Rockstar Games has quietly addressed the future of Grand Theft Auto Online following the release of Grand Theft Auto VI in November.
GTA Online is Rockstar’s biggest money maker, but it’s been unknown for a while what exactly happens to the platform after GTA VI releases.
Many assumed that Rockstar would simply migrate its online platforms over to GTA VI, given that the game is already set to smash sales targets and become the most successful game of the year.
That doesn’t necessarily seem to be the case, however, following a new comment from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick during Tuesday’s quarterly financial call, who confirmed no plans to slow down the cash cow.
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“Look, Rockstar Games is the locus of information about, you know, where the titles go content and marketing, and generally, we have a pretty light touch when we talk about the label’s creative activities,” Zelnick said on the call (via Kotaku).
“At the same time, I have every reason to believe we’ll continue to support GTA Online. There’s a great community that loves it, that stays engaged.
“And again in this quarter, Rockstar has shown that when you deliver great additional content, despite how long [GTA Online] has been at market, people show up.”
Take-Two Continues To Support Games Which Have Active Communities
Zelnick has also previously stated that “we support our properties when the consumers are involved with those titles”.
He added: “As an example, we launched NBA 2K Online in China, I think originally in 2012 if I'm not mistaken. And then we launched NBA 2K Online 2 in China in 2017. If I'm not mistaken. We did not sunset Online 1.
“They both are still in the market and they serve consumers and they're alive and we have this massive audience… So we've shown a willingness to support legacy titles when a community wants to be engaged with them.”
Considering GTA Online’s huge success, even nearly 13 years after launch, it sounds like the game is in no danger of being shuttered for the time being.
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However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that GTA Online will still be supported once GTA VI’s own multiplayer mode takes off.
Rockstar typically launches its online modes a little while after launch, with GTA Online coming out around two weeks after GTA V’s launch, while Red Dead Online released around six months after Red Dead Redemption 2 came out.
Topics: GTA Online, Rockstar Games, Take-Two, Grand Theft Auto, GTA, GTA 5, GTA 6