Take Two chairman clarifies statement on GTA IV release date
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Nov 11th 2007 at 6:05PM }
When Take-Two Interactive Chairman Strauss Zelnick spoke to a group of investors on Tuesday, his comments were vague enough to make us wonder if Grand Theft Auto IV would miss its target launch window of February to April, 2008.
However, Zelnick recently spoke with GameSpot to take a more concrete stand on the matter. He said that the company is sticking with the February to April target, and that a firm release date within that three month period will be set when Take-Two knows the game will be ready. While this doesn't set our mind completely at ease, it's nice to see them give us any sweet morsels of certainty in their ocean of ambiguous announcements.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
samfish @ Nov 11th 2007 6:30PM
I still say they're going to decide to delay it until the Holiday '08 season.
ColossalHat @ Nov 11th 2007 6:38PM
I wouldn't doubt it. Maybe they've decided we don't have enough money in our wallets this year?
TheGuy @ Nov 11th 2007 6:41PM
Agreed
I believe Rockstar knew for a while they wouldn't be able to reach the October 2007 release date, but waited as long as they could before telling us the news. Now Rockstar will take their time to polish the game, and will likely wait until October to release it, as it has traditionally released them in October.
Robbie @ Nov 11th 2007 6:36PM
Just waiting for the PS3 to sell more systems
Cesaria @ Nov 11th 2007 6:39PM
If they put this out the same day SSB:Brawl launches, I'll shoot a puppy.
hvnlysoldr @ Nov 11th 2007 11:47PM
Would any old puppy do? Yes I know I used old to describe a baby dog. But would any random puppy suffice? The first one you see? One that looked at you with their puppy dog eyes? Or the mongrel who peed on your shoe?
dustandechoes91 @ Nov 11th 2007 6:40PM
people always complain about its release date being pushed back. I really dont care. If you have ever played any of the other gta games, you will know how many hidden little bugs there can be because of its size. AS far as I see it, seing as this game is supposed to be so big a realistic(real 1:1 scale this time, no 5 min drive from san Francisco to la)the longer the wait, the better quality the final product is, although due to all the online stuff in the current-gen consoles, they can easily put out patches, so they wont need too much time.
ColossalHat @ Nov 11th 2007 7:00PM
The reason people complain about things getting delayed is because the company made a promise, non-binding in any way, that the product would be out at that date.
IMO studios are setting their release dates unrealistically, thus requiring the date to be pushed back until they can work out the remaining kinks. I feel that if a studio can't give a reliable release date, they should give us the old stand-by of "It'll be ready when it's ready". Simple as that.
bluesky_v2.01 @ Nov 11th 2007 7:13PM
I don't know about you people, but i'm willing to wait for a good game. I'm a big fan of GTA series and hope this one will be just as good as all the other ones. If they need more time, let them have it.
playwhutyalike (take my shoes off) @ Nov 11th 2007 7:25PM
I too, am a GTA nutcase. GTA III, Vice City, SA have been purchased for my PC.
This is the only release holding me back from buying a PS3 or a Xbox 360.
mcatrage @ Nov 11th 2007 7:42PM
GTA Forever confirmed.
dan stabbingworth @ Nov 11th 2007 8:13PM
Hilarious but wrong! Do I choose + or -?
ChiTownRuler23 @ Nov 12th 2007 9:41AM
Aslong as it comes out after the dualshock 3 is packaged with new ps3's because i have it reserved
Victor @ Nov 16th 2007 4:22AM
I can't wait for the day that GTA IV will be realeased! I really want to play this game.. It looks awesome! I think will buy an xbox360 just to play it..
Have you seen this game preview? http://www.weshow.com/us/p/19918/gta_iv_preview
omg look at those graphics!