Take-Two loses $110M, GTA V making 'substantial progress'

Max Payne 3 was exactly what the third person shooter genre needed. Straight up AAA+++ Game right there. But big surprise, Rockstar does everything correctly.

As for Spec-Ops, I am not surprised at all. I played the Demo and it was ok, a few nice tweaks for the war genre... but that's the problem, it's the War genre. Aside from my own personal distaste of this genre these days (how EVERYONE isn't sick of war shooters, I just don't know) The main problem is that Spec-Ops did absolutely nothing to SHOW people how it was differant from the 500 other war shooters that are out this generation, therefore giving no one any incentive to buy it. It's called marketing, and they did it poorly for this game.

You can only steal cars so many ways before it gets old and tired.

Just wait till Borderlands 2 comes out in a few months. Take-Two will be back on top once again.

As a fan of Max Payne 1 and 2, I found Max Payne 3 to be pretty damn amazing. I got it at half price from Amazon a couple weeks ago for PC, and I feel like I stole it. Try and play old MP, especially part 2 today -- your rose-tinted goggles will fall right off.I finished the original Max Payne on every difficulty level, including the secret hell level. It remains one of my favorite games of all-time. Max Payne 3 did not disappoint.

Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops didn't interest me that much. Now, if they were bringing GTAV out on the PC at the same time as the console versions. Then I would happily help Take-Two and Rockstar out. Unfortunately, I expect the we will have to wait a while for the PC version. Of course, there is still nothing on a RDR PC version as well.

Max Payne 3 was good and I enjoyed it but it did lack some of the fire that Max Payne I and 2 had.

Max Payne 3 is nowhere near as good as MP1 or MP2. I found Max Payne 3 to be not well done. It felt wrong...

Spec Ops just wasn't that great, honestly, so no surprise there. I am surprised by MP3 not performing as expected. I thought buzz around that game was held very favorably pre-release.

No surprise. Most of their games have been boring and losing fun factor lately.

take two is a company that i fully trust with they have incredible studios and great games hopefully they will release gta v this year to make up for it & hopefully a red dead redemption pc port

Why would they expect a generic third person shooter to perform "over expectations"?

MAN !

when take2 is losing money

in the video game industry

who isnt?

GTA5 will make so much money, this figure is nothing.

That's 'chump change' for Take Two Interactive and besides, I believe GTA V will more than make up for that, can't wait for it, so much.

Max Payne 3 shipped 3 million copies, but sales were lower than expected? What did they expect. Or are there a bunch of shipped copies gathering dust somewhere? 3 mil seems pretty good for MP3.

MP3 takes away your control way too much and the cut scenes ruin the flow of gameplay. I'm glad I demoed a friends version. It wasn't a very "Max Payne" experience as it was a "Bullet Time with grumpy inner dialog" experience. Not the tortured Noir vibe that the franchise use to have.

Max Payne 3 was amazing, I just wish there was more info on GTA.

Max Payne 3 was amazing. If you haven't picked it up yet please do so. I played the demo for Spec Ops: The Line but wasn't really impressed.

I did my part, I got both Spec Ops and Max Payne and enjoyed 'em both!

When the holidays hit and games go for a little bit less. That will help retailers move products.

I bought the GTA Collection on Steam recently so I at least feel good that I've helped their profits in some way.

More people should buy Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops: The Line since there good games.

Trust me, GTA V is guaranteed to come out this year now. Take Two's updated predictions for the fiscal year show that GTA V MUST release within this window in order for them to meet or exceed their projections. To me, either Jan., Feb., or March next year isn't sensible. Missing out on the massive holiday rush would be a big mistake, and they know that.

Face it, October, (though doubtful, because of MP3 DLC coming that month), or November or the first week of December is when it will come out. WE WILL GET GTA V THIS YEAR.

Once GTA V is released, they're going to start printing money again. Sad to hear that Spec Ops: The Line and Max Payne 3 sold less than expected as they're both great games.

@ArcticWolf89 They'll make that number up in sales both on console and Steam. It's really nothing to be that worried about.

They should port Red Dead to PC that would be another million sales at least and I want to play that game.

I bought GTA IV 3 times. Once for my brother as a birthday present. Once for myself and bought both DLC's on release day. And then I moved to Korea for a year, I missed GTA IV so much, I bought a Korean XBOX 360 and GTA with both DLC's. A bargain at around $35 USD. Never a hint of a feeling that somehow I was wasting money. I think Take Two will be just fine if there are more people like me.

2K'd released Red Dead Redemption for PC on Xmas and they'd be saved by now.

That's really too bad, as both Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops were fantastic.

Max Payne was polished fun with great action and varied environments. But that didn't save it from being shoot out after shoot out after shoot out after shoot out...just another great military shooter in a different skin. Great. But sooo tired.