Take-Two Interactive's two biggest hopes for the three months ending June 30,
Max Payne 3 and
Spec Ops: The Line, both sold fewer copies than the company anticipated, CEO Strauss Zelnick said Tuesday.
The underperformance of these games was the primary driver of the company's $110.8 million loss for the quarter, on revenues of $226.1 million. This fell below Wall Street analyst expectations, which averaged around $255 million.
"As a hit-driven entertainment company, not every title we produce will meet our sales targets," Zelnick told investors in a Gamasutra-attended conference call.
Additionally, the company says that $15 million of the loss was due to "a one-time contractual obligation of $15 million," though the company did not specify the nature of this contract.
Upcoming high-profile releases for the company include
BioShock Infinite,
Borderlands 2,
Xcom: Enemy Unknown and
NBA 2K13. The company is also putting particular focus on its digital offerings, the revenues from which saw a 33 percent rise during the period.
