The gaming industry is receiving another launch reshuffle - launch of Rockstar’s pulse-pounding action genre Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox360 and PS3 has been deferred until next year. The game that was previously slated for a late 2007 launch has been pushed back to sometime mid 2008. Additional development time taken for completion has been mentioned the reason for postponement.
Consequently, launch delay has caused Take Two’s shares fell down by 16%, bagging a huge annual loss to the developer.
Immediately after confirmation of launch delay, speculations regarding episodic expansions have started surfacing that says expansion-packs will also be delayed. In response, Take Two has made it clear that expansions will maintain their previous announced release dates.
The latest announcement has made it firm that first downloadable pack will be on hands at the same time when game comes out, which is a good sign for both gamers as well as the developer, because players won’t have to wait long to get a new content - hence, everyone would strive for getting new downloadable content resulting in higher dispersion rate of the game.
Following Crysis, Halo 3, GOW (PC), Grand Theft Auto IV is amongst legendary titles that was about to makes its debut during Charismas time, but in wake of deferral, the gamers will have to wait for few more months for having a groundbreaking gaming experience.
Via: bbc
