Max Payne 3 Delayed
To the shock of probably no one at all, Max Payne 3 [http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne3] has been pushed back into next year.
A lot of good news came out of Grand Theft Auto IV [http://www.take2games.com/] continues to roll along, with over 17 million units sold. Things are sunny enough that Take-Two actually raised its financial outlook for 2010. But there is one bit of bad news: Max Payne 3 has been pushed back into the next fiscal year.
It's not a terribly shocking development given Take-Two's track record. Analyst Michael Pachter criticized [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98858-Analysts-Say-Take-Two-Takes-Too-Long-to-Make-Games] the company in March for taking too long to make games, specifically mentioning "the continuing delays of Max Payne 3 (six years in development)," among other games, as reasons why it has so much trouble turning a profit. It isn't the first time the game has been delayed, either: It was originally slated for release in winter 2009 and then, when winter 2009 arrived and everyone's favorite New York noir detective turned thickly-muscled Brazilian wifebeater didn't, it was rescheduled for the final quarter of 2010.
In theory, Max Payne 3 could still arrive in time for the final quarter of the 2010 calendar year as Take-Two's 2011 fiscal year begins on November 1, but no new launch window has been suggested.
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To the shock of probably no one at all, Max Payne 3 [http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne3] has been pushed back into next year.
A lot of good news came out of Grand Theft Auto IV [http://www.take2games.com/] continues to roll along, with over 17 million units sold. Things are sunny enough that Take-Two actually raised its financial outlook for 2010. But there is one bit of bad news: Max Payne 3 has been pushed back into the next fiscal year.
It's not a terribly shocking development given Take-Two's track record. Analyst Michael Pachter criticized [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98858-Analysts-Say-Take-Two-Takes-Too-Long-to-Make-Games] the company in March for taking too long to make games, specifically mentioning "the continuing delays of Max Payne 3 (six years in development)," among other games, as reasons why it has so much trouble turning a profit. It isn't the first time the game has been delayed, either: It was originally slated for release in winter 2009 and then, when winter 2009 arrived and everyone's favorite New York noir detective turned thickly-muscled Brazilian wifebeater didn't, it was rescheduled for the final quarter of 2010.
In theory, Max Payne 3 could still arrive in time for the final quarter of the 2010 calendar year as Take-Two's 2011 fiscal year begins on November 1, but no new launch window has been suggested.
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