{"id":1959647,"date":"2026-05-28T12:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1959647"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:17:24","slug":"take-two-boss-says-former-rockstar-employees-have-tried-to-match-gtas-success-and-failed-and-we-all-know-which-game-hes-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1959647","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two Boss Says ‘Former Rockstar Employees’ Have Tried to Match GTA’s Success and Failed \u2014 and We All Know Which Game He’s Talking About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strauss Zelnick, boss of GTA 6<\/a> publisher Take-Two Interactive, has discussed the difficulties of developing a hit video game \u2014 and dropped what sounds like a obvious nod to MindsEye<\/a> in the process. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

MindsEye is, of course, the notorious first game from Build a Rocket Boy \u2014 the studio set up by former Rockstar veteran Leslie Benzies. After years in development and enormous metaverse ambitions<\/a>, MindsEye ultimately arrived as a buggy and poorly-received flop<\/a>, resulting in hundreds of layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Making hits seems to get harder and harder and harder as entertainment industries mature,” Zelnick said, speaking<\/a> at the TD Cowen 54th Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. “The folks at Rockstar seem to be able to make these massive hits, and lots of other people have tried. Lots and lots, including former Rockstar employees. And so far, they haven’t been able to do it.<\/p>\n

“Doesn’t mean they can’t in the future, by the way,” Zelnick continued. “We’re always running scared. But it won’t be technology that changes the game. What’ll change is that some extraordinarily creative individual or individuals will show up and do something astonishing. Our goal is to get those people to work within the Take-Two system. If we fail to do that, we fail.”<\/p>\n