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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. ...

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Analysts on GTA: San Andreas and Take2

Posted on Wednesday, 27 October 2004 by Speed, source: Fragland
Gamespot has a rather interesting piece put up where several analysts take a look at Take2 and the fact that next to GTA: San Andreas, the company doesn't really have any triple A titles
The bad news? The single most sought after game is, effectively, your only triple-A product, and that's just not good enough for Wall Street.
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Reuters was uncharacteristically vague, but still pulled a figure out of its hat. Declining to reveal analysts by name, in a story today it referenced sources that indicated to it that worldwide sales of 4.5 million during the game's first week are a possibility.

The fallout on Wall Street from all this excitement? Surprisingly, the stock closed down over a dollar today to $31.49--toward the low end of the company's 52-week range of $27.84-$40.43.

Investors aren’t the only ones yawning. Earlier this month, Southwest Securities downgraded Take-Two from a "strong buy" to "neutral." Banc of America Securities analyst Gary Cooper actually downgraded Take-Two today, from a "buy" to "neutral."
It seems strange that stocks would go up when a game is under development (and costing money) while they drop when it goes gold and will actually bring in money...
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