Grand Theft Auto V

[jms493]

Nothing should be more pleasing to an anticipated gamer than a delay. It is nothing but a good thing when the developer is of known quality.

There's always something else to play.

hard to be delayed when there was never a previous release date.

[Handleit_44]

hard to be delayed when there was never a previous release date.

They said Spring and people were banking on May (based on their previous title release dates).

[killgod]

hard to be delayed when there was never a previous release date.

We know this is about four months later than originally planned and we know that this short delay will come as a disappointment to many of you

[jms493]

They said Spring and people were banking on May (based on their previous title release dates).

I never saw anything from Rockstar saying spring...I thought all release day info was speculation.

[jms493]

hey that shit wasn't there when he first posted that!!!

[Handleit_44]

I never saw anything from Rockstar saying spring...I thought all release day info was speculation.

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/45951/grand-theft-auto-v-is-coming-spring-2013.html

[killgod]

It's not even 11AM yet, put the bottle down boozy.

[jms493]

JMS

[EmpireWF]

Although it sucks, the waiting extends another 4 months.

On the bright side, summer won't be spent with countless hours of GTA V.

Only 7.5 months to go!~

[JimLeavy59]

[BrntO4Life]

Couldn't be happier about a delay.

[DoubleDeuce]

Damn this sucks. I'm sure the game will be better overall because of it, but I just wanna play a new GTA

[Price]

More time for Sim City.

[Twigg4075]

More time to play all my other games. But I still don't know how they weren't aware they needed several more months. Rockstar makes great games but they are possible more and managing time.

[Swarley]

Analyst: GTAV will outsell Call of Duty and go next-gen

Grand Theft Auto V's release date slip won't damage the game's profitability or stop it from toppling Call of Duty to become the biggest selling game of 2013, according to Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia (via GamesIndustry International).

Bhatia used a "hypothetical probability model" to calculate his predictions, estimating a development cost of $137.5 million calculated from the belief that 250 people have been working on GTAV for five years.

Using that figure, and based on the game selling "only" 15 million copies with a modest marketing campaign, Bhatia reckons Take-Two would see over $193.6 million in operating profit for GTAV.

Bhatia, however, reckons 18 million copies of Grand Theft Auto V will be sold in its first sixth months, or the time between its September 17 release and the end of Take-Two's 2014 financial year.

Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz (via CVG) has also said he suspects GTA V to transition to next-gen consoles after its September launch. Talking about how the predicted next-gen launch this Christmas might damage the DLC prospects of GTAV on the PS3 and 360, Creutz said "Take-Two may have plans to eventually publish GTA V on the next set of consoles in some form to offset this."

Rockstar announced a four-month delay of GTAV yesterday, with its new September release date placing the game into closer competition against holiday heavyweights such as this year's Call of Duty and Battlefield 4.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/analyst-gtav-will-outsell-call-of-duty-and-go-next-gen-6403289