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The Last of Us Part II launches on June 19, 2020
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Only after a theatrical only run, and to a very low fanfare.
Film distributers don't depend on home ent sales as much as games do.
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“Remember. TLOU2 was delayed because of logistics issues, not because the game was behind its development schedule. Hence the 1 month delay overall Aim will be to build up a stockpile of physical copies for the launch. Especially as the game is expected to sell millions on day 1...
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If this was true for other games, then all games reviews are bullshit. But then again, it's not. You are accusing gaming journalists of dishonesty without any evidence.
On topic: It's weird that Sony made a huge fuss about this just because of a month of delay. They cancelled pre-orders and even stated indefinite delay. I seriously doubt that by June COVID 19 won't be a problem anymore. I could some relaxation of stay at home orders, but it's not going to be true everywhere.
No but FF Remake is having massive stock issues all over the world.
I hope the marketing is huge. I haven't watched a PlayStation commercial in awhile.
FF7 was shipped early in Europe and Australia because they wanted to ensure that people got their copies in time. And two weeks is a hell of a shorter time compared to the two months between now and TLoU 2
Some people really have no concept of how the real world works. Either there is a lack of understanding of how severe the pandemic is or they have the mind set that games can be developed and released in an instant. When they originally delayed the game, there was no certainty about how long the pandemic will last, how many people will die, how long countries would be in lock down, and how much of an impact there has been on manufacturer. So you can't accurately predict a new release date. Hence why it had an indefinite delay.
Now people honestly think that Sony is forgoing weeks of safety precautions and planning because of a leak and that they made determined the new release date in a matter of hours. Does that seem plausable? Gamers are really desperate to believe that giant corporations are consistently affected by the things that they post online. But in reality they barely move the needle, especially when compared to deadly pandemics and multi-million dollar business and marketing deals.
Now people honestly think that Sony is forgoing weeks of safety precautions and planning because of a leak and that they made determined the new release date in a matter of hours. Does that seem plausable? Gamers are really desperate to believe that giant corporations are consistently affected by the things that they post online. But in reality they barely move the needle, especially when compared to deadly pandemics and multi-million dollar business and marketing deals.
That's just the PlayStation Store's policy, If a game doens't have a release date it can't be pre ordered. That's why pre orderes got cancelled and refunded.
A big thing here seems to be you assuming this was intentional, in contrast to your prior post, as if they already knew the new release date from the day they delayed it or something. That's the only way this makes sense.
But obviously they didn't. They took a precautious proactive stance regarding COVID-19 because no one knew how this thing would pan out, at all.
That it's releasing when it is is because of avoiding worst-case circumstances.
But there was no way of actually knowing that when they delayed it.... That's why they delayed it in the first place. Just in case things really went for the worst case situation, they'd be ready for that as well.
But fortunately, they didn't. That's why it's releasing earlier rather than later. That's all.
Naughty Dog took a precautious stance, just in case.
Things avoided the worst case scenario.
They're able to release earlier rather than later.
They're not omniscient. They're not soothsayers or anything like that. They played it safe, things worked out better rather than worse. No need for conspiracies or implications the delay itself was unnecessary or no big deal just because things worked out for the better rather than the worse because that's to entirely misunderstand the reason for the delay in the first play (that there is in fact no way of knowing how these things will go until they actually happen).
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Those digital releases have been negotiated with retailers though prior, as a type of industry standard. That's presumably not the case here. And unlike home video releases for film, physical still remains a significant share of video game sales where retailers will have a lot more leverage.
That isn't what happened. Sony didn't make a 'huge fuss" and they didn't know the new release date when they delayed it.
Because it no longer had a date.
"Indefinite" means "unknown" or "vague." It does not mean "a long time."
As noted time and time again, both in this thread and previous threads, it isn't about "COVID-19 not being a problem."
They've already been in the cinema, where they made their profit. This is apples and oranges.
Anyway, I'm not so invested in the "relationship" part of the argunent, more the "economic devastation" part.
Whole game will be spoiled by assholes before it comes out. They should have released it now instead of waiting for months.
First: Damn you fcking leakers
2nd: big middle finger to ND and Sony for delaying this like 3 times.
I know some asshole will spoil this for me in a meme or random twitter/IG post.
First: Damn you fcking leakers
2nd: big middle finger to ND and Sony for delaying this like 3 times.
I know some asshole will spoil this for me in a meme or random twitter/IG post.
A lot of things in the world are totally unpredictable now. I think this is the best case scenario and I'm super happy that it's sooner rather than later. For such a downer of a game I'm expecting it to be, this is probably one of the best news I've gotten all month long.
YES!
Way less of a delay than I thought it was going to be, I honestly thought it was going to be set back to November at first.
Seriously can't wait.
Way less of a delay than I thought it was going to be, I honestly thought it was going to be set back to November at first.
Seriously can't wait.
Sounds awesome. I wonder if we'll see PS5 beforehand. If so, it might persuade me (and others) to wait longer and play it there.
Yes, boo to Sony and ND for delaying a game a few times for such outrageous reasons as 'it's not finished yet' and 'global pandemic'
They're spoiling it in twitch chat now as well. I've been lucky so far and have missed it.
We know why they delayed it. No one doubts that. But they delayed it with no release date. And per Sony policy they don't accept preorders on games without release dates. So they had to refund people. Not everyone that preordered will do so again. That is just a fact. More likely too now that the game has leaked.
3 weeks.......they thought sales would be so drastically different after 3 weeks.......okjan.gif
Right. Which is why the article in the OP mentions it also received a new release date.
Three extra weeks to print physical discs. Makes sense, since they said the issue was a logistical one.
It's releasing July 17th.
Ghost of Tsushima is releasing July 17th, 2020
Although unusual for such a massive AAA game to launch in July, games will do very well this Summer. People won't be going traveling on holiday ("vacation" for the Americans) this year so will be looking for that home escapism.
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