GTA IV Delayed Into Next Year 138
1up has the news that Take Two is moving Grand Theft Auto IV's release out to Spring 2008. Sam Houser (the executive producer for Rockstar Games) says that the demands of creating games for the new consoles, along with the scope of the game, forced their hand to maintain the quality they wanted. "'With Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar is setting a new standard for next generation video games,' stated Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two. 'Certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected, especially given the commitment for a simultaneous release on two very different platforms. We all recognize that perfecting the game is vital and I can assure everyone it will be worth the wait.'"
The delay sucks but there are plenty of other game (Score:3, Interesting)
It sucks if you're a Take Two share holder though. Take Two & Rockstar would give Imagine [nvg.ntnu.no] a run for their money for fiscal mismanagement, broken promises and delays.
No marketing emails about this one eh? (Score:4, Interesting)
Yeah, this is a jab at Take-Two for repeatedly sending marketing emails out about a release date for a trailer for GTA IV. No, not a release date for the game, just a release date for a short trailer that shows very little if anything about the game.
I thought it was a bit excessive for them to email multiple times about a trailer. I can see emailing once, but I got a number of emails about the same thing. Wow, big deal guys. I would have been more interested in the later emails if they were going to be showing something of substance in the trailers, but they just showed some typical cutscene-style stuff. Blah, sure I'm burning karma with this post but I found it a bit frustrating to get constantly teased about a game (no, not even the game, a TRAILER for the game) and shown almost nothing. Now the game is delayed but of course I didn't receive that in my email inbox, did I?
Re:I wonder how this will affect Sony (Score:4, Interesting)
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet and Clank Future
Call of Duty 4 (cross platform)
Warhawk
Home (not exactly a game)
SingStar (will sell in Europe)
Assassin's Creed (cross platform)
Haze
Half Life 2 Orange Box (cross platform)
Rock Band (cross platform)
Guitar Hero 3 (cross platform)
Unreal Tournament 3
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Devil May Cry 4 (cross platform ?)
and some sports games
that's a pretty good list of highlights. Some will probably end up being delayed.
Re:I wonder how this will affect Sony (Score:0, Interesting)
Sony has a HUGE library of AAA exclusives coming out in the next 1-6 months so they will be fine.
Helps them, as it hurts Microsoft (Score:3, Interesting)
This delay is to let the 360 HDD req. sink in (Score:4, Interesting)
It seems like this move might be giving Rockstar enough time to re-tool the game to take advantage of the HDD requirement by allowing for more content (which would also benefit the PS3), and at the same time letting the HDD requirement for games sink into the buying populace and see how well it works out.
Time to write off Manhunt 2? (Score:4, Interesting)
The "M" rating is no longer a sure bet for GTA - and GTA is franchise gold. Rockstar has to get this one right.
2008 is a presidential election year - an election will almost certainly turn on core issues like Iraq and health care.
But it is all to easy to picture Rockstar in a another spectacular PR crack-up, the center of a messy, politically-charged debate over video game violence.
The REAL reason they're delaying it... (Score:1, Interesting)
(It costs extra for hot coffee time, after all.)