Take-Two recently announced it was shifting its fiscal year to end on March 31 in order to better put it in line with other major game publishers. Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey issued an analyst note, which laid out some predictions for the New York-based publisher. Namely, that it will remain profitable even if the next Grand Theft Auto doesn’t come out during its next fiscal year.
Hickey believes that Take-Two’s 2011 fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2011, until March 31, 2012, will feature two major game highlights: Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire. He thinks those two games will lead a software lineup–which may also include the long-delayed Duke Nukem Forever–that can make the company profitable in a year without a GTA or a Red Dead game.
When GTA V does come out, “likely” in Take-Two’s fiscal 2012 (April 2012-March 2013), Hickey believes it will be yet another blockbuster, selling upward of 16 million copies and generating over $750 million by itself. He predicts that year will also see the release of BioShock Infinite, which he estimates will sell over 4 million copies and $182 million in sales.
One major reason for the high sales expectations is the increased combined PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 installed based in the US, which he believes will be 41 million units by the end of calendar year 2010. That compares to just 14 million in April 2008, when Grand Theft Auto IV originally came out.
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6284554.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;3
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I think it will be announced at E3 2011 for release 2012, with a teaser or a few screenshots.
Seeing that Rockstar don’t really plan on making any announcements soon, I have to agree with you.
Though I honestly expected to see an official announcement sometime this year.
They wan’t to announce it with lots of press. So i think it will be E3 2011.. Not this year, Its a to busy year for Rockstar!
It’s been three years, I’m sorry but the fans are over due for another amazing installment of GTA. I don’t want to force myself to go buy L.A. Noire just to get a taste of the gritty Rockstar that I’ve came to love. I want a new GTA within Q1 2011.
And please god let it be GTA-V:vice. I’m sorry but the feel i got when i played Vice city when it was released, I’ve never found another video game to do that for me. It was truly the best video game i have ever played, hands down.
Best of luck to you guys and to everyone who is wishing for a sooner release of the next GTA installment.
Just like IV i will be impatiently waiting, LOVE new screen shots that will keep me satisfied for a while
I agree with you Harwood, GTA 5 won’t be released before 2012. I’ve heard through that news: http://wp.me/p1b9XC-S it would be release for 2013. Do you think that info is reliable?
Nah, not really. It’s a totally wild speculation. I don’t even bother posting stuff like that here. :/
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