Grand Theft Auto IV delayed until 2008

I am not amused.

All I can muster right now is a disappointed "Gah".

Huh... what? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

HAHAHAHA!!

JUST FREAKIN GREAT!

I CANT EVEN GET MAD ANYMORE...
I WENT FULL CIRCLE BACK TO HAPPY!!

Well at least I want have to rush through the game so I can play Halo 3 in time like I did with San Andreas to play Halo 2.

that's fucked up. i already wasted my fucking money reserving it, now its fucking delayed.

NOT BUYING IT GOODBYE

What about us PC gamers? Wait another 2 years after the first console relase?

I remember back in the day when GTA was PC exclusive... those were the good days...

Makes looking back at Microsoft's E3 press conference pretty entertaining now. Resting the whole thing on the big 3 of Halo, GTA, and Madden - to get the biggest holiday season ever. Hmm, maybe we should have focused more on the future of the system and not relied so heavily on promoting just 3rd parties and Halo.

I'm happy actually i've already gotten over a $500 game list for the holidays that i need to buy. :S

you know, if waiting makes the game that much better, i don't mind. seriously though, if everyone would just start setting release dates further in the future, they wouldn't have to post delay's and if they manage to get it done early, they can release it early. i know it isn't as simple as that, but how many games have been delayed this week alone? this is getting ridiculous. i wasn't a console owner when the ps2 then the xbox came out, so i didn't pay too much attention to game release schedules, but when that new technology came out was there this same rampant miscalculation of development time that we have seen in this new generation of consoles? i know things are getting more difficult to program for, but you would think that all the dev teams would have realized this by now and stated stating release dates to accommodate such things.

if there is one thing technology, and specifically gaming, has taught me is that good things come to those that wait patiently. being upset because shit happens, just means a short life for you.

i'm going to end up waiting for this game, i want it, i want the special addition, and i want it for my ps3. end of line

trying to squeeze it on to a DVD FTW!

At first i was shocked and angered all at once. Then i realized that this isn't such a bad thing after all considering that this year we've got Crysis, Bioshock, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata ( i think), Mass Effect, Halo 3, UT 2007, Heavenly Sword, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3,Orange Box, GoW for the PC, Rachet & Clank : Tools of Destruction and a bunch of other titles to play.

Great move on their part. Now the other games get more of my time.

Quest: you comment makes you sound like the little punk. ritalin was just trying to be funny. [i know i would want to be told]

Oh well... more time for Mass Effect.

Hey Quest, go back to waiting for your mediocre exclusives like Lair and lighten up, ya douche.

From Take-Two Ceo : "We are sorry to all of our fans about the delay, but it was something that had to be done. Due to the heavy amount of complaints and political backlash GTAIV was recieving our programmers are being forced to remove all african american zombies from the game and are replacing them with average white middle-class men. We are also changing the name from Grand Theft Auto to Grand Tax Evasion as the title might suggest that the crimes being commited are condoned by an african american male. Once again sorry for the delay and we hope that you will still be looking forward to our improved product when it is released in Quarter 3 of 2009.

It is nice to see then taking extra time to get the game right. None the less I am suprised to see them move it from the oh so cozy and lucrative holiday season release. There are going to be alot of upset children who wont be able shiek in delight and glee of the happiness that is GTA.

I felt a great disturbance in gaming, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

Never cared for any GTA game in the first place. But wait... oh, nope, still not caring.

That gives me a reason to wait to get my PS3 until Christmas or later!

NOOOOOOOOOO

@Slife

Actually It could go either way for EB/Gamestop. I would not be suprised to see a good number of people cancel their pre-orders or put the money towards something else. However it does give all the customers more time to forget that the game is coming out, leaving them with mountains of unclaimed pre-ordered games and 5 dollar deposits.

@slife: that is why i now shop at a story that doesn't require money down to preorder. in my case, if i'm preordering, i'm really going to buy it.