Analyst: GTAV In Fiscal 2012, Sales To Be Gigantic
See Full ImageIt's never too early to speculate about the next Grand Theft Auto. That's a rule. Same goes for Final Fantasy, by the way.
Grand Theft Auto IV launched about two and a half years ago and after Rockstar delivered the stellar Western-oriented GTA, Red Dead Redemption, this past May, we're all wondering: when might GTAV arrive? Well, Take-Two recently announced they were shifting the end of their fiscal year to March 31 (like most other major game publishers), and Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey has predicted the near future for the successful company. Firstly, he says their 2011 fiscal year (April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012) will feature L.A. Noire (which now seems very probable) and Max Payne 3, and even Duke Nukem Forever. But GTAV isn't in the mix. Hickey says it's "likely" that the next GTA installment will show up in Take-Two's 2012 fiscal year and when it does drop, it'll be huge: $750 million and over 16 million copies sold.
The higher sales expectations are partly due to the increased PS3/360 installed base in the US, which he believes will hit 41 million units before the end of 2010. This will be in stark contrast to the 14 million consoles that were out there when GTAIV released in April 2008.
Tags: gtaiv, gtav, grand theft auto, grand theft auto v, rockstar
11/26/2010 8:48:51 PM John Shepard
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BikerSaint
Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 9:44:33 PM
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And I still want to jack a garbage truck to pick up Carmen, so so she knows I'm going to be dump to dumping her butt.
Plus earlier tonight, I hit Gamestop on their "Buy 2, Get 1 free" deal, so I got GTA:Episodes from Liberty City,
Alan Wake,
Deadly Premomition,
Onechanbara:Bikini Samurai Squad,
Import Tuner Challenge" for my 360 library,
& Borderlands for my PS3 library.
So adding these 6 games into my long nuclear winter backlog of games, I'll still have a nice bright, radiant, fluorescent, retro-active, glow for well after GTA-5 does comes out.
Last edited by BikerSaint on 11/26/2010 9:46:40 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 10:10:16 PM
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I do, however, want those other three, Noire, Duke, and Max Payne, so I gotta plan my money accordingly anyway.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 2:28:57 PM
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BikerSaint
Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 10:33:22 PM
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Gamestop, has GTAIV cheap, $17.99 used
(the employees let me take all the 48 hour XBox live cards I can find in their used GTAIV boxes)
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 10:43:28 PM
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___________
Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 10:52:18 PM
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back on a serious note, i honestly do not want GTA5!
why?
because i know GTAIV is going to happen all over again, im going to get so freaking excited for it, i wont be able to sleep the week of release than ill finally get it and ill be so disappointed with it just like i was 4.
so R* unless your actually going to go back to the old ways of GTA ala vice city do us both a favor and dont bother!
give us a GTA colection with GTA1,2,3,vice city, san andreas,liberty city stories, vice city stories and chinatown wars for good measure.
if not that, just hurry the hell up and release max payne 3, agent and LA noire!
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BikerSaint
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 9:53:20 PM
Here's what to do about that bad disc.
Go over to Gamestop, buy a used copy & swap out the disc & bring it back as defective.
Then get your money back & you'll have a working disc.
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NoSmokingBandit
Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 11:08:01 PM
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Qubex
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 7:04:56 AM
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Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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Alienange
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 10:24:23 AM
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the wizard
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 9:13:47 AM
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best storyline ever music gameplay .loved everything about the game
sequel would be awesome.o yeahhhhh back 80s
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Alienange
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 10:27:35 AM
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Naga
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 10:58:46 AM
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AcHiLLiA
Saturday, November 27, 2010 @ 2:18:02 PM
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NoOneSpecial
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Friday, November 26, 2010 @ 9:25:00 PM