All Take-Two games to have DLC, multi

By Oli Welsh Published 27 May, 2009

Publisher posts heavy losses in Q2.

Take-Two held its second-quarter earnings call with investors yesterday, handing out a date to BioShock 2 and a delay to Mafia II and Red Dead Redemption in the process, and announcing the next GTAIV DLC for 360.

According to VG247, the publisher also stated an intention to extend the life of all of its future games with downloadable content or multiplayer modes.

This would be considered on a title-by-title basis, it said, but was aimed at satiating the consumer's need for extra content. Or Take-Two's need for extra revenue streams, one of the two.

The decision may certainly be related to the fact that Take-Two's top earner for the second quarter (according to Gamespot) wasn't a full title at all, but a DLC pack: GTAIV's The Lost and Damned.

The publisher posted a heavy USD 10 million loss the for the quarter, although it said this was less than it expected. There were a lot of unfavourable comparisons with the same period last year, which saw Grand Theft Auto IV's release.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Twin_snakes #1 3 years ago

    EA will now buy Taketwo by the end of the year, they don't haxe GTA to saxe them from this now.
    Edited by 1 at 27/05/09 @ 10:09

  • Triggerhappytel #2 3 years ago

    Take Two need to establish some new franchises in the next couple of years, because they won't always have R* and GTA to support them. Although to be fair, a $10 million loss is peanuts compared to some. Didn't EA lose $40 million?!

  • MyPointIs #3 3 years ago

    Knee jerk reaction.

  • ademkermad #4 3 years ago

    Mafia 2 and Bioshock 2.... two games that shouldn't even think about having multiplayer. And now Mafia is Q1 2010 so that they can add it.

  • Toothball #5 3 years ago

    Most of the time I like it when I can finish a game instead of having to think about future DLC or competing against other people. Whatever happened to telling a story and allowing it to end?

  • skillian #6 3 years ago

    Whatever happened to telling a story and allowing it to end?

    It didn't maximise profits.

  • mooseman721 #7 3 years ago

    As long as it's dlc done right (looking at you capcom), and not exclusive. If the titles multi-platform then make the dlc so too, and not 6 months later, that's not on (fallout). Lost and the damned is a great title and its a shame everyone cant play it.