Take-Two Boss Acknowledges Zelda Remake's High Score Ahead Of GTA VI Launch

There's been a lot of conversation online about the Zelda remake and Grand Theft Auto going head-to-head this month.

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

He politely responded, saying "it's terrific" and Nintendo should be "very proud of the title".

As for the idea of the two games competing against each other, the CEO of Rockstar's parent company didn't really acknowledge any direct "competition", but more broadly, believes "you compete against everything and nothing" in the entertainment business.

Here's what he had to say:

"In the entertainment business, you compete against everything and nothing. Everything because there’s so many ways consumers can spend their time, and nothing because if there’s nothing good out there, people don’t need to consume any of it. It’s like food; like food could be bad, but you still are going to be hungry. But in the case of entertainment, it’s not a must-have; it’s a want to have. So it’s our job to make the best entertainment on earth. When we do that, people will show up for it.”

In his words, if it's the "best entertainment on earth", then "people will show up for it".

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

And if you're wondering about the possibility of a Switch 2 version, Nintendo of America's president has recently said it's a "conversation for Take-Two and Rockstar". Earlier this week, Rockstar also confirmed GTA VI will run at 30fps on PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X|S. It will be available on Xbox One through Xbox Cloud Gaming, too.