Master Chief Has The Power: May Delay GTA IV

An analyst from Wedbush Morgan Securities, Michael Pachter, feels that the upcoming installment in the Halo franchise may have a negative impact on the release date of GTA IV. Currently, GTA IV is on track of an October 16th launch, and the newly announced Sept. 25th release date of Halo 3 may draw some attention away from the car-stealing, gun-toting crowd.
“We believe that a two-week delay would provide a reasonable gap between the launch of Halo 3 and the launch of GTA IV, and would actually help sales of both games. In addition, a delay of the ‘normal’ SKU for GTA IV by two or three weeks could allow Take-Two to maximize revenues from the $89.99 Collector’s Edition of the game by shipping that SKU on October 17, and to increase overall profitability,” Pachter reported.
Take Two didn’t speculate that Halo 3 would be released outside of its traditional […]

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