Industry Fallout from GTA IV Delay

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » August 10th, 2007, 7:00

Industry Fallout from GTA IV Delay
SET writes "MSNBC has an interesting writeup on the shakeups in the gaming industry following Take-Two's announcement that Grand Theft Auto IV has been delayed. The article examines the problems this creates for Microsoft and Sony, both of whom were expecting GTA IV to help boost Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 sales this coming Christmas. 'Analyst Michael Pachter told Web site GamesIndustry.biz that he believes Rockstar has delayed the game because it is struggling with development on the PlayStation 3. Sony denies this charge and said that the company has a dedicated team working with Rockstar on "GTA IV." They say they're not that worried about the delay and would prefer that Rockstar take the time it needs to perfect the game. "We'd love to have [it] out as soon as possible," said Sony spokesperson Dave Karakker. "But we've never had a single game make or break any of our platforms. That's not how we built 100 million sales of [the] PlayStation 2, and that's not how we'll build 100 million in sales of [the] PlayStation 3."'"

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Post by **FatherJack** » August 10th, 2007, 13:12

we've never had a single game make or break any of our platforms

Except for Gran Turismo on the PS. And on the PS2.

Post by **FatherJack** » August 10th, 2007, 13:13

FatherJack wrote:
we've never had a single game make or break any of our platforms
Except for Gran Turismo on the PS. And on the PS2.

Sure there were other big games, but these are the ones that got them into more homes than anyone else's console.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 10th, 2007, 13:14

FatherJack wrote:
we've never had a single game make or break any of our platforms
Except for Gran Turismo on the PS. And on the PS2.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » August 10th, 2007, 15:21

That and Final Fantasy.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 10th, 2007, 16:40

Xbox and Halo? It made me buy it at launch.

eion · Post by **eion** » August 10th, 2007, 17:18

spoodie wrote:Xbox and Halo? It made me buy it at launch.

This, plus Project Gotham, plus the prospect of Morrowind.
And I got mine just after US launch and bought a transformer to use it in the UK.

Post by **deject** » August 10th, 2007, 17:22

I would think that they need to have a whole team helping out Rockstar means the PS3 is pretty hard to develop for, right?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 10th, 2007, 17:34

eion wrote:And I got mine just after US launch and bought a transformer to use it in the UK.

That was a fucking Gobot and you know it

eion · Post by **eion** » August 10th, 2007, 17:46

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:That was a fucking Gobot and you know it

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 10th, 2007, 17:50

eion wrote:You should be ashamed of yourself.

I am. Always.

eion · Post by **eion** » August 10th, 2007, 17:51

Dr. kitteny berk wrote: I am. Always.

Ashamed as in emo-cut-yourself ashamed.