"We’re seeking perfection. And when we feel we’ve optimized creatively, that’s the time to release," said Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick. "And we’re all in this together. In terms of motivations and incentives, the financial incentives of everyone who works at this company are aligned with those of the shareholders. So we essentially have — call it what you will, we have profit sharing plans throughout the company at the operating level. And at the senior level, compensation is driven largely by TSR. So our goal is to align the interest of everyone who works there with the interest of the shareholders. That keeps us all pointing in the same direction. So you are right, there is inherent tension potentially between getting something to market and creating perfection, but this company errs on the side of perfection."
Perfection is a big ask, but with how well GTA 5 has stood the test of time (helped by countless re-releases, of course), it'll no doubt be worth it when we have GTA 6 in our hands.
In the meantime, it's back to GTA 5 — a game we reckon still holds up as one of the best Xbox open world games out there.
