was a game of chicken, event tho Crackdown is never making that date
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Days Gone delayed to April 26
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Again, AAA alpha build games can be very rough and demo builds especially are not indicative of what the state of the final build is at that point in time. You can be confident in assuming they spend extra time on those demo builds to make sure you don't a) tap into any content that is not ready to be public b) activate any build-breaking bugs that are known by the devs but not fixed yet.
They could have selected either March 1st or the 29th for an empty date, even April 5th, 12th, 19th. But they didn't because the devs just need a little more time, and thats fine. There's no rush. But don't fool yourself in thinking its only moved because of a crowded February, its a convenient situation if anything.
Eh? It was announced in 2016.
Edit: nevermind, saw your follow up comment.
Uh no, March wouldn't work due to it having Devil May Cry and a bunch of other games.
If they were going to delay it for a clear month then it would be best to have it come in an empty time period.
I think they moved it to April to give Bend more time to polish the game. I don't think they did it solely because of the competition. Of course Crackdown and Metro are well known franchises among hardcore gamers but the real competition would have been Anthem.
Nonetheless it will be beneficial for Days Gone to be released in April. Right now I can't think of any other big title that will be released in April 2019.
Nonetheless it will be beneficial for Days Gone to be released in April. Right now I can't think of any other big title that will be released in April 2019.
I think days gone, crackdown and metro are all good to launch on that day. I think anthem had the chance to be huge but it needs some real positive marketing behind it. Crackdown is a no brainer. I think its for the best with Days Gone. Someone had to move.
Thats good and was expected.
In February and the same day like multiple other big games would have been dumb to not move it.
In February and the same day like multiple other big games would have been dumb to not move it.
The doom and gloom from the same ppl on rockstar ass and any other crunch dev is absolutely laughable
If Sony delayed it because the game just wasn't going to be ready for Feb 22nd then fair enough. If they delayed it purely because of how packed the original date is then ehhhhh. I can see Anthem or/and Metro getting delayed to be honest. Not Crackdown 3 though - that's getting released no matter what state it's is. I doubt MS will allow for anymore delays at this rate.
This was a delay due to the game's status, not the date. Moving it out of fiscal year (unless Sony pulls that trick where sales within a certain time after end of fiscal still technically count) means there was something wrong that needed more time, IMO. You don't move an announced, expected source of income out of fiscal year unless you really have to.
I dunno, this game has seemed like a really difficult production considering how long it's taken.
A lot of people seem to, even though it makes no sense whatsoever.
I dunno, this game has seemed like a really difficult production considering how long it's taken.
A lot of people seem to, even though it makes no sense whatsoever.
Yeah... let's cancel an almost 100% finished, great game. Makes totally sense. Looks like an ordinary Days Gone thread again.
Maybe the delay will make me want to play it. It's odd, I love UC4, HZD, GoW, and Spidey but Days Gone and TLOU2 just don't interest me at all.
I'll be patiently waiting for Ghosts of Tsushima and whatever the PS5 has in store.
I'll be patiently waiting for Ghosts of Tsushima and whatever the PS5 has in store.
More time for Metro and Sekiro then. Good.
I sure as hell hope not. Just polish the crap out of this game with the extra time.
I sure as hell hope not. Just polish the crap out of this game with the extra time.
Thats fine but my point still stands. You don't delay a game by almost 2 months (and not to mention into the next fiscal year) unless something is very wrong.
The more theydelay the game the better, UE4 gets updated so often that will benfit this game. Look how Fortnite on PS4 pro got from 30 FPS to 60 FPS to better graphics to better resolution with all the new optimisations . I hope Days Gone will profit from all those optimisations & new graphical features.
They gave a reason... games been playable since e3 . How about maybe just this once we take their reasoning and stop trying to force some theory
Fiscal year has nothing to do with it. WWS Game sales are included in PlayStation's overall income , which is massive anyway.
No one is forcing any theory on anyone, there is nothing wrong with speculating on the situation considering Days Gone has a history of delays in the first place.
Can you elaborate? Are you saying that first party video game releases only make a small dent in the fiscal figures?
So you want toxicity back? Well then, no one is preventing you from shouting about how angry you are, just remember Sony's output before doing that.
It was delayed two times. It's been announced for two years. We're you saying that about rdr2
Honestly, this is probably for the best. The game looks like it has potential, but most footage I've seen so far had too many rough spots imo
Ive seen so much of this game im started to lose interest.
They should show somthing different to the zombie combat and base infiltration.
They should show somthing different to the zombie combat and base infiltration.
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I don't own a PlayStation so I'm not really familiar with the output.
But this delay is probably the worst thing that can happen to PlayStation right now, I imagine. Huge black eye and kind of disrespectful to fans, I'm sure.
RDR2 has a history of delays yes, we all know Rockstar loves to throw delays out left right and centre and considering RDR2 was delayed from Spring to late October you can bet that game was not even nearly ready for release.
We are always hearing from AAA developers that there is never enough time to finish a game. Im willing to bet that when the devs at Bend Studios heard the game was being moved to April 26th they breathed a sigh of relief. Im not sure why people are offended at throwing out this possibility, at the end of the day we all get a better game as a result.
Oh please, this is ridiculous, on one hand people talk about how they hate crunch and on another there are posts like this.
...are you thinking of another console instead? Because someone is hurting for 1st party output and it's definitely not Sony.
I really don't see how Days Gone points to...well...anything regarding PS5 but sure.
I was always on #team2020 regardless :D
Aren't PS doing about 4bn a quarter in income ?
One delayed first party game won't make a massive difference ..