The company behind “Grand Theft Auto 6” tried to spin the game’s delayed release as a good thing during an earnings call on Thursday.
“I believe affording Rockstar additional time for such a groundbreaking project is a worthy investment,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said.
Zelnick went so far as to call the crime-filled video game the “most anticipated entertainment property of all time.”
Wall Street doesn’t seem to be buying it, however.
Rockstar Games, which produces the “Grand Theft Auto” series, announced on May 2 that the game’s release would be delayed until 2026. The announcement sent shares of Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, tumbling by more than 8%.
Take-Two’s stock dipped again on Thursday ahead of the company’s earnings call. The…