Nintendo NX Update: Will Nintendo Be Open To More Mature Games In The Future? [VIDEO]
Nintendo might have just revealed that it lost a whopping 24.5 billion yen in its most recent financial report, but the embattled gaming firm continues to have its avid supporters. One of these comes from a gaming firm as far from Nintendo as one could imagine, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive, Strauss Zelnick, who has stated that his company is eagerly anticipating the release of Nintendo's upcoming gaming machine.
In an interview with Gamesindustry, Zelnick asserted that he and his firm are sincere believers in Nintendo, even stating that Take-Two Interactive is quite enthusiastic about the upcoming release of the NX.
"We're believers. We never want to count Nintendo out. They do it over and over and over again. So we feel pretty enthusiastic actually," he said.
Zelnick further stated that Nintendo is one gaming company that must never be counted out. As the undisputed veteran in the gaming industry, Nintendo has developed a pretty solid reputation of being a company that pleasantly surprises the market time and again.
"They come to market, they do really well, and then they sort of exit the market for a period of time. They've been doing it for like 150 years, and that company has been doing the same thing," he said.
"They're really thoughtful, they come to market with something they really think is going to work, more often than not it really works, it blows up and then eventually they let it decline and they move on to the next thing. They don't mind having time in between."
Zelnick has also previously stated that his firm is open to bringing some of its most notable titles to the Nintendo NX. In fact, the rumors even emerged that Take-Two is open to the idea of releasing the highly-anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 on the Nintendo NX.
If Nintendo does agree to open its doors to Take-Two's offerings, it would certainly revolutionize the lineup of games offered by the Japanese gaming veteran. After all, most of Take-Two's most prominent titles are rated Mature, such as Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, and if history is anything to go by, Nintendo has mostly stayed away from games with mature content.
However, times are changing and the video game industry is evolving. Nintendo just had a wake-up call when Pokémon GO, a mobile app that it simply supported, caused its stocks to surge dramatically. Thus, if Nintendo wants to get back to the top of the gaming pyramid, it might be time for the veteran gaming firm to try new things once more.
