Rockstar has dated the second Xbox 360-exclusive DLC expansion for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Ballad of Gay Tony, for October 29. A disc-based retail compilation of the new episode and the game's first add-on, The Lost and Damned, titled Episodes From Liberty City, will be available the same day for 360. The news comes via a tweet on the company's Twitter feed and two official site updates.
Rockstar today announced "The Ballad of Gay Tony," the second downloadable expansion for the fabulous Grand Theft Auto IV.
"The Ballad of Gay Tony injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and grime," says Rockstar of the title.
@PhilHarrision, Probably better # for PS3 from Europe and Japan, the area where PS3 userbase are bigger than X360. There are differences of about 1.3 - 1.5 Million between X360 and PS3 version in US, based on NPD.
There is also a factor of, for example : Actual split is 52(X360):48(PS3) which can be legally translated into "approximately 50/50". Same thing can happen with 54.5(X360):45.5(PS3). With 54.5:45.5, there are about 9% difference between X360 and PS3, which with 13 Million x 9% = 1.12 Million differences.
The other factor is that the info is coming from CFO, not product manager, so the figure could be categorized as "If I recalled it correctly", since there is a possibility that the CFO didn't really remember user split, and he just wanted to have some figure thrown out as answers (better compared to "I don't know, I'll get back to you later" response).
Whats interesting is the fact that GTA IV Sales Split 50/50 over Xbox and PS3.
"Speaking in a conference call following Take-Two's recent financials, one analyst asked, "...can you give us an idea as to this 13 million GTA 4 units, how many of those are Xbox 360 platform? So what's the addressable market for the downloadable The Lost and Damned."
The response from Lainie Goldstein, CFO of Take-Two, was, "It's approximately 50/50, Ed."
@felipedmoreira, Interesting : "Grand Theft Auto IV sales reached 10 million in its first four-and-a-half months on the market, with the next 3 million taking five-and-a-half months" The next 3 Million (from 10 increased to 13) included holiday 2008, so IMO the GLS should top out at 15 - 17 Million, IF there is no Platinum (lower priced) release or no significant increase in PS3X360 userbase.
"Both sales and losses were up from the same quarter from the previous year, with sales up by $16.4 million, losses increasing by $12.4 million. Take-Two said that higher marketing, legal fees and R&D costs led to the increased losses" I am not surprised with higher marketing and R&D cost, but have no idea about legal fees. Anyone have idea what this legal fees is about ? is T2 involved in significant legal activities with someone ? who ?
Take-Two Interactive has shipped over 13 million copies of Grand Theft Auto IV, the company announced today, revealing sales of more than $256 million for its holiday 2008 quarter and a $50 million loss.
GTA IV figures were dated to January 31st, prior to the release of the first downloadable episode The Lost And Damned.
Congratulations, Take-Two. You win second place on the list of 10 worst media deals of 2008. Spurning Electronic Arts' offer to buy you got the attention of some list-making investors, who hailed your decision.
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