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GTA HD Collection hasn’t been ruled out by Take-Two

Take-Two has refused to rule out the possibility of releasing a Grand Theft Auto HD Collection for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Speaking during its latest earnings call overnight, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said the publishing giant can see the appeal of taking an older property and revamping it for new hardware.

“In any given year we and our key competitors launch new intellectual properties and new iterations of older properties. And occasionally, when we see a platform shift, we will take an old property and create an iteration of that in a very similar form for next-gen,” commented Zelnick.

“And we wouldn’t rule anything out. That would be driven by the market opportunity that we perceive, and the potential for delivering a quality release. And that would be very much something that also would be driven by the passion of our labels [Rockstar and 2K].

“Our labels are driven by the desire to delight consumers and pursue their creative passions, and that’s been a formula that’s worked extraordinarily well for this company for the past seven years [referring to the takeover…] So we don’t have a policy answer to it, except our job around here is to make sure that consumers are thrilled; to deliver the very best titles in the marketplace and to make sure that for the top creative talent industry that this is the number one place to work.”

Elsewhere, Zelnick also revealed that Grand Theft Auto V has sold 34 million copies worldwide since its launch in September 2013.

Take-Two is preparing to release a next-generation version of GTA V in November, featuring a series of visual enhancements, new wildlife, additional radio stations, and more.