Wed, Mar 03, 2010 | 23:14 GMT
Take-Two Q1 2010 financials – Red Dead Redemption delayed into May
Looks like Red Dead Redemption has been delayed into May, according to Take-Two.
Noted in its Q1 2010 financial release, the game has been moved from April 27 in the US and April 30 in the UK to May 18 in North America and May 21 internationally.
“We’ve also taken important steps to improve the efficiency of our business and align our corporate cost structure more closely with our current goals,” said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two. “Our updated outlook for 2010 underscores a prudent approach toward what we still believe to be a challenging year ahead.
“We remain committed to creating long term value, and continuing to improve upon our execution and efficiency.”
Apparently, the delay gives the game a better release window for a “westerns” and gives the firm a couple more weeks to market the game and get it polished.
However, Take-Two’s Strauss Zelnick seems very pleased with how it’s looking.
“We shifted the launch of the game by several weeks into the third quarter,” added CEO Ben Feder. “We believe this is the optimal time frame to release what is being hailed as the next generation of sandbox games.”
Hopefully, the extra couple weeks worth of work will help it move right along, little doggies.
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Tags: Red Dead Redemption, take-two q1 fincnacial 2010
15 comments
#1
No_PUDding
03/03/10, 9:40 pm
>:(
WANT NAO.
#2
joshua nash
03/03/10, 9:47 pm
that is fucking EVIL, why rockstar why, are you fucking screwing us over with this game moving the release date around, if this is because the game needs more time to polish it then okay, but fuck if this cause of some other reason i’ll be fucking pissed, until i start playing it that is
#3
No_PUDding
03/03/10, 9:54 pm
lol AMEN!
#4
loki
03/03/10, 10:16 pm
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
#5
Stephany Nunneley
03/03/10, 10:36 pm
LOL! Josh. It was delayed for a slight spit of polish and because “westerns” do well in May apparently. I updated the post to reflect that.
It’s just a couple weeks!
#6
No_PUDding
03/03/10, 11:06 pm
xD
Don’t you defend them Steph. Dirty, no-good game delaying suns-a-bitch’s.
#7
feybuhl
03/03/10, 11:13 pm
Ugh. This and Alan Wake on the 18th.
Wanted a little separation between those two.
By the way, hi.
#8
No_PUDding
03/03/10, 11:33 pm
Hi.
Just don’t buy Alan Wake. It looks a little pants.
#9
Johnny Cullen
03/03/10, 11:50 pm
#10
Michael O’Connor
03/03/10, 11:58 pm
What Johnny said.
#11
No_PUDding
04/03/10, 3:14 am
@Johnny @ Michael
What Doctor Cox said.
p.s Especially when compared with Red Dead. I can only fathom moderate excitement for it. Max Payne was pretty janky, even last generationand it’s not even free roaming horror anymore. It looks like it won’t be janky, but it certainly lost direction.
#12
Panipal2005
04/03/10, 5:17 am
What? They move it from a date that it had practically all to itself, into direct competition with a game that’s had way more hype and exposure.
The genius of that just blows my mind.
#13
Blerk
04/03/10, 8:32 am
I’d rather they kept it an extra month and made it perfect. If they screw Red Dead up I’m startin’ up a posse.
#14
No_PUDding
04/03/10, 12:42 pm
Me too actually. I’ll join that posse without hesitation, if they screw it up. We gonna send angry emails and letters, right? Good.
#15
AHA-Lambda
04/03/10, 11:53 pm
damn same day as POP =/