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Topic: 25 Honest reasons I'd prefer to see of why a game was delayed.

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MrGawain

All I'm asking for is a bit of honesty when EA, Sony, Microsoft, Activision, UBIsoft, Nintendo, and all the rest delay a game. Below are a few examples of such candour. I'm sure the rest of you can think up more, and I hope you post them.

1: We lied. It was nowhere finished when we said it was coming out a year before we said it was. But we've got your preorder so we don't care.
2: Our boss is a nutcase. He's decided that we need a 3d Galaga-esque level and a Siegfried's Follies dance number in our game three weeks before intended release.
3: It was going fine, then a quarter of our team quit or got moved to a more 'Important' project.
4: Our game was going to disappoint a lot of people on Christmas Morning, so we decided to work overtime for 3 months to get it up to scratch.
5: Our game was going to disappoint a lot of people on Christmas morning, so we thought we'd hide it in February or March when you're desperate to buy any old rubbish.
6: We've had it ready for ages, but it's more likely to sell tons after September.
7: Our competition has a vastly better game out at the same time, so were going to go and hide under our desks until you forget about that and don't question our game is derivative.
8: You gave us too much kickstarter money. We got distracted by adding levels, trying for 60fps, and shopping for diamond tiaras.
9: We've been trying to remove Kinect from the integral workings of the game.
10: Were not releasing it on PC until you cave in and buy it on one of those limited paperweights instead.
11: Bob has been ill with the squits. He's the one who knows how to draw really cool looking guns and motorbikes and ninjas so we can't do anything until he comes back.
12: Were delaying so we can add mass multiplayer to our version of solitaire.
13: We've delayed the Playstation version so the Xbox version is first.
14: The US version is out. Were delaying the European release because were doing a psychological study to see if we can really screw you up. The game is called Xenophobe. (and vice versa EU/US for Xenophobe 2).
15: Were tacking on amiibo support for an amiibo you'll never be able to buy.
16: The delay is due to our PEGI/ESRA rating. Were going to add some more sex scenes and someone killing a dog so more seven year olds will buy the game.
17: We took two years to come up with an original idea. After that went down a dead end we made a COD clone instead.
18: It takes a lot of time to sort out what should and shouldn't be in a game. And even longer to package it all as DLC.
19: Were waiting for a larger install base for this exclusive title. Namely a rival console.
20: We've delayed it for a 5th time because you haven't forgot about it yet so we can cancel it.
21: We've delayed after reading your ideas in comments, and they're waaay better than the crud we came up with.
22: We've delayed the release of this game because you're apparently annoyed we haven't fixed and patched the last one.
23: If we didn't delay, there would of been a big lack of pre-rendered cutscene trailers at next years E3.
24: We've moved the release date back to when enough people have pre-ordered and aren't going to buy it half price 3 weeks later.
25: You like games. We like games. Were playing 'with your emotions' until you cry like little girls. And no you can't play. You have to play that glitchy, dull cutscene were releasing instead.

And yes I do know:
“A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.”
― Shigeru Miyamoto.

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HollywoodHogan

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CaviarMeths

Aonuma's reason for delaying was definitely PR spin, but it wasn't dishonest. Dude just said they wanted to make sure the game was good and ready before shipping it. How is that lying?

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Geonjaha

Nintendo's real reason for delaying Zelda Wii U will simply be because they lied about it. They weren't going to say early on in the Wii U's lifespan that the only original Zelda game it was getting is coming in 2016. They claim it to be earlier to fill the huge gap of releases, and announce a 'delay' closer to the date.

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CaviarMeths

Geonjaha wrote:

Nintendo's real reason for delaying Zelda Wii U will simply be because they lied about it. They weren't going to say early on in the Wii U's lifespan that the only original Zelda game it was getting is coming in 2016. They claim it to be earlier to fill the huge gap of releases, and announce a 'delay' closer to the date.

Juicy gossip, but most theories are supported by evidence.

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HollywoodHogan

Geonjaha wrote:

They claim it to be earlier to fill the huge gap of releases, and announce a 'delay' closer to the date.

Bingo!

You are out of your mind if you believe that the guys making the game thought it would actually be out in 2015. They knew where they were at development wise at LEAST six months ago and knew the game wouldn't be ready, but they didn't tell the public as it would only hurt potential Wii U sales.

It's easier to announce it and get peoples hopes up and then say "sorry, its going to be a little bit longer" then it is to say "sorry, it won't be ready for another 2 years"

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CaviarMeths

MasterBlaster wrote:

Geonjaha wrote:

They claim it to be earlier to fill the huge gap of releases, and announce a 'delay' closer to the date.

Bingo!

You are out of your mind if you believe that the guys making the game thought it would actually be out in 2015. They knew where they were at development wise at LEAST six months ago and knew the game wouldn't be ready, but they didn't tell the public as it would only hurt potential Wii U sales.

It's easier to announce it and get peoples hopes up and then say "sorry, its going to be a little bit longer" then it is to say "sorry, it won't be ready for another 2 years"

You're out of your mind if you think a Zelda delay would have any meaningful impact on sales right in the heat of Smash season.

"Oh man, I really want to play Smash! But golly, I heard that Zelda will be out in 18 months instead of 12, I guess I'm not buying a Wii U now."

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HollywoodHogan

CaviarMeths wrote:

MasterBlaster wrote:

Geonjaha wrote:

They claim it to be earlier to fill the huge gap of releases, and announce a 'delay' closer to the date.

Bingo!

You are out of your mind if you believe that the guys making the game thought it would actually be out in 2015. They knew where they were at development wise at LEAST six months ago and knew the game wouldn't be ready, but they didn't tell the public as it would only hurt potential Wii U sales.

It's easier to announce it and get peoples hopes up and then say "sorry, its going to be a little bit longer" then it is to say "sorry, it won't be ready for another 2 years"

You're out of your mind if you think a Zelda delay would have any meaningful impact on sales right in the heat of Smash season.

"Oh man, I really want to play Smash! But golly, I heard that Zelda will be out in 18 months instead of 12, I guess I'm not buying a Wii U now."

So you don't believe that there were people who planned/were waiting on buying a Wii U in 2015 to get the new Zelda game who are now going to be holding off on buying the system until the game comes out?

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And what is "Smash Season"? Didn't that game come out like five months ago? Judging by the sales of the console since then, that season "died" about 5 weeks after it was released.

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HollywoodHogan

@CaviarMeths

Oh wait, I got your very unclear point after rereading your post a couple more times.

Nintendo could have told people at or after last years E3 that Zelda would not be ready until 2016, and it would have been less of a blow. Strategically holding off on mentioning that let people believe that Zelda would be coming in 2015, building up excitement and false hope. Now lots of people are let down, and it will most certainly impact their holiday sales (unless they have a big game they haven't announced yet).

Point being, by letting fans believe that this game could possibly be released in 2015, when the guys making it had to have known full well it wouldn't be ready, was most certainly a calculated business move to boost sales.*

*People are buying PS4's right now based on "games that are coming", so you can't pretend that people don't buy consoles in anticipation of game releases in the near future

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LzWinky

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CaviarMeths wrote:

Aonuma's reason for delaying was definitely PR spin, but it wasn't dishonest. Dude just said they wanted to make sure the game was good and ready before shipping it. How is that lying?

How do you know it was PR spin? Maybe they did genuinely come upon some kind of gameplay mechanic that they thought would be revolutionary.
Imagine if the Link Between Worlds guys had got 75% through development before someone came up with the wall-painting mechanic. Wouldn't it have been worth it to delay for the sake of adding that?

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I liked the list, MrGawain. It was funny

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MrGawain

Nicolai wrote:

I liked the list, MrGawain. It was funny

Thanks. I'm glad someone noticed I was going for humour....

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