Take-Two is the company behind Grand Theft Auto V and will release Red Dead Redemption 2. What do they think about the battle royale successes of PUBG or Fortnite? Are they planning to have such a mode themselves?
A few days ago, a leak regarding Red Dead Redemption 2 surfaced. It stated that the western shooter aims to include a battle royale mode. There is also a similar mode in Grand Theft Auto V called Motor Wars, which puts vehicles more in the spotlight than the market leaders.
Is Take-Two planning to venture into the territories of PUBG and Fortnite in the future?
Derivatives never as successful as the original
In an earnings call, CEO of Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, commented on the current battle royale phenomenon. Zelnick made it clear that they acknowledged this success, but they have doubts whether future derivatives of this game concept will be as successful.
Even if variations are well-made, they never work as well as the original because that was an unexpected innovation, the CEO said.
Zelnick returns to Red Dead Redemption. Back in 2010, western video games were generally thought to be dead. Rockstar took a high creative risk in developing such a game. Nevertheless, they achieved significant success with the unusual title.
Ultimately, we do what the players want
Furthermore, it is hard to motivate employees at Rockstar and 2K to simply create a variant of an existing game. After all, they see themselves as a place where highly creative people can work safely.
Nonetheless, Zelnick does not rule out that they will release a battle royale game. Ultimately, it is their job to listen to the players’ wishes and give them what they want.
More about the leak regarding Red Dead Redemption 2:
Leak about Red Dead Redemption 2: Deeper focus on online than GTA V
