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Games affected by unfortunate release dates
- Thread starter King Dodongo
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Blur and Split second
arcade realistic racers don't exactly have a large fan base, so two of them which are good releasing on the same day completely killed both franchises in one go
arcade realistic racers don't exactly have a large fan base, so two of them which are good releasing on the same day completely killed both franchises in one go
The Xbox version showed up in Dollar Tree earlier this year.
It was a dollar.
If I remember correctly, August was Pikmin 3's month, and Nintendo was really hurting to stretch their releases out. W101 got September, Wii Party U in October, and 3D World in November. Rough times.
As well as Disaster Report 4.. which was canceled... but then thankfully released 9 years later.
Majora's Mask was overshadowed by the PS2 launch. It's a good thing it's got a lot more love now from people in general today.
I felt Horizon Zero Dawn had a lot of its thunder stolen by Breath of the Wild (released a week later). It certainly rebounded, but can't help but think it was a little overshadowed
This game is so much fun, shame it never came out officially.How so? Both did very well.
Propeller Arena for Dreamcast. Was scheduled to comeout about a week after 9/11.
Titanfall 2 is the big one. Still play it daily, still unrivaled in the thrill of pilot vs titans.
Naruto broken bond came out after naruto ninja storm and all the hype was on ultimate ninja on ps3. They could've had it come out before storm and not 2 weeks after.
Ubisoft did a good job with that game but storm took all the wind out of that sail and they let the IP rights go.
Naruto broken bond came out after naruto ninja storm and all the hype was on ultimate ninja on ps3. They could've had it come out before storm and not 2 weeks after.
Ubisoft did a good job with that game but storm took all the wind out of that sail and they let the IP rights go.
One that stands out to me because it's a game I always think of an excuse not to play (much like Titanfall 2) is Splinter Cell Blacklist. It came out in 2013 somewhere between Bioshock, Last of Us, GTA V and console launches. I bet I would enjoy it.
This.
Game released during the release of the new consoles with no new gen version.
It's one of the best music/rhythm games of all time, and is perfect right now while festivals and clubs are all closed. It deserves so much more attention.
Came into this thread to bring up this and even the fact that it is launching among a hectic double console launch.
For Alpha protocol, Obsidian ran out of money, and SEGA wouldn't pay for any more QA and bug fixing, but the later still insisted on sitting for it for 6 months, which made it 1. miss the holiday window 2. come out shortly after one of the few other spy series, Splinter cell. and most importantly 3. Come out a couple months after Mass Effect 2.
While it still would have been niche at best, and probably not have reviewed that well, Hitting all 3 of those factors definitely was the last nail in the coffin
While it still would have been niche at best, and probably not have reviewed that well, Hitting all 3 of those factors definitely was the last nail in the coffin
I don't know if this was intentional or not but it's pretty great either way.
Granblue Versus's momentum has been heavily shaken by COVID, the weak quality of netplay and no locals has dampened a lot of interest from people I've met
I just can't help but think of all of those games that shifted release dates to get out of the way of Cyberpunk, only for CDPR to keep moving it.
If true Respawn are total idiots.... someone wanted to prove they could beat BF or COD ??
Horizon got unfortunately overshadowed by BotW.
GT6/Pupeteer releasing on PS3 instead of PS4.
Reminder that the Poject Gotham Racing franchise is dead because the fourth game was released a week after Halo 3.
Already mentioned, but this is literally Titanfall 2 the thread. A first person shooter sandwiched right in between the two biggest games in the genre, Call of Duty and Battlefield, a week before and a week after. The fact that EA published Battlefield and Titanfall 2 a week apart is just inexcusable.
Ubisoft delayed Watchdog for Wii U for months, and released it two days before Super Smash Bros 4 . What were they thinking? But it's good that they still manage to fulfilled their promise.
The titanfall 2 thing always seemed like really awful timing for them, and it sucked it went down like that, I've only recently gotten into titanfall 2 in the last month but I've had a blast with multiplayer, I'm actually sad that we'll probably never get titanfall 3 or at least be waiting a long ass time for it because of titanfall 2 being screwed by it's release date.
I just don't understand why they thought that was a good idea. The first game did so fucking well but not sandwich between both CoD and Battlefield well. It was sooo good too.
Sakuna launching on like next gen launch day doesn't seem to have helped it. It has had a solid showing in the global steam sellers top 10, but I I bet it would be doing even better if it had released even a couple weeks earlier or later.
"You bet your sweet cheeks it's on X-Box!"
I love the outtakes video just because the GameStop manager immediately recognizes Rocco.
The immediate ones that came to my mind, I don't think have been mentioned yet. The impact was so detrimental too, much more than Titanfall 2 was for Respawn IMO.
May 2010 in the space of 2 weeks we have Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake and Mario Galaxy 2 released. Arcade racers are already seeing a downward trend in sales and then 3 go and release in that same period: Split/Second, Blur & Modnation Racers.
3 really good games that could have performed so much better if they had been released in a quieter market. Sequels should have been assured. The developers could still be here now. 😞
edit: actually just seen Blur & Split Second were mentioned.
May 2010 in the space of 2 weeks we have Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake and Mario Galaxy 2 released. Arcade racers are already seeing a downward trend in sales and then 3 go and release in that same period: Split/Second, Blur & Modnation Racers.
3 really good games that could have performed so much better if they had been released in a quieter market. Sequels should have been assured. The developers could still be here now. 😞
edit: actually just seen Blur & Split Second were mentioned.
Titanfall 2, Shadow Hearts, Metal Gear Solid 3 (But that can also be the disappointed response of MGS2 by the majority at the time.)
Gears Tactics for me. I remember looking forward to the game then Xcom: Chimera Squad was announced and released within a week for just £8 and really took any attention away from it. Then to make things even worse the console port has been lost in all the next gen hype.
I gotta say the situation around Cyberpunk is ridiculous, they keep moving the release date and everybody keeps moving their games away because of it.
Not having The Medium this December really sucks.
Not entirely on topic but I wanted to get that off my chest.
Not having The Medium this December really sucks.
Not entirely on topic but I wanted to get that off my chest.
There isn't an example as bad as this I don't think.
Also, not waiting and releasing Marvel's Avengers as a next gen launch title was a bad idea.
Battleborn has gotta be up there for sure. I remember the "Come at me bro" tweet from Gearbox and it got absolutely steamrolled by Overwatch. I bought both games and although I generally enjoyed Overwatch more, there were some interesting components to Battleborn. The game was just not going to do well going into the juggernaut that is Blizzard games.
Motorstorm Apocalypse was a biblically poor timing of release dates, as it was meant to be released in March 2011, but then the Japan Tohoku earthquake happened, which led to them delaying the game due to the events of the game taking place during an earthquake, which sony may have deemed insensitive. The game released 2 months later to little fanfare, and being outright not sold at all in Japan.
Shame too as it was a looot of fun, sure the story is a bit corny but it had a lot of charm, and it was a goddamn technical masterpiece on the PS3.
Shame too as it was a looot of fun, sure the story is a bit corny but it had a lot of charm, and it was a goddamn technical masterpiece on the PS3.
Rise of the Tomb Raider.
I remember when it released on the same day as Fallout 4 and barely anyone talked about it. It's a really good game, too.
I remember when it released on the same day as Fallout 4 and barely anyone talked about it. It's a really good game, too.
Lol. Didn't it happen again when Shadow of the Tomb Raider came out on the same day as Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4?
Why does an upgrade path matter, you can still play regardless.
Brink released while PSN was down for a few weeks in 2011. :(
I've got to echo the folks saying Titanfall 2. Stuck in between Battlefield 1 and Infinite Warfare in a stacked holiday season.
Speaking of echoes... wasn't Metroid Prime 2: Echoes a victim of a stacked holiday season too? DMC3, MGS3, San Andreas, Halo 2, and so much more. Though being on the GameCube didn't do the sales numbers any favors.
Speaking of echoes... wasn't Metroid Prime 2: Echoes a victim of a stacked holiday season too? DMC3, MGS3, San Andreas, Halo 2, and so much more. Though being on the GameCube didn't do the sales numbers any favors.
