tinolarsen wrote:
> Jeg har set en masse indlæg hvor der bliver spurgt om GTA Vice city
> til pc...
>
> Følgende har jeg læst på playstations-hjemmeide, så dem der ikke har
> en ps2... too bad vent til 2006 el. 2007
>
> Man vidste hele tiden, at det ville ske - det var bare et spørgsmål om
> hvornår. Vi kan nu fortælle dig, at du kommer til at spille
> efterfølgeren til Grand Theft Auto III senere i år, når Grand Theft
Senere i år? Det udkom sidste år...
> Auto: Vice City udkommer - udelukkende på PS2. Du kommer for øvrigt
> heller ikke til at se Grand Theft Auto eller Vice City på nogen anden
> konsol i et godt stykke tid. SCEE bekendtgjorde nemlig i dag en
Nogen anden KONSOL... en PC er ikke en konsol...
> fireårig eksklusiv aftale, der betyder, at GTA kun udkommer på PS2
> indtil 2006.
Lyder som noget lidt for gammelt nyt.
Her er noget info fra IGN:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/380/380754p1.html
Take-Two Confirms Vice City PC as Sales Soar
The publishing giant lets the confirmations fly in a financial conference
call.
Take-Two Interactive Software reported Tuesday that sales of the gargantuan
mega-hit Grand Theft Auto: Vice City have bolstered the company's fourth
quarter profits.
The company raised its fiscal 2003 guidance, as its ascending stock rose to
$26.46. It posted a net profit for the quarter (which ended in October) of
$22.3 million (54 cents per share), compared with a year-earlier loss of
$4.7 million (13 cents per share).
....wait, hold on a minute. You're all thinking, "Who gives a crap? What
about Vice City for the PC?! Damn you people, I hope you burn in hell!"
Well, before we find our way to the firey future, know that Vice City for
the PC has indeed been confirmed for 2003. They won't say exactly when of
course, but I guess we're all used to that annoyance by now. Also on the
list of fun and fancy is the sequel to last year's lovely actioner, Max
Payne. No word on what's involved in that game, although we know that it
isn't due until 2004. This of course leads me to believe that there has to
be a new engine involved, or at least a significantly upgraded one, as this
will be post DOOM III.
Okay, now back to the boring stuff. While the rest of videogame companies
have generally lost stock share due to investors concerns about the shopping
season, Take-Two shares are up 52% from 2001. Only Electronic Arts has kept
its shares higher, while other leaders in the sector, Activision and THQ,
have seen stocks tumble.
Take-Two executives said they now expect sales of $950 million and earnings
per share of $2.20 for fiscal 2003, based on Grand Theft Auto III and Vice
City sales. For first quarter of fiscal 2003 (including the current holiday
shopping season), Tale-Two expects sales of $355 million with of earnings of
$1.14 per share. In the second quarter, Take-Two expects $190 million in
sales and EPS of 34 cents.
In a conference call to discuss the quarter's results, Chief Financial
Officer Karl Winters said, "We believe we can modestly increase our gross
profit margins beyond the 37.3 percent level we achieved for this year."
You can expect to see some high quality titles from Take 2 next year with
such sequels as Railroad Tycoon III, Serious Sam 2, Tropico 2, and Hidden &
Dangerous 2. Not too shabby, although with around 70 projects in the works
at the moment, I don't think we can count on all of them being so high
profile. Keep an eye out for info on all of Take 2's titles as they get
closer to release.
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