Thu 2 Aug 2007
5:30 pm
Scratch one "must own" title off your X-mas list.
Oh, that can't be fun. Take Two announced today that what would have been its biggest game of the year is going to miss its ship date by a minimum of four months. Creating a next-gen title of the scope demanded by GTA apparently required more grunt-work than anticipated, and Grand Theft Auto IV is now slated for fiscal quarter 2, 2008. That would be some time between February and April to you and me, and well clear of the holiday shopping frenzy. What kind of dent that makes in GTAIV's potential sales remains to be seen, but if the game isn't done then no force on earth is getting it to retail any earlier.
On the plus side, it's one less game vying for attention at the end of the year. Speaking as a gamer with enough on his plate already, that's hardly anything I'm going to be complaining about.
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August 2nd, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I have to agree. While this came as a bit of a surprise to me I can’t say I’m overly disappointed. I think the only game that’d really upset me if it got delayed is Bioshock. There’s just way too many awesome to ridiculously awesome games coming out this fall.
August 2nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
For me personally, this is actually good news. I’ve got next to no chance to play this game with a three month old in tow. But next spring, when the little guy has a schedule and an 8 PM bedtime?
Booyah!
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Yeah. I was really looking forward to playing this, but now that gives me time to finish up Crackdown and some other ‘must play’ titles o my plate!
August 4th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
You know, on one hand, I’m glad because my wallet was already begging for mercy this fall. But on the other hand, this is the first GTA I’ll be buying, so I’m a little bummed that I need to wait.
Still, I guess I’d rather they took the extra time to iron out the kinks. If the game was released riddled with bugs and framerate problems, it would be kind of bitter-sweet.