Take-Two CEO Optimistic About Nintendo Switch 2

We're just weeks away from the highly anticipated launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, and amidst the buzz about pricing, tariffs, and game key cards, one third-party publisher, Take-Two Interactive, is expressing strong confidence in the new console.

During a recent Q&A session with investors following the company's full-year earnings report, Take-Two Interactive's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, shared his "great optimism" regarding Nintendo's latest platform. Zelnick highlighted that the support from Nintendo for third-party publishers has significantly improved compared to previous experiences:

"We're launching four titles with Nintendo Switch 2, and that's I think a bigger array of releases than we've ever offered before with a new Nintendo platform. Historically, being a third party in the Nintendo business has been a bit challenging. I think Nintendo has been very forthcoming in addressing that. And we're stepping up too, because we have great optimism for the platform. In terms of what we would bring to any platform, we address it on a case-by-case basis, we obviously want to be where the consumers are. But we would not necessarily bring every title to every platform. There are also great catalog opportunities as well."

Take-Two Interactive is set to release four titles on the Nintendo Switch 2, including Civilization 7 on launch day (June 5), the NBA 2K and WWE 2K series (specific titles and release dates yet to be announced), and Borderlands 4 on September 12. While these titles are not surprising given Take-Two's previous releases on the original Nintendo Switch, Zelnick's comments suggest that the company might consider bringing more titles from their catalog to the new console in the future. Although GTA 6 is unlikely to be among them, there's a possibility that GTA V could make an appearance down the line.

In a pre-call discussion with Zelnick about the company's quarterly performance, we also touched on the development timeline of GTA 6 and the recent decision to delay its release until next year.