Patcher says EA Takeover Could Postpone GTA IV

April 8th, 2008 by Brian Lockhart in Analyst, Business, News, Xbox360

Time for your daily dose of business speculation, from analyst Michael Patcher. As always, he presents interesting insight about upcoming products, this time GTA IV, where he speculates an April 29th release date might not be as locked in as we all once hoped. He figures if the EA merger goes through before April 29th, GTA IV could very likely be delayed until the fall.

He actually speculates that the only reason GTA IV is coming out when it is, is because Take Two has to push the product out the door to deal with the bad financial situation they are currently in. A release during the fall season would obviously yield a bigger profit, and if EA takes over, they’d certainly have no issues with waiting.

It certainly is an interesting scenario, but it seems Take Two is doing everything in their power just to make it to April 29th. Certainly if EA doesn’t force its way in by then, the tables may turn.

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