Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has reacted to the release of Nintendo’s recent Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. He said the game is “terrific” and that Nintendo should be “very proud of the title.”
But is it a competitor to GTA 6, which hails from Take-Two’s Rockstar Games? Zelnick told GamesBeat that in the entertainment business, “You compete against everything and nothing.”
Everything, he said, because consumers have so many choices about how to spend their time and money. And nothing because entertainment is not “must-have” like gas or groceries, so people will only buy if they feel compelled to.
“So it’s our job to make the best entertainment on Earth. When we do that, people will show up for it,” he said.
This isn’t the first time that the Ocarina of Time remake has been brought up in a conversation about the biggest games of 2026. Activision marketing chief Tyler Bahl recently said GTA 6 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 are the two biggest games of 2026, not Zelda. “No offense to Zelda,” he said.
The Ocarina of Time remake is doing great so far in terms of review scores, currently standing as the highest-rated game of 2026. The game’s sales numbers haven’t been divulged yet, but its release is helping Switch 2 hardware sales.
As for GTA 6, the game launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. You can also stream it to your Xbox One as part of Microsoft’s new 10-year deal with Take-Two.
