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Halo Infinite Delayed until 2021
- Thread starter Lant_War
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Seems he should be applauding this move considering his reporting on crunch and the difficulties of game development.
But gotta fan those fan war flames I guess
"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad," Miyamoto
Glad they give 343I more time to polish the game... they should make it next-gen only if they feel the need to
Glad they give 343I more time to polish the game... they should make it next-gen only if they feel the need to
Oof....That's harsh but clearly whatever happened here surely happened over years and Covid and the gameplay demo was what broke the camel's back.
The question is how much could this affect Microsoft's other games?
Now we can have proper beta testing for the multiplayer as well. And you damn well know the graphics will be fixed now.
Everything else that it was already gonna launch with? All this talk of delaying finished hardware is funny. People act like only Halo can boot on this machine. I for one am okay with the fact that I do not have to split my gaming hours between Cyberpunk and Halo in November. I don't mind seeing the upside in things like this. Delay Halo a full year if it will turn it into a once-in-a-gen type game as far as I'm concerned.
I don't think Series S will launch on the same month, maybe even in February or so. But with the delay of Halo now, they might consider launching two SKU's
Better to delay it and polish it more then to release a shitty game and it utterly ruin the Xbox Series X Launch with bad press...
His report on crunch though indicates that delays lead to way more crunch, not a decompressed run to release.
For real. MS tried to embrace the joke, but the reaction must have shook them.
I'm glad they're taking the time to polish, but I expected MS to force them to launch and then "fix" things with patches.
Yup. Half this forum would have predicted that in February.
They said we'd see more of the game including multiplayer this year, I assume most if not all of their marketing plans have now moved deep into 2021 too. I actually expect the next time they show this game to be single player again to show us the changes made since this years reveal and then a multiplayer reveal to follow shortly after... basically what they had planned this year but done again.
I guarantee you there will still be a lot of crunch. You generally don't delay console launch games (or any games) to give developers more personal time. The game was not going to be the quality they want if they launch this year.
This exactly. Same thing with Cyberpunk... I bet you those devs are crunching even with the delays.
Yeah I don't get people thinking the opposite. I know in my line delays usually make "crunch" a lot worse.
Honestly, in terms of the people actually making the game, I'm sure they feel some serious relief to get more time to work on it. But I'm sure MS and management are devastated with this proposal considering it was going to be a console launch seller.
I know a lot of people might be disappointed by this, but I do think this was the right decision, and I have to commend Microsoft and Phil Spencer for having the will to delay something so critical.
I don't think old Xbox would've allowed this. Old Xbox would've crunched 343 and multiple other studios collaborating to get this on time just to sell a box in a very crowded launch window.
Halo Infinite's showing was disappointing to me compared to the previous 2 E3s. While I don't know if I can expect anything along the lines of the initial trailer, I think the delay will put both Halo Infinite and 343 in a better place than trying to rush it for this year, and I'm excited for what's to come!
I don't think old Xbox would've allowed this. Old Xbox would've crunched 343 and multiple other studios collaborating to get this on time just to sell a box in a very crowded launch window.
Halo Infinite's showing was disappointing to me compared to the previous 2 E3s. While I don't know if I can expect anything along the lines of the initial trailer, I think the delay will put both Halo Infinite and 343 in a better place than trying to rush it for this year, and I'm excited for what's to come!
He's informed enough to know that game delays normally don't actually help to ease crunch.
It was clear the game in its current state isn't up to standard, I think it's validating because at the end of the day they have some breathing room
Oh..... Well that sucks
We don't know what the PS5 launch lineup is yet, so we cannot say.
Sony has Spider-Man Miles Morales and Deathloop for AAA alongside Bugsnax, Kena and the Astro-Bot game.
Xbox also has some smaller titles (that for the life of me I cannot remember) but also has some pretty good looking AA games in The Medium and Scorn, and for AAA Yakuza 7 isn't getting a PS5 patch at launch while XSX is (even though the game will be on PS4 and likely playable on PS5) so I imagine that all MS really needs to do is just buy out a bigger third party launch title for Gamepass day one (like Yakuza or AC Ragnarok)
Wow, that's something I did not expect to hear going into this year...
I was honestly almost positive that with the amount of time that had passed since their last titles both 343 and Turn 10 were well ahead of the curve in term of development and would be ready with their titles for the launch of the Series X.
To now hear that not only was the next Forza seemingly never aiming for launch but now Halo Infinite (a planned cross-gen title) also won't hit launch is really crazy.
Anyway, hope the extra time will allow them to polish the game and have the ray-tracing that was planned to be added later on release now.
I was honestly almost positive that with the amount of time that had passed since their last titles both 343 and Turn 10 were well ahead of the curve in term of development and would be ready with their titles for the launch of the Series X.
To now hear that not only was the next Forza seemingly never aiming for launch but now Halo Infinite (a planned cross-gen title) also won't hit launch is really crazy.
Anyway, hope the extra time will allow them to polish the game and have the ray-tracing that was planned to be added later on release now.
Damn that sucks, it was the main reason I was buying a SX at launch, I dont know what else is coming out exclusively that'll be worth it.
This is probably very good for the quality of the final game, but kind of bad for the console's launch.
After Infinite gets out the door, they really need to take a look at 343i. They have sunk too much to outright cancel Infinite, but I don't think 343i (as it is today) can be relied on the same way that they've relied on Bungie/Turn 10/Playground and The Coalition. Might be time to shuffle things around.
Surely it's much worse to release a console with nothing substantial than to delay the console launch?
I remember 3DS launching with a very average set of games with very little until an Ocarina of Time remake. It then got a substantial price cut to remind people it existed.
I remember 3DS launching with a very average set of games with very little until an Ocarina of Time remake. It then got a substantial price cut to remind people it existed.
My ... purpose? I posted it because it was a rumor of a delay for a component of Halo Infinite? Completely on-topic.
Game delays typically mean MORE crunching, not less, because the project generally gets additional features and milestones added on top of the original ones.
I wonder what's the killer app or launch title for the Xbox Series X this holiday then... hopefully when Halo Infinite releases, it has all the features like Ray Tracing.