Overview
- In a CNBC interview, Strauss Zelnick said the industry is trending toward PC and open business models, while the console-style, big-screen game experience will persist.
- He described the current market split between console and mobile as roughly even, with mobile growing faster than consoles.
- CNBC reported that Microsoft’s Xbox has hinted at more PC-based thinking for its next generation of hardware.
- Valve drew attention last week with the announcement of a new Steam Machine that can run PC games on a television or as a standard gaming PC.
- PC Gamer noted the irony that Grand Theft Auto 6 still lacks a PC announcement despite Take-Two’s PC-forward framing.