{"id":109941,"date":"2020-03-06T00:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/359194"},"modified":"2020-03-06T00:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:39:00","slug":"take-two-ceo-covid-19-may-make-believers-out-of-remote-work-skeptics-in-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/take-two-ceo-covid-19-may-make-believers-out-of-remote-work-skeptics-in-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Take-Two CEO: COVID-19 may make believers out of remote work skeptics in games"},"content":{"rendered":"

“One unexpected consequence [of the COVID-19 outbreak] is a lot of us who are skeptical about remote work are gonna be less skeptical about it.”<\/strong><\/em><\/big><\/p>\n

– Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, speaking today at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference.<\/em><\/p>\n

Take-Two Interactive chief Strauss Zelnick told an audience<\/a> at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference today that he expects the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak will make believers out of some remote work skeptics in the game industry.<\/p>\n

“I actually think one of the things that might come out of this, if it\u2019s as widespread as I think it will be, one unexpected consequence is a lot of us who are skeptical about remote work are gonna be less skeptical about it,” Zelnick said. “I\u2019m one of them, by the way; I\u2019m not a big believer in remote work. But I think I may be surprised.”<\/p>\n

It’s an illuminating response, one that came in answer to a question about whether or not the Take-Two CEO expects game makers working remotely due to COVID-19 concerns will be less productive than they would be in the office. The question specifically referenced Take-Two’s staff in California, but it comes right as Bungie, Microsoft, and other companies are making a show of allowing employees to work remotely for an extended period.<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re gonna have to find a way to be just as productive at home,” said Zelnick. “We have access to technology.”<\/p>\n

He went on to predict “a significant change, maybe a long-lasting change, in business travel” across the game industry as the COVID-19 outbreak continues and more business is conducted remotely via videoconferencing platforms like Zoom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“One unexpected consequence [of the COVID-19 outbreak] is a lot of us who are skeptical about remote work are gonna be less skeptical about it.” – Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, speaking today at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. Take-Two Interactive chief Strauss Zelnick told an audience at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}