Ninjala's Release Gets Delayed Until June Due To The Coronavirus Outbreak, GungHo President Apologises

Yeah, because of Covid, sure. Can't be because of all the issues and complaints they had at launch.

Darn, I was actually really looking forward to trying this out, especially after I couldn't play the test demo because of the bad servers. Oh well, guess I'll wait a little while longer.

I'm pretty sure the delay is due to how poorly the beta went. But sure, blame the virus.

The only real issue with the beta stress test were the servers, game ran like a dream once you got into a match. I can't imagine it'd take that long just to acquire more server space, unless it's because their server provider is also effected by covid lmao

You'd think that the coronovirus era is the perfect time to realease a free to play game like this one, not afterwards, where people will start going more and more outside their homes.

Was the beta really that bad?

I had no idea this game was going to release for free, I had no intention of getting it before. Now I'm actually considering it.
(Monetary issue primarily, not just because of the game itself).

Yeah, the beta connection was a mess. It will be hard for me to give this game attention in June with The Last of Us coming out.

I hope nobody believes that Corona excuse. 😑

@status-204 Bigot much?

@status-204
GungHo Online is a Japanese company - not Chinese.

@MrBlacky
Since when is hundreds the thousands of deaths, millions of infections, and billions of impacted lives just an "excuse"?

@westman98
What are you talking about?! What has anything of that to do with a game, which is baiscally finished, which got a beta test and suddenly got delayed for a month because of: "Oh, wait ... I forgot there is Corona."

I call this BS..
It's delayed due to the half baked job they did..

Another video game falls victim to Coronavirus. What next?

In other news, please don't let the new Godzilla vs. Kong movie get delayed by this thing. This movie has suffered one delay, please don't make it another!

@MrBlacky
Covid-19 isn't an excuse. Games will be delayed because of it

@westman98
In this specific case, it is an excuse. But if want to believe, you can of course.

@MrBlacky
1. People aren't working in the office.
2. Communication and collaboration over distance takes more effort.
3. Fixing things that you found in the beta, therefore take a longer time.

Its only a month and that is really not that much time to fix things, especially because the virus makes work more time consuming. The virus caused the delay indirectly, and that is a nuance you seem to have missed.

@iMarkU there are some very large companies rolling out large capital projects despite people working from home. i don’t buy it either. Further this entire COVID thing shows extensively that we actually don’t need to be in offices anymore.

@tekknik I am not saying that rolling out projects is impossible. But working in IT myself I can what impact working from a distance has. Its not impossible, it just takes time to adjust to this new way of working. Having been working from home for the last 8 weeks it took us atleast a month before being properly adjusted. Japan only went to working from home last week.

I do want to add that the virus has also shown why we want to work from location for certain situations, I can tell you that having meetings with 8 people is a hell of a job over video conferencing . Especially if somebody their microphone is not working properly.

In the end, does it really matter why they delayed it? Hopefully they take the month extra time to polish the game further.

@Kalmaro or maybe because they can't fix the issues in time because of Corona restrictions 😉 everything is not necessarily a conspiracy

It’s probably both of those issues. They probably had a crummy beta. They wouldn’t be the first company to have a bad beta which is why they do it. And then with coronavirus it’s too difficult to fix it all remotely in a timely fashion. They are human lest we forget.

@tekknik it could also be an indication that some big companies don't take the pandemic seriously because there's no money in it 🙂 here in Swedish hospitals they don't care if a nurse gets infected, the person is still required to work unrestricted because of the demand (and because of that you infect even more people). I can't imagine how it would be working at some of the big moneymaking companies right now. Games may come faster, but do they perhaps throw work ethics in the rubbish bin?

On the other hand, very large companies also tend to have more employees that makes the process go much faster, so that's also a factor. It could even be a mix of both factors, we simply don't know what happens inside the companies. at the end of the day nothing is black and white, especially when we have no evidence of why it happens, only WHAT happens 🙂

@danemord I don't think everything is a conspiracy, I just think they aren't being completely honest here.

Maybe it’s legit, but it’s funnier to think that the beta turned out so bad that they delayed it and said, “Uh, it’s the Corona, can you believe it?”

I honestly think this is a twofold problem. The beta test went so poorly, and it became very apparent they had a lot more work to do on the game, but the social restrictions imposed as a result of COVID-19 make the extra teamwork required to fix these bugs impossible given the limited time remaining. It’s definitely a bit of both, if you ask me. Had either the beta went smoothly or the virus not been present, we’d likely see an on-schedule release.

@Kalmaro sorry about that, it wasn't meant to be taken that seriously 😅

so much for those saying Covid-19 hasn't delayed any confirmed Nintendo games yet

@danemord It's fine lol, I didn't think you were attacking me.

@iMarkU I’m a dev, and have worked remotely most of my career so perhaps I do take the discipline required for granted. I agree that ultimately it doesn’t matter why it was delayed. Personally I’m not playing this game but for those who are I understand the beta didn’t go so well and that there may be some concerns and I feel those fans should be told by the company if they’re addressing the issues. “Our beta wasn’t so good guys, we gotta fix some stuff so it runs better, brb” sounds more human than “COVID delayed our game.”

@danemord This is the first I’ve heard of issues with nurses in Sweden (beautiful country btw), so I can’t comment there. As for the other part of it, it’s important to remember that companies need to keep operating to keep revenue coming to keep paying not only their bills but their employees. Unfortunately this means business as usual and can be taken as a company not acknowledging COVID. I work for one of the largest companies in the world atm, and I can say they stopped our travel around 2-3 weeks before COVID really started taking off here simply because we said we were worried. This decision affected some 5000 employees (were the only ones that travel) globally and many many customers and cost them money in the long run. Lastly it’s important to remember that you will get likely get COVID. These lockdowns were not meant to stop COVID but instead control how many people get it at once, so our medical services don’t get overwhelmed.

Yall do know that betas are released to fix any problems and see how they run right?
It is used to address issues that the game is running at the current state. And with COVID running loose, things get harder to fix because working remotely and all that.
I don't ever think a company goes out and says "hey guys, our game is full of bugs and have to delay it because it ain't workin". They usually say "delayed for unexpected reasons" etc. Covid will most definitely play a part, and its only a month. If covid wasn't around, maybe the game wouldn't get delayed, but who knows.
Either way, I'm pretty excited for it.... Hopefully it delivers, it just sucks I didn't get to play it haha .

@Kalmaro you should be more considerate tho. Toxic looking boi

@Pablo17 isnt that a good thing that they're fixing that? But when animal crossing launches incomplete with content nintendo says covid and its okay

@danemord this virus is just another flu the Gov't wants to take away our rights

@PickledKong64 Considerate? Toxic?
What are you on about?

"Please understand."

IT CAN BE TWO THINGS!

@PickledKong64 covid 19 is worse then the flu stop being a paranoid conspiracy nut.

Tsk tsk. Blaming this on COVID?!?!
A. Your beta failed huge
B. People that played it didn’t have a lot of great things to say about it
C. It’s be a lot more honourable to say that following the beta you know there’s things to fix and so you’re going to go do just that. At least then I’d be interested to try it again. As it stands, I’m out.

@Ttimer5 I don’t know anyone that really loved it after trying it... 5 of my friends and I all got a few rounds in. Not one enjoyed it.
The visuals are great, it’s just the gameplay itself...

@RiasGremory I'm not paranoid. You're the one who is if you still afraid

@PickledKong64 keep on drinking the koo laid dude but this virus has alrdy claimed over 80k lives and continues to rise.

@RiasGremory so has diseases like the flu. Bruh it's only killing people who are high risk