Take-Two blames GTA-less quarter for slipping sales

Maybe "Dora the Explorer of Rapture" would do then? :P

For 2k Football, they don't need to look at sales and pricepoints, they need to look at better marketing.

I don't think parents will trust the guys who made GTA San Andreas to make Dora the Explorer.

well its good thing that there will be a label out there that will cater to all those 6 year old gamers that have been waiting to get their hands on games like dora the explorer.

I want GTA IV!

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la noir delayed till 2009............thats ok i will just wait around for a couple of years....(sobs)

im so gonna snag me a copy of Dora the Explorer lol

Maybe the loss is because they keep publising crappy games like Fantastic 4.

Oh no..... not Dora the Explora ManHunt edition. When does Kill Diego Kill come out? Please dont tell me there is a Dora Hot Coffee mod....

Boo-hoo for T2. Hard to feel sorry for a company that made a conscious decision to delay just beacause they cant get GTAIV to run on the PS3. Doesnt make any business sense to delay for PS3...over half of all PS3 owners in North America would have to buy a copy just to make that version a million seller. GTA might be popular, but since the software sell-through for PS3 is somewhere around 1.2 games per console, I really doubt they get numbers that high.

I am actually excited to see the Nickelodeon deal. My daughter sleeps with her Diego doll every night while she's wrapped in her Dora pajamas. We are sure to have a good time with those games. We already play some of the nickjr.com games.

it is hard for me to believe that they had such a large financial loss this year with the games that came out I think All pro is at a total dissadvantage due to the the madden Lock down. I personally think that is illegal and garbage to remove competition that way. The need a die hard title that will possibly supply multiplayer. I am iffy on the only MP games unless they are MMO's. But multiplayer games sell like hot cakes on the market.

Going MP for a largely selling game, is the way to earn more money if in troubles, obviously they know that because of what they did with LCS and VCS, but if they so some nice quality porting it should turn out good for them

Here, Here..Get the games on the shelves you wouldnt have facts and figures if you didn't make games, focus on projected games and how they are doing as oppose to projected sales etc. In my opinion anywayz... ps GTA4 Killed it for them though, It will be good though, of course they will do new stuff with it..they have more time now.. "Get it right or right now..they chose to get it right..| hope."

"Oh, so they are expecting Dora the Explorer to make up for these sales??" LOL

Even so that I agree, it's stupid blaming something that happened because of them.

GTA V will do well but eventually people will get sick of GTA unless they put some revolutionary new things into the game. Bioshock should bring their numbers up! thats probably their best title to date!

That's what you get when your goldmine gets pushed into 2008.

GTA will settle all of this on its own.

Oh who cares...let's just get the frikin' games on the shelves for god's sake!!! Enough wait!

Oh, so they are expecting Dora the Explorer to make up for these sales??

Can All-Pro tackle the beast that is Madden?

I guess Take 2 is run by a bunch of morons. WHY O WHY do these companies base their earnings on something that doesn't exist except in some 'alpha' form?? ESPECIALLY, when it comes to video games and their 3.245632% accuracy in regards to predicting a release date. DO NOT COUNT ON GAME SALES INCLUDED IN A COMPANY EARNINGS UNLESS IT HAS PHYSICALLY BEEN RELEASED!!

i predict bioshock will sell 400-500k in its first month

im hopin the 2k play will be on Wii. :) I dont need Dora teh Explorer. Maybe they will release BioShock on PS3..

Bioshock has a metascore above 9.5, it's sold 1.5 million copies ALREADY, and Take-Two is whining about sales. Get over yourselves. That's what happens when your 360 version of GTAIV, the easier one to develop for, chugs at press demonstrations and looks awful in motion.

They just had an article saying BioShock sold 1.5 million units on both X360 and PC; it'll probably sell even more now that the fourth quarter is coming around the corner. Plus, Manhunt 2 is getting an October release, and I'm sure the PS2 version will be a big success considering there's so many PS2 in consumer hands, not to mention Wii owners are just looking for a reason to play an adult game, kind of like how everyone had a boner for Eternal Darkness. shipped, not sold.

They just had an article saying BioShock sold 1.5 million units on both X360 and PC; it'll probably sell even more now that the fourth quarter is coming around the corner. Plus, Manhunt 2 is getting an October release, and I'm sure the PS2 version will be a big success considering there's so many PS2 in consumer hands, not to mention Wii owners are just looking for a reason to play an adult game, kind of like how everyone had a boner for Eternal Darkness.

they could help themselves by releasing gta4 on the nintendo wii as well. it would give them more sales down the line. i beleave if you find the best programers gta could be done on such a system. if may not compare to ps3 or 360 but it would be decent on its own merrits.......

2K Play? A good idea for young children. Atari did the same thing. Looks like they bought the Dora the Explorer game license from Atari (since they did the games). Can't wait for Manhunt 2. Looks like a good game, and a good day to release.

"they actually paid this guy to explain why there's losses?" What's so surprising about that? Most medium-large size companies have these kind of people.

This just in decafe coffee makers are claiming that the lack of cafine is causing their product not to sell....

i guess that bioshick wasnt enough to lift there sales. damn pirates!! /sarcasm

Is that sooo...

Interesting.

Ages 6-14? Lol.

To Diablusx: I wouldnt say its them going soft but I do think they did this partially to polish the overall Company Appearance to the mainstream. I doubt anyone wants to be attacked day and night by Parent Groups.

i hate gta. but thats just me!

i would like to see "GTA Run Diego Run!" or dorahunt lol

No GTA, and they actually paid this guy to explain why there's losses?

bioshock is an amazing game

I do not usualy care for Nickelodeon game but how can Take Two get the deal? There must have been some serious close door deals for the company behind Manhunter and GTA to get a deal for family friendly game from Nickelodeon. Hopefully this is not a sign the Take Two is getting soft and giving in to the pressure to censor their products.

fourth....... i wish GTA IV was coming out next month... well at least they will improve on the game

hmm

third

I blame Take Two not selling North America region coded AO rated Manhunt 2's from the Netherlands with the help from Amazon that they had a perfect opportunity to do but didn't.

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