“We didn't do the same things against Cotton Valley. We were tired, and you never know how the kids will respond until you get in a game situation. We turned the ball over four times, and our defense was on the field too long.”
“We believe that Take-Two overpaid for the license given the lack of exclusivity and relatively small size of the baseball category, ... The only winners here are the Players Association due to the size of the minimum guarantees, and first-party publishers due to the lack of future competition from EA Sports in the baseball genre.”
“Now that 'San Andreas' has launched, we have decided to take an early exit off the highway largely due to a lack of product momentum for [Take Two] after 'GTA: San Andreas', ... While it may be the largest video game of all time right now, there will be a day when GTA is supplanted by another game.”
“We ... believe that the loss of Jeff Lapin, an experienced industry veteran, should be viewed negatively, ... However, we believe that most investors hold Take-Two for one reason: GTA: San Andreas.”
“Take-Two will release GTA: San Andreas in October. San Andreas is widely anticipated to be largest game of the year, with the potential to sell over 10 million units worldwide, ... As a result, we expect that any weakness in the shares as the result of this morning's announcement to be temporary.”
“The releases of 'Doom 3' and 'Half-Life 2' may be more responsible for more computer upgrades than any other factor in the past several years, ... This could revive a PC games sales environment that has not seen a year-over-year weekly sales increase in units or dollars since the end of February 2003.”
“We believe that Take-Two overpaid for the license given the lack of exclusivity and relatively small size of the baseball category. The only winners here are the Players Association due to the size of the minimum guarantees, and first-party publishers due to the lack of future competition from EA Sports in the baseball genre.”
