Take2 in financial difficulty due to GTA4 delay

[Gamerace]

TheBigFatJ said:

Gamerace said:
Well, if their in a bad enought situation maybe MS (or Sony) could bride them to make GTAIV exclusive with some timely upfront cash.

Makes you wonder how unfinished it was to be delayed though and how unpolished it may yet be when released.

Gee, you'd think with all the cash Manhunt 2 & Carnival Games is making them they'd be in the black already. jk.

An exclsuive for Sony would require an insane amont of upfront cash -- cash that Sony doesn't have.

For the sake of simplicity, let's assume GTA4 will sell 8 million copies in the US in 2008.  Probably 5.5 million to 6 million would for the 360 under such as circumstance and 2 to 2.5 million would be for the PS3 (assuming PS3 sales stay relatively high).  The US is definitely the primary market for GTA and GTA needs to make its money here.  For Take Two to do a PS3 exclusive release it would cost them hundreds and hundreds of millions in lost sales.  Although a 360 exclusive release might cost them about one hundred million in lost sales.

Oh heck I realize that.  Plus MS is in the habit of buying exclusives while Sony is not, but I wanted to give the Sony fans a least a little ray of hope.  Thanks for crushing it completely.