Take-Two: There Will Be No Physical Games In Twenty Years!

General news News 12/03/2017

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Take-Two’s president believes that the market will eventually be 100% digital.

Karl Slatoff, Take-Two Interactive‘s president, spoke at Credit Suisse’s conference, where he strictly said that physical games are dead in long-term. „I think over the long-term, it will be 100% [digital],” Slatoff said. “I just can’t predict whether that’s five years, 10 years, or 20 years. It’s probably less than 20 and maybe more than five, but I think it ultimately gets there. That’s the zeitgeist. Things are moving in that direction. Sony and Microsoft have done a nice job with their services. You’ve got more people on Xbox Live, more people on PSN, and it helps. […] The truth is physical retail is still the majority of our business and very important partners of ours, and we want to do everything we can to support that environment. And we do. They’re very strong marketing and distribution partners for us. But again, it’s out of our control. Whether we want it or not, it looks like it’s going to happen eventually,” he said.

Indeed, Steam, PlayStation Store, and Xbox Live all offer comfortable access to the games, and Slatoff’s twenty-year prediction doesn’t feel too far-fetched either.

Source: GamesIndustry

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