Take-Two Interactive chief executive Strauss Zelnick.
Take-Two Interactive chief executive Strauss Zelnick.
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Take-Two CEO addresses potential disruption from new business models, distribution and tech

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, talked in an analyst call about how the company approaches new technologies and potential disruption from changes in gaming.

While Zelnick said a miss in bookings targets was due mostly to the weak economy and its effect on consumer buying, he said the company will stay the course on investing in its game development pipeline, especially on huge intellectual properties.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.