Relics can be profitable, that doesn't mean it's not a relic. Pre-orders for premium editions can be ordered online and delivered.
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The Last of Us Part II and Iron Man VR delayed until further notice
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Relics can be profitable, that doesn't mean it's not a relic. Pre-orders for premium editions can be ordered online and delivered.
You're just making stuff up. Games get massive updates all the time.
Right. But until such a time that retail does not account for close to what, 50% of sales? It would be a poor business decision to bypass it.
Watch Sony launching the game digitally in three months anyway when they realize this lol.
It Sony think people can buy the game may 2021, people will buy the game today digitally if there is an option
I suspect this is the first of many, many game delays this year due to Covid-19. I'm not buying that next gen consoles are even going to make it out this year. I'll be happy if Last of Us 2 makes it out in 2020, but won't be surprised if it's pushed back to 2021.
If the U.S. had taken a more proactive approach in handling coronavirus like South Korea, would things have been different? Are other markets having difficulties the reason as well? Mid July is supposedly when this virus will take a dip only to resurge in the fall, and that will account for the U.S. alone. Does anyone know what the prospects are for the markets in the rest of the world?
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Honestly, that's a big shame.
Every local event is cancelled, people are in lockdown across the globe. People are reliant on forms of entertainment, like games and media, to keep going.
It's at this time that it's the time for mediums of entertainment that facilitate staying at home, really get to shine and both enterain long term players, as well as demonstrate their value to people who might not otherwise engage with them. In that sense, I think it's disappointing to see developers are delaying their releases away from this period.
Every local event is cancelled, people are in lockdown across the globe. People are reliant on forms of entertainment, like games and media, to keep going.
It's at this time that it's the time for mediums of entertainment that facilitate staying at home, really get to shine and both enterain long term players, as well as demonstrate their value to people who might not otherwise engage with them. In that sense, I think it's disappointing to see developers are delaying their releases away from this period.
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lol at some people being angry at retailers and physical buyers and calling them "backwards".
Little bit extreme?
Grow up.
Little bit extreme?
Grow up.
The issue isn't necessarily delivery of physical games (though physical deliveries for non essential items at the moment will be delayed slightly), it's the delay on actually getting the discs themselves pressed, inserts printed and having the whole package put together, presumably because these places are closed due to COVID-19
If they're facing major challenges with software, hardware will be a nightmare if the situation doesn't improve dramatically. Man I really don't want a delay but it's not looking good for next gen consoles
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Fuck you. Seriously. Fuck you. You don't know what I'm going through right now. It's clear I'm not the only one having issues with this. I'm sure I'm not the only one whose mental state is fucking fucked.
I have people in the hospital dying of this shit right now. My entire household lost their jobs and my baby has been sick for the past three months and started running a fever this week. So SORRY for wanting some digital distraction to take me away from this shithole of a planet for a few hours.
We are going to be at record unemployment rates by june. Hell, I'm still working and I was planning on buying RE3, Doom Eternal, FFVII and Animal Crossing day one. I copped Doom Eternal but I'm not buying anything else right now for sure. It's gonna be even worse in 2 months as more people are laid off and everyone starts to realize life is not going back to normal for quite some time, as we find ourselves knee-deep in a massive global recession.
Amen because in the worst worst scenario we are all going to have SO much more to worry about than this.
I'm banking on a release in July or August if the situation in Italy, Spain, and China are any barometers to go by.
Worst case is we don't get a handle on this thing and it drags out for the rest of the year and beyond. Then we are all going to be in serious fucking trouble.
Didn't both companies came out and say they are not delaying next gen consoles?
We've already seen delays in physical game delivery.
And that number has increased to a larger segment of otherwise potential customers, which is what it has to do with things.
My copy of Doom was delivered before things hit the fan. FF7R physical release is already negatively affected. As time goes forward I'm not seeing how TLOU2 wouldn't see worse on the physical side.
Everyone will have their own strategy, yes.
People still pay for 3mbps down plans at best in some places in the US.
One can only expect to accept delays for so so long. Unless ND releases a demo to make up for the non-appearance at PAX, or if they don't release another trailer or gameplay footage to keep the game relevant between now and whenever the game will b released later this year, for me, I'm just not going to buy this at launch.
Deliveries can get/are getting delayed due to logistics issues.
They're both publicly traded companies, it would make no sense to announce delays right now, they have a strategy I assure you.
How can people be so naive with the talks of "digital launch"? This is not about physical copies printing, this is about the economics around it.
"But but Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal just launched and were really sucessful commercially!"
Yeah, lets try that 2 months (May 29th) from now when everyone will be broke as hell without their jobs.
"But but Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal just launched and were really sucessful commercially!"
Yeah, lets try that 2 months (May 29th) from now when everyone will be broke as hell without their jobs.
They said that, but Sony also said just a week or two ago that their production was on target with no anticipated delays.
So that means absolutely nothing. If COVID19 starts to reduce by fall, it might happen, but at this point I don't see P5 or X Series X releasing this year. No way.
Best case scenario is that we start getting the movies and games from March through June that were supposed to release during the second half of this year and 2021 is business as usual with launches of P5 and the new Xbox in spring or summer 2021.
Its a complex issue and I don't disagree with what you're saying here. I do feel, though, that things a year from now are very likely to be worse, especially from the perspective of making money off of luxury goods. The US specifically is arguably barreling towards a depression right now. Almost everyone I know is unemployed now, and the only reason I'm still employed is because I've been job hunting since graduation for months and push carts at a Target.
A lot of people a month from now, even those recently unemployed, arguably might find themselves feeling like $60 worth of escapism is something they can justify. What happens by summer, when the amount of cases in the US has peaked and unemployment from so many businesses shuttering is peaking as well? What happens this fall/winter when we still don't have a vaccine and outbreaks start hitting again, as we've seen happen historically? When is the right time for Sony to release it then?
or have hugely restrictive data caps. remember, most ISP's are only killing data caps for the month of april, there are no plans to do away with them for the future months of lockdown.
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Hey there, I think stepping away from this thread will do you some good.
Back it up how?
https://broadbandnow.com/internet-providers-with-data-caps These are most if not all of the internet providers in just the US. They all have data caps, with the highest being 1 terabyte per month on the services with the most subscribers. 1 Terabyte isn't a lot when downloads are upwards of 80-120 GB and the average data usage per household per month is 120 GB (100 MB an hour): https://technology.informa.com/585869/connected-device-market-monitor-q2-2016 (2016 study)
Of course you can pay more for unlimited data, and it doesn't take in to account the recent temporary waiving of overage charges a lot of companies are implementing.
You (and the other person who quoted me) are right, I think I am letting the few rare times that games have had real problems hold too much weight in my mind.
They basically they said they have no current plans to delay next-gen consoles, which is just PR speak. Of course they don't want to delay the console launches, but they aren't going to announce a delay yet unless they have to.
What will probably happen is the game will go gold shortly and they'll take 2-3 months to manufacture as many discs as they can, given the unfortunate logistical circumstances. Then they'll announce a date when they're 100% confident they can meet demand and execute their marketing plan.
Well alright then. I guess there's not much you can do.
I don't think selling it digitally would be that big of an issue if a ton of people are still sitting at home but I'm sure they did the math.
I don't think selling it digitally would be that big of an issue if a ton of people are still sitting at home but I'm sure they did the math.
and preventing mutation of the virus. That's the last thing we want is a new flu virus season that hurts worse than the actual flu. The figures for six months are what I'm being told by education department in that we won't be opening back up for six months.
