This couldn’t be a worse decision by T2. Be it a portfolio balancing or not, they are losing money and time. Frankly, the prospect of them getting bought out doesn’t seem to falter their decision to hold back on the release. They will lose money in the long run. No one is going to be playing Grand Theft Auto for four more months while there is nothing new in Grand Theft Auto. Other than the fact that Liberty City is a wonder in itself with endless alleys and streets, there is only so much a gamer will play before they stop playing. This is especially true when they don’t have any new content. Same thing was happening during Call of Duty 4 until they patched.
In the move by Microsoft promising the release of the DLC in Autumn, gamers are sure to be upset when this news hits them knowing they won’t get the DLC for another month. Frankly, it doesn’t bother me because I don’t play GTA 4 and don’t want to anymore. I’ve seen it, played it, lived it and had enough of it. The DLC can come out in 2 years but it will only hurt Take-Two in the ongoing buyout that seems will never end. This will only make EA want to keep their attack on T2 up.
I hope T2 doesn’t get bought out, but with this setback in the plans for the release it’s sure going to bring some more hype into the release. Bring more publicity towards the game once again as it gears up for it’s 5 week on top of the charts. With 78% of T2 total publishing revenue for the quarter coming from GTA 4, it really is the only thing making, and keeping T2 alive. But could it also be the one thing that brings them down in the end?
Via: Eurogamer
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Hmm you shouldn’t have posted this :P....I’m sick of hearing about DLC as I am sure a lot of other people are (except Xbox 360 fans that is). As for gamers not playing it anymore, I don’t think that would be really true. As of last night I was playing Vice City Multi Player, I think people will mostly do online play plus either replay the story like 10 million times and do exploration. I haven’t played 4 yet because I don’t own a console but I think if it does come for PC, we might play it for a long time. However we will see what happens.
Well that’s PC, and even though it is going into the fifth week of top charts, all my friends who were playing it aren’t play it anymore. I agree, people will play it a couple more times over but it won’t take nearly as long to do as the first time. Plus, we are talking about GTA4, not vice city and the fact that some people are still playing that is odd to me. I never hear of anyone playing that now-a-days. I too have seen many posts on this but the fact still remains, it has been delayed. Delaying is ok, but the reason behind it is totally stupid. It’s a dumb reason that makes little sense to me.
Playing GTA online is always going to be a trip. GTA online didn’t come around for a long time and the fact that you can play people from all over is just too much of a draw. But lemme ask you this. What (hit) game doesn’t still have people playing Multiplayer? Call of Duty, still has people playing it. Battlefield 2 still has people playing it. Battlefield 1942 still has people playing it. I can go on and on and on about how most hit multiplayer game’s online is still alive. GTA only came out a month ago and all I’m saying is that the game will suffer. I didn’t imply that there wouldn’t be anyone playing it and it would be dead.
Naw man, Vice City and San Andreas are still played games for the fun of it. They are also very popular online...hundred of people play SAMP and like 100 play Vice City. I mean it’s not alot but MP is not a big thing. I honestly can’t say for GTA 4 as yet since it’s console only. The game is not near it’s peak till it hits the PC systems. Only then will it flourish. What can you really do to it on the console, you can’t mod the cars or make funny maps and mods. I guess the DLC is the only thing fans have to look forward. But I don’t really see the big deal about DLC, it’s just way over-rated if you ask me....like porno magazines.
well i just hope a lot of people will still play GTA since it is a good car game.