“It’s awesome” – Take-Two Boss acknowledges Zelda Remake’s high score ahead of GTA VI launch

There has been a lot of chatter online about the Zelda and Grand Theft Auto remake this month.

GamesBeat has now asked Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick what he thinks about this and Ocarina of Time’s current Metacritic score of 96/100.

He responded politely, stating that the game’s score was “terrific” and that Nintendo should be “very proud of the title.”

As for the idea of ​​the two games going head-to-head, the CEO of Rockstar’s parent company didn’t really acknowledge it. direct “competition”, but more broadly, believes “that we are in competition against everything and nothing” in the entertainment sector.

Here’s what he had to say:

“In the entertainment business, you’re competing with everything and nothing. Everything because there are so many ways consumers can spend their time, and nothing because if there’s nothing good out there, people don’t need to consume it. It’s like food; like food might be bad, but you’ll still be hungry. But in entertainment, it’s not a must; it’s a want to have. So it’s our job to create the best entertainment on earth When we do that, people will show it ready for it.

According to him, if it’s the “best entertainment in the world”, then “people will come and see it”.

While Zelda’s Ocarina remake has done extremely well for Nintendo and early reports suggest its sales are off to a positive start in some locations, Grand Theft Auto VI (at least for now) has been called the most anticipated launch of all time. Pre-sales for the new entry have already exceeded expectations, and it is a digital-only release, with retail copies sold as a “code-in-a-box” version.

And if you’re wondering about the possibility of a Switch 2 version, the president of Nintendo of America recently said it was a “conversation between Take-Two and Rockstar.” Earlier this week, Rockstar also confirmed that GTA VI would run on 30 frames per second on PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X|S. It will also be available on Xbox One via Xbox Cloud Gaming.