GTA IV May Be Delayed, Says Analyst. One Reason: Halo 3
By: César A. Berardini - "Cesar"
Jun. 1st, 2007 5:14 pm

Michael Pachter, a research analyst for Wedbush Morgan, issued a note to investors today, forecasting a delay of Grand Theft Auto IV.

The first reason Pachter alludes to is the fact that the game is currently schedule for release on October 16, a few days before the end of Take Two’s fiscal year. Pachter speculates that pushing back the game’s release a couple of weeks will have a significant impact on fiscal 2008 financials. The new management in charge of Take-Two needs to show the publisher’s investors it can do better than the predecessors it kicked out.

The second reason Pacther refers to is Halo 3.

No one would have ever thought that Microsoft could release the third installment in the Halo series outside its traditional November launch window. Now, with a confirmed Sept. 25 release date, Halo 3 has changed the plans of many publishers, including Take-Two and its Rockstar Games division.

Pachter believes that pushing back the release of GTA IV a couple of weeks will be beneficial for both titles.

Furthermore, Pachter speculates that Take-Two could release the GTA IV Special Edition on the originally planned date and push back the standard edition a couple of weeks. That would certainly be a smart move from a financial perspective but it could also upset gamers.

Does Pacter know something we don’t or if this just pure speculation? We’ll certainly find out at next month’s E3 expo if not earlier.

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编译： 叉包饭斯DKCK

Wedbush Morgan 的分析师指出目前 GTA4 预定的发售时间10月16日，正好是Take Two财年的尾声，分析师认为如果把游戏发售时间延迟两三周会给整个2008财年的财报增添亮笔。

而第二个延期的重要因素就是 HALO 3

几乎所有人都以为微软会和以往一样，选择在圣诞档期推出HALO系列的第三弹，不料 9月25日 的官方发售日在近期已经正式确认。HALO 3 这一招出其不意地打乱了很多大发行商的如意算盘，包括 Take-Two 及其麾下的 Rockstar

分析师指出GTA 4的延后对两款作品来说都有好处。

分析师还进一步给出了下台阶的方案，Take-Two可以考虑在10月先发售 GTA IV的特别限定版，然后再延后两周推出标准普通版。这样既不失面子，又能错开HALO 3降临地球的狂轰滥炸，不至于让玩家觉得无所适从，从而影响首发销量。

这一预测是否成真？或许下月即将到来的E3就能知道。

千万级避让七百万级么……

年尾不但光环3,其他平台的大作都会相继推出,延期也是为了能有销量

的确应该隔长点时间发售

包哥也翻分析师的帖子啊

给玩家钱包的钱让路！:D

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原帖由 卖哥 于 2007-6-2 12:28 发表
千万级避让七百万级么……

是第三方避第一方锋芒

和微软抢风头，不是找死么

再怎么千万级对自己也没好处

话说这两天Forza 2的广告真可怕。我上个什么美国站都能看到……

:D 很赞的~~~

halo滚！！！！！

我要GTA！！！！！！


:h30

我想知道原来定日期时是怎么考虑财年问题的

不是一个类型的还让。

头像怎么看着跟尤先科一样啊，不爽啊~~

gta给halo让路？两者不冲突吧，而且牵涉到ps3的版本，未必是好事

ＧＴＡ到１２月吧

抱得稳……

一起出吧 大不了买俩  两张D