Nintendo News | Take-Two Look To Wii

Take-Two Interactive, a publisher and developer whose subsidary companies include Rockstar Games and 2K Games, have recently posted losses of $50.4 million for the quarter ending April 30th. They put this down to the new console transition period and expenses from closing three studios. However, in a surprising move - Take-Two have traditionally not been so favourable towards Nintendo - the company appear to be looking towards Wii for additional revenue.

"The positive for us is that we haven't been a big player in the Nintendo platform," said president and CEO Paul Eibeler. "The reception that received at the E3 show is one that makes us take a real strong look at it. As we grow our sports business, there are opportunities with our sports games to extend them to the Wii system, particularly if you look at baseball, where we have an exclusive arrangement, as well as some of the other sports games that would play extremely well on the Wii product."

"...And some of the 2K products will be, have an opportunity on the Wii. It's really a late '07, '08 opportunity for us, but it presents an additional revenue stream that we didn't have before."

While it's true that the company could be a little late to the party in that they would be releasing titles a while away yet, the support is certainly encouraging, especially from a company that has shyed from Nintendo for years.

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