Summer 2013 or earlier. Period.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

At first i thought, "Good lord! Not another release date thread!", but this post actually makes sense, IF the next gen consoles are REALLY as close as some suggest. However, i have YET to see anyone SPECIFICALLY connected with either console say anything except the OPPOSITE. Sony has repeatedly said that the limits of the PS3 have yet to be reached. Perhaps if i saw something more than speculation by those OUTSIDE of the console makers say something more definitive, i wouldn't be so sceptical.

The next gen console is going to need a lot of time for promotion, and preparation for developers learning to use the new technology. They aren't going to just drop a new console within the time it takes to develop and create a game.

Exactly. The reason the graphics were the most sh*tty on the PS3 version of GTA IV is because of labor and financial problems with T2; R*'s parent company at the time. I'd say we at least have to wait until 2014 or 2015.

[Colonel Dre]

The new Xbox is still 18 months away, so don't plan on GTA V being on it unless they wait that long. The next PlayStation, I am guessing, will be a year after the Xbox. Knowing Sony they will see what Microsoft is doing and try and do better, failing at it and making it so it's only better if the developers want to go through a extremely complicated coding system.

 

So yeah, my two cents

[KFranchise]

If GTA V is coming out this year, why can't people pre-order it at Gamestop, Wal-Mart, or any other retail stores?

[Dj_Gh0zt]

 

Cause let's say those predictions arent correct and Take Two accept their losses, it's gonna come out later 2013? With the risk of releasing alongside a brand new console?

These financial analysts are not just mindless c*nts. The predictions mean that the game will be released between now and March 2013. TakeTwo didn't change their predictions drastically on the last finance conference so this is a strong evidence that GTA V is not delayed yet. This and we got a trailer 9 months ago which means the game is months NOT YEARS away. I would say that GTA V is at least scheduled for 2012.

Stop. Saying. It. Will DEFINITELY. Come out. Before March 2013.

 

Until R* confirms it themselves. Jesus Christ it's getting annoying.

 

The console thing is not even confirmed.

 

Edit: CJ Brian, you have a right to an opinion, but stop acting like its a fact.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Dj_Gh0zt

[JohnnyBNL]

 

For the 1000 time.. its April 2013.. That will be the month of GTAV!

No. It'll be sooner. Show some evidence for your guess. Anyway the later the release the more difficult to make TakeTwo's predictions truth.

That's just opinion. A assumption not fact much like your own.

April doesn't make any sense. Imo april is the most-wrong month. Why release a game in april when your fiscal year ends on 31 March? It's so hard 4 R* to anticipate the game by a couple of weeks?

Rockstar Games & Take-Two totally dominated the market when they released Grand Theft Auto IV in April 2008, they will to do that once again, because its a month where not much games come out, so they have the advantage to get maximum profit. So, April 2013 will be the month once again! That's what i think of it from a financial point of view.

[MosquitoSmasher]

 

At first i thought, "Good lord! Not another release date thread!", but this post actually makes sense, IF the next gen consoles are REALLY as close as some suggest. However, i have YET to see anyone SPECIFICALLY connected with either console say anything except the OPPOSITE. Sony has repeatedly said that the limits of the PS3 have yet to be reached. Perhaps if i saw something more than speculation by those OUTSIDE of the console makers say something more definitive, i wouldn't be so sceptical.

The next gen console is going to need a lot of time for promotion, and preparation for developers learning to use the new technology. They aren't going to just drop a new console within the time it takes to develop and create a game.

Exactly. The reason the graphics were the most sh*tty on the PS3 version of GTA IV is because of labor and financial problems with T2; R*'s parent company at the time. I'd say we at least have to wait until 2014 or 2015.

Eh no....not at all actually, completely wrong.

 

They ran into trouble with the PS3 version because ALOT of developers can't really seem to get multplatform games looking exactly like the Xbox 360 version, with a few exceptions of course.

 

Red Dead Redemption is another perfect example, i think it's even that bad that it doesn't even run at 720p on PS3. 2014 or 2015...oh please dude, where the hell are you getting that from. This is going from one extreme to the other really. Unless you were talking about the next gen consoles, which is still not gonna happen i'm practically sure. 360 is on its last legs, and all the signs point to it too. Microsoft didn't announce anything big for 360 at E3 for after E3 2013, last year they ended their show with a short teaser of Halo 4 and that it was coming in November of 2013...this year they ended with a multiplatform title called Black Ops II. Lots of rumours and reports go around about the new hardware. Analysts predict it, publishers and developers are ready...actually they are getting impatient in fact. Look at companies like Crytek, all having advanced engines and they can't really properly use it on 6 or 7 year old hardware, plus they keep complaining that if MS and Sony keep this up, the tablet market will eventually take over, in the sense of being more powerful. MS has to...sooner than later.

Edited August 12, 2012 by MosquitoSmasher

[theworldfamous]

360 is on its last legs, and all the signs point to it too. Microsoft didn't announce anything big for 360 at E3 for after E3 2013, last year they ended their show with a short teaser of Halo 4 and that it was coming in November of 2013...this year they ended with a multiplatform title called Black Ops II. Lots of rumours and reports go around about the new hardware. Analysts predict it, publishers and developers are ready...actually they are getting impatient in fact. Look at companies like Crytek, all having advanced engines and they can't really properly use it on 6 or 7 year old hardware, plus they keep complaining that if MS and Sony keep this up, the tablet market will eventually take over, in the sense of being more powerful. MS has to...sooner than later.

and look at how bored I am with my xbox 360

(<- V trailer)

[OriZarhiKing5]

This topic is stupid, why didn't you just make a topic "GTA V 100% before 2018"? It's the same.

[Andreas]

 

If GTA V is coming out this year, why can't people pre-order it at Gamestop, Wal-Mart, or any other retail stores?

Because Rockstar usually start pre ordering just two months before the release.

 

Dj_Gh0zt: Can. You. Please. Stop. Writing. Like. This? It. Just. Look. Retarded. Seriously, it's more or less a fact as long as TakeTwo don't decrease their predictions drastically.

[matt_be]

You sir, deserve a medal. I fully agree with you, dude. But GTA V release is definitely before the end of March 2013.

Now if we can just get everyone else to believe us and look at numbers.. lol. But yes, March 2013 is the latest that GTA V can come out for Take2 to not lose the trust of a lot of investors/a lot of money.

[wwinterj]

Now if we can just get everyone else to believe us and look at numbers.. lol. But yes, March 2013 is the latest that GTA V can come out for Take2 to not lose the trust of a lot of investors/a lot of money.

Again you only assume that. There is no fact about GTA V here. I'd rather think May 2013 and be wrong but surprised then think before March 31st 2013 and be wrong but disappointed because I assumed to much.

 

Nothing you say will change my opinion as I'm sure nothing I will say will change your own but to act like your opinion is fact really is annoying.

 

I just don't see where they can fit GTA V in before March 31st next year unless the game is out this year and I really can't believe that will happen. It's that simple.

[Foniks]

I read a lot of people's opinions on this forum and I barely comment because I try to stay out of all the arguments and such, but it's just f*cking annoying after a while. Doesn't anybody here realise that all their guesses are as good/right/wrong/possible as the next person who might have a completely different guess all together. Everyone here is subject to the same information (limited information at that), and yet they try to act like they know more than the next person. You don't. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, nor is it directed at everyone, but it is pretty obvious to figure out who it concerns. By all means, express your opinions just don't try to convey yourself as more knowledgable than anyone else, you only look like a tool. Rant over.

 

Now with all that said, MY OPINION is a late 2012 release. By no means are you obliged to think that is true, it is merely an opinion which has all the chance of being wrong.

[HaythamKenway]

I didn't want to get my hopes up too, but the more I think about it, the more realistic December release date seems to me. But, to be honest, it's pretty hard to predict. December is pretty late for a Christmas release actually. Even if they announce the release date sometime soon and start very intensive marketing campaign, V will still come later than Black Ops 2 or Halo 4. And even though average kid will be probably more excited about V at first too, he'll lose interest once all his buddies will be playing Halo or CoD. And November or October is out of discussion. January is a bad month in general, as someone already said in this thread and Bioshock is going to be released in February, right? I don't think Take Two will want V anywhere near Bioshock, because, even though it's a big title, I don't think it can hold up to such juggernaut as V. So March isn't the perfect month either.

 

Damn it. This is insane, you can't predict anything.

[mvega0422]

Cause let's say those predictions arent correct and Take Two accept their losses, it's gonna come out later 2013? With the risk of releasing alongside a brand new console?

These financial analysts are not just mindless c*nts. The predictions mean that the game will be released between now and March 2013. TakeTwo didn't change their predictions drastically on the last finance conference so this is a strong evidence that GTA V is not delayed yet. This and we got a trailer 9 months ago which means the game is months NOT YEARS away. I would say that GTA V is at least scheduled for 2012.

Stop. Saying. It. Will DEFINITELY. Come out. Before March 2013.

 

Until R* confirms it themselves. Jesus Christ it's getting annoying.

 

The console thing is not even confirmed.

 

Edit: CJ Brian, you have a right to an opinion, but stop acting like its a fact.

You realize TakeTwo has factually confirmed that they expect $600 million from Rockstar by March 2013? You also realize this is virtually impossible without GTA V?

[Dj_Gh0zt]

Cause let's say those predictions arent correct and Take Two accept their losses, it's gonna come out later 2013? With the risk of releasing alongside a brand new console?

These financial analysts are not just mindless c*nts. The predictions mean that the game will be released between now and March 2013. TakeTwo didn't change their predictions drastically on the last finance conference so this is a strong evidence that GTA V is not delayed yet. This and we got a trailer 9 months ago which means the game is months NOT YEARS away. I would say that GTA V is at least scheduled for 2012.

Stop. Saying. It. Will DEFINITELY. Come out. Before March 2013.

 

Until R* confirms it themselves. Jesus Christ it's getting annoying.

 

The console thing is not even confirmed.

 

Edit: CJ Brian, you have a right to an opinion, but stop acting like its a fact.

You realize TakeTwo has factually confirmed that they expect $600 million from Rockstar by March 2013? You also realize this is virtually impossible without GTA V?

Did R* games say that they are releasing GTA V before the financial year ends?

 

How do you know TT didn't bit off more than they can chew?

[mvega0422]

 

Cause let's say those predictions arent correct and Take Two accept their losses, it's gonna come out later 2013? With the risk of releasing alongside a brand new console?

These financial analysts are not just mindless c*nts. The predictions mean that the game will be released between now and March 2013. TakeTwo didn't change their predictions drastically on the last finance conference so this is a strong evidence that GTA V is not delayed yet. This and we got a trailer 9 months ago which means the game is months NOT YEARS away. I would say that GTA V is at least scheduled for 2012.

Stop. Saying. It. Will DEFINITELY. Come out. Before March 2013.

 

Until R* confirms it themselves. Jesus Christ it's getting annoying.

 

The console thing is not even confirmed.

 

Edit: CJ Brian, you have a right to an opinion, but stop acting like its a fact.

You realize TakeTwo has factually confirmed that they expect $600 million from Rockstar by March 2013? You also realize this is virtually impossible without GTA V?

Did R* games say that they are releasing GTA V before the financial year ends?

 

How do you know TT didn't bit off more than they can chew?

TakeTwo has never made more than $1.2 billion without a GTA game. Even with a GTA game, the most they've ever made is $1.5 billion. Now they expect $1.8 billion with Max Payne 3 DLC's? (Rockstar's portion of the money alone would require the sales from 2 more full-scale Max Payne 3 releases).

 

If TakeTwo did this on accident, it's a really bad thing, because the last time they gave us this promise was 13 days ago in their most recent conference call.

 

Every single officer in TakeTwo is very confident and proud of their earnings estimates: they are sure they can reach this $1.8 billion. This alone is extremely solid proof of a release before April 2013, and considering they don't want to drown out BioShock Infinite, they would likely do it before February 2013.

 

If they lower their numbers in November and there's no GTA, I will publicly apologize to you, but right now you're just acting ignorant and refusing to see very concrete evidence.

 

In my humble opinion, TakeTwo has publicly confirmed GTA V's FY13 release at least twice - there's no other way to explain such extraordinary numbers.

Edited August 12, 2012 by mvega0422

[Dj_Gh0zt]

Cause let's say those predictions arent correct and Take Two accept their losses, it's gonna come out later 2013? With the risk of releasing alongside a brand new console?

These financial analysts are not just mindless c*nts. The predictions mean that the game will be released between now and March 2013. TakeTwo didn't change their predictions drastically on the last finance conference so this is a strong evidence that GTA V is not delayed yet. This and we got a trailer 9 months ago which means the game is months NOT YEARS away. I would say that GTA V is at least scheduled for 2012.

Stop. Saying. It. Will DEFINITELY. Come out. Before March 2013.

 

Until R* confirms it themselves. Jesus Christ it's getting annoying.

 

The console thing is not even confirmed.

 

Edit: CJ Brian, you have a right to an opinion, but stop acting like its a fact.

You realize TakeTwo has factually confirmed that they expect $600 million from Rockstar by March 2013? You also realize this is virtually impossible without GTA V?

Did R* games say that they are releasing GTA V before the financial year ends?

 

How do you know TT didn't bit off more than they can chew?

TakeTwo has never made more than $1.2 billion without a GTA game. Even with a GTA game, the most they've ever made is $1.5 billion. Now they expect $1.8 billion with Max Payne 3 DLC's? (Rockstar's portion of the money alone would require the sales from 2 more full-scale Max Payne 3 releases).

 

If TakeTwo did this on accident, it's a really bad thing, because the last time they gave us this promise was 13 days ago in their most recent conference call.

 

Every single officer in TakeTwo is very confident and proud of their earnings estimates: they are sure they can reach this $1.8 billion. This alone is extremely solid proof of a release before April 2013, and considering they don't want to drown out BioShock Infinite, they would likely do it before February 2013.

 

If they lower their numbers in November and there's no GTA, I will publicly apologize to you, but right now you're just acting ignorant and refusing to see very concrete evidence.

Well i have been called an ignorant nigga

 

I'm just saying, nothing, not even the platforms, are confirmed, even with the predictions.

[Andreas]

 

Did R* games say that they are releasing GTA V before the financial year ends?

 

How do you know TT didn't bit off more than they can chew?

TakeTwo expect 2$ per share and 1.8 billion dollar from 2K and Rockstar. 45% from 2K and 55% from Rockstar so Rockstar must make ~1 billion dollar. TakeTwo predicted 250 million dollar from Max Payne 3 + DLCs and 150 million dollar from catalog games (GTA SA, GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire etc.) so that are 400 million dollar. So Rockstar must make another 600 million dollar. With which game? Rockstar said in November that GTA V is their next game after Max Payne 3 and Rockstar didn't announce any game after GTA V. That means the release of GTA V is between now and March 31st 2013. The later the more difficult to make the money. And TakeTwo expect $2 per share. The last time Rockstar made $2 per share was in 2008 with GTA IV. That the platforms aren't confirmed yet doesn't mean sh*t in my opinion. It's possible that the next-generation consoles can play PS3/XBox360 games and then you could play GTA V on current AND next-generation-consoles. You know what I mean?

Edited August 12, 2012 by Carl CJ Johnsons Brother Brian

[Dj_Gh0zt]

Did R* games say that they are releasing GTA V before the financial year ends?

 

How do you know TT didn't bit off more than they can chew?

TakeTwo expect 2$ per share and 1.8 billion dollar from 2K and Rockstar. 45% from 2K and 55% from Rockstar so Rockstar must make ~1 billion dollar. TakeTwo predicted 250 million dollar from Max Payne 3 + DLCs and 150 million dollar from catalog games (GTA SA, GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire etc.) so that are 400 million dollar. So Rockstar must make another 600 million dollar. With which game? Rockstar said in November that GTA V is their next game after Max Payne 3 and Rockstar didn't announce any game after GTA V. That means the release of GTA V is between now and March 31st 2013. The later the more difficult to make the money. And TakeTwo expect $2 per share. The last time Rockstar made $2 per share was in 2008 with GTA IV. That the platforms aren't confirmed yet doesn't mean sh*t in my opinion. It's possible that the next-generation consoles can play PS3/XBox360 games and then you could play GTA V on current AND next-generation-consoles. You know what I mean?

I know what you mean. You put this on every thread that you post in.

 

But it's ALL speculation. Thats what I'm saying

 

 

 

[wwinterj]

I'm just saying, nothing, not even the platforms, are confirmed, even with the predictions.

This is correct. Now either folk who believe this are wrong and we get the game before March 31st 2013 and they win or we get it later than March 31st 2013 and we are right so again we win.

 

IF the game doesn't come out by March 31st 2013 I see a lot of folk been disappointed but I'll admit I'll enjoy seeing them make up some crappy excuse as to why there assumptions are wrong. My guess would be it involves the word delay.

 

It's really quite annoying seeing everyone plaster the financial crap. It only hints at GTA V it doesn't confirm anything about it and until R* prove me wrong I'll disregard anything about it.

[.dre.]

GTA V won't come out this year. It will be Spring 2013 the earliest. I think TT is relying too heavily on Bioshock.