Big Daddy should probably be renamed Sugar Daddy, as Reuters reports Take-Two's
stock rose 10% at the close of trading on Tuesday. Wall Street seems happy with the buzz for the game and if Amazon.com's bestseller list is any indication, sales seem strong. The Xbox 360 version of
BioShock is currently #2 as of this writing on their bestseller list behind the Wii, the PC version of the game is #5 behind
Halo 3 pre-orders and the sexy
crimson DS.
Reviews for the game itself have been
overwhelmingly positive, with random tech issues (especially on the PC version) and the whole
widescreen problem bringing most of the hate. Following the
delay of
GTA IV, it probably comes as a relief to Take-Two that they'll at least have one strong mega-hit going into this holiday season.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
deaftly @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:26AM
bioshock is now #1 on amazon, awesome!
http://amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=pd_ts_h/105-2608307-2894021?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=18ZT2T3M7Q8RK7Q84FXY&pf_rd_t=2101&pf_rd_p=264215801&pf_rd_i=home
Jerk Face @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:26AM
Awesome?
deaftly @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:29AM
yes, because the game is AWESOME
FrankTheCrank @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:43AM
Jerkface..
I got to play it on my gaming rig last night for about 15 minutes. I tried to run the demo on my laptop which had ATI Mobility Radeon X700. No good. My Nvidia 7800 worked with no problems. I was pretty impressed with the graphics. Pretty phenomenal...they remind me of MYST, but in REAL TIME. This is a very stylized game. It's very nice looking. Tons of Art Deco.
I will play more tonight...so far, very good stuff.
PS...the XBOX 360 Controller is natively supported in the game. Even the rumbling effect worked.
Jerk Face @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:46AM
It's the Good News!
baby sea tuna @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:19PM
Yeah, Bioshock is 10xAWESOME. I seriously could not put it down last night. Must have played for 5 hours straight...but I still never noticed any widescreen "problems." I could see all the HUDs, no problem. Is that just with certain TVs or something?
FrankTheCrank @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:56AM
About the stock...
They were at nearly $20 a share in late July...when the bad news of Manhunt2 and GTA IV came out their stock dropped to around $12.50 a share...with BIOSHOCK they got a pop and are sitting at around $14.50 a share. Nearly a 15% increase.
Not bad. If you bought it at $20, thats a 25% drop. Ouch...
FrankTheCrank @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:01AM
About the stock...
They were at nearly $20 a share in late July...when the bad news of Manhunt2 and GTA IV came out their stock dropped to around $12.50 a share...with BIOSHOCK they got a pop and are sitting at around $14.50 a share. Nearly a 15% increase.
Not bad. If you bought it at $20, thats over a 25% drop. Ouch...
Vito @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:04AM
Take Two or 2K? Didn't you guys run an article a couple days ago saying JT got them confused - and now you're doing the same thing...
NotAFanboy @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:08AM
My bad... Take 2 owns 2K.
Great game though.
Poo Jangles @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:23AM
Aha! I said something about this being good for their stock to the clerk who sold me the game, and he told me I had Take Two and 2K mixed up. I forgot they owned 2K...but I was right! Sweet!
sectionz @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:50AM
was this before or after the ps3 rumor started :)
Yuccadude @ Aug 22nd 2007 12:35PM
Is that the rumor that the PS3 is never getting this game? Because that is cold hard fact. Unfortunately for PS3 owners, this is a Microsoft exclusive title(360 and windows).
whackmushrooms @ Aug 22nd 2007 12:52PM
thats not what the software says ... the only things that are cold and hard are Popsicles.
whackmushrooms @ Aug 22nd 2007 12:57PM
whats more .. its been over 24 hours now ... where is the debunk?
angryguy77 @ Aug 22nd 2007 12:27PM
Just played the game last night and I have to say that I am not blown away by it. The hacking makes me want to claw my eyes out with a rusty fork. The AI does not seem that smart as they do nothing but charge you as soon as you are spotted making it more of a melee than anything(I am playing it on hard). The story and enviroment is good and will keep me playing. But as far as this gettin 10's across the board, I don't see it. Now I might be a little premature in my judgement because I only played it for ablout 3 hours, but from what I seen so far is that this is a solid game, but not a great game deserving perfect scores. It just isn't that fun.
Mike Daniels @ Aug 22nd 2007 3:17PM
I'm only two hours into the game myself and I have to say I'm having a different experience with the enemy behavior. The only people I've seen charge straight at me are the splicers with melee weapons (reasonably so).
I've seen the splicers with guns take cover, dodge my return fire and blow apart the turrets I hacked when the turrets turned on them.
The grenade lobbing splicers have generally stayed out of melee range whenever I've encountered them and the one time they got within melee range I learned the hard way that melee combat is not the best way to take them out.
Not saying you didn't have the experience you had but mine has been completely different and I'm playing on medium difficulty.
I'd rate the game in the 9's and I was hooked for good once I experienced the turrent demoltion incident mentioned above.
rDr4g0n @ Aug 22nd 2007 4:50PM
my experience has been different as well. Ive seen enemies take cover frequently, try to flank me, etc. the hacking minigame took some getting used to for me, but my wife was able to solve the puzzles almost as soon as the minigame started. wifes: useful arent they.
the sounds are what stun the crap outta me. the first encounter with a big dady was really an amazing battle to me, and ive played TONS of fps games. the impact, the screams of the little sister, everything about it was amazing. i was literally out of breath afterwords. i was expecting just a regular ol tough guy battle, but there was a quality about it that really just bumped it up a notch.
ive found this game to be worthy of the hype leading up to it. honestly the only thing i feel a bit let down on is the graphics... and even then, theyre still beautiful and atmospheric.
Pretty Obvious @ Aug 22nd 2007 2:37PM
@ angryguy77
Do yourself a favor and play Nintendo from now on. Either that or just stop playing videogames, Bioshock is already a classic, and its only been out one day.
angryguy77 @ Aug 22nd 2007 3:44PM
Well I have played nintendo and it was more than likely before you learned how to read. There is no reason to bash what I was saying because it was an OPINION. Nor did I bash anyone who liked the game. Further, if you read all of my post you will see that I also said that I might need to play more than 3 hours and that I might have judged it to quickly. This means that it just might grow on me and that I might take back what I have said earlier.
Christopher Hager @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:02AM
What a great game, very submersive, Circuit City has it for $49.99. Keep me up until 4am, been awhile since a good game keep me up that late. Now, back to work, need more caffeine.