual property and we need to be true to our consumers,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a fictional world and everything in it is fictional. So we\u2019re not even at risk of doing brand partnerships because all the brands are made up. And I think that keeps us pure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBut for other Take-Two games such as its NBA-related titles, \u201cbrands naturally exist within NBA. And as long as we present them in a natural way, in a way that\u2019s consistent with what you\u2019d experience at a basketball game, it\u2019s great. It\u2019s additive to the experience,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe conversation also touched on the roller-coaster ride that Take-Two has had since its 2022 acquisition of mobile game factory Zynga. Zelnick, who became chairman of Take-Two in 2007 and CEO in 2011, was humble in detailing how he bought Zynga for $12.7 billion at the top of the market, just before demand for mobile gaming began to fall. And then the company hit a dry spell on new games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe hardest thing to do is to make mobile hits. Mobile has the lowest hit ratio in the interactive entertainment business,\u201d Zelnick said. \u201cWe dug deep and we have a spectacular team at Zynga run by [president] Frank Gibeau. And we\u2019d gotten to know each other for three years and we knew we were culturally aligned and we knew we were strategically aligned. We were heading in the same direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn recent months, Zynga has rebounded into \u201ca hit creating machine within mobile and has done other acquisitions, and has had enormous organic growth with games like \u2018Match Factory,\u2019 \u2018Color Block Jam\u2019 and many others,\u201d Zelnick said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a spectacular deal for us, but it wasn\u2019t without its bumps in the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tZelnick conceded that Zynga and other social casino game makers are facing new competitive heat from prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine that in the land of prediction markets eating the lunch of the fantasy-sports businesses, that somehow social casino [games] will be exempt from that pressure. I don\u2019t see how it could be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe costliest thing that Take-Two manages is the investment in developing new ideas and harnessing the potential of cutting-edge technology to deliver mind-blowing gaming experiences for fans. But without original ideas in the product pipeline, the company would wither on the vine despite its many long-running hits, Zelnick observed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s deeply frustrating when we invest in something over a long period of time and then it fails, but it would be more frustrating to be burning the furniture to keep the house warm. That doesn\u2019t pan out well at all in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTo reinforce his point, Zelnick shared a story about how he pulled the plug on a planned sequel for one of Take-Two\u2019s prominent franchises because he could feel the lack of passion for the project in the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe had a greenlight meeting years ago, and it was about a sequel to one of our franchises. There was something in the room, some vibe in the room I wasn\u2019t comfortable with,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I said to the producer, \u2018Listen, let\u2019s pause. How excited are you about working on this title?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, I know we\u2019re making this sequel and I feel good about making the sequel.\u2019 I said, \u2018You\u2019re not answering the question. And how excited are you?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Well, candidly, I\u2019m not all that excited about working on it.\u2019 I said, \u2018Well, let\u2019s end the meeting right here. We\u2019re just not doing that.\u2019 So what would make us want to work again on legacy intellectual property would be because the team\u2019s super-juiced about doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/gaming\/news\/gta-6-take-two-strauss-zelnick-zynga-iicon-conference-1236733784\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick admitted that he\u2019s wrestling with some nervousness around the long-awaited launch of \u201cGrand Theft Auto 6\u201d in November. He also addressed the turnaround at Take-Two\u2019s Zynga and the importance of investing in original properties during his conversation at the inaugural Interactive Innovation Conference in Las Vegas. 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