Don't expect Take-Two Interactive to throw their hat into music games just yet.
During a Q&A session at the end of Take-Two's second quarter financial results conference call, an analyst asked if Take-Two was considering entering the genre.
"Possibly," said Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick. "There's nothing that we've disclosed on the release schedule right now. Is it a music genre? Is it a rhythm genre? It all remains to be seen how that genre holds up over time, and that's terribly important when you invest in AAA properties that you expect people to play for over 20 hours."
Zelnick said Take-Two's thoughts on moving into the music game genre were better suited for a conversation over coffee, instead of nailing down any specifics.
The publisher has been very aggressive with music initiatives related to "Grand Theft Auto", but has little experience in the genre itself.
However, Take-Two is scheduled to release "Beaterator," a music mixing game collaboration with artist Timbaland, sometime in 2009.
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