TheWorthyEdge
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It won't be delayed. That's silly.
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Will Uncharted 4 be delayed? Also, here's an assortment of random job postings.
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bananafactory
Banned
I hope everyone agrees that they SHOULD delay it if it's not ready, right?
Its better then releasing a broken game. If MS released H5 and its broken that franchise is fucked. Delays should be a good thing after all the broken games that were released recently.
TimeEffect
Member
When was the last time Sony had something big for the holidays anyway?
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Why aren't you using the official press release from the PSblog?
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/06/10/uncharted-4-thiefs-end-trailer-debuts-e3-2014/
Wait what ? the article doesn't mention any delay in any shape or form ? how are you deriving delay from a bunch of job offers ?
shinobi602
Member
A game like Uncharted 4 doesn't need a prolonged marketing campaign, everyone knows what it is. They could release it in a couple of months and everyone will still buy it.
XxRampage07xX
Member
Absolutely yes. I don't want this game to be shipped along with many technical issues and 10GB+ patches.
I mean sure, but they also run the risk of delaying the product and then it still underwhelming (ala The Order).
I prefer them delay the game and get it right. I've never been a big Uncharted fan, but the UC4 video showcased a level of promise with the gameplay that for the first time really got me excited about the possibilities of an Uncharted game. So I'm really unusually hopeful for this version of Uncharted.
Still, Sony's distribution of their AAA games have been all sorts of messed up so far on PS4, and when they do launch they have not been the highest quality bunch to date (Driveclub aside, mmm). So I hope they finally can get on track and releasing the bold and varied titles that I'm so used to on Sony platforms... they may not always connect, but they are always fascinating experiments.
bananafactory
Banned
They could be for many things.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
If those jobs really are for UC4 I would be worried they are rushing it out. Still designing single player maps? I hope it is for another project like most are speculating.
I can't understand why people would care about first party games. A game is a game and PS4 had too many great 3rd party AAA games plus a lot of great Indies isn't this all that matters? plus let's not forget that the PS3 had games like TLOU and GOW:A and Beyond:TS and GT6 in his last year so Sony first party not doing great until now is understandable since their biggest studios are still to contribute with their games. even the studios that contributed it was very obvious they rushed their games in order to meet the deadlines
Pound_lb003
Member
There is no guarantee it will arrive in 2015.
They are hiring up, as full-production of a game requires a large team.
These two statements are entirely unrelated.
They are hiring up, as full-production of a game requires a large team.
These two statements are entirely unrelated.
aspiegamer
Member
Yeah, the article doesn't mention any kind of delay. At all. Or theorizing on it. Nuke it from orbit, please. OP? Tisk. Thanks for the title change, mods! Much better.
You can be sure their PR company has a set list of hashtags they're always supposed to use. What are the supposed to put for jobs in future titles? #unannounced? #thelastofus2? #tlouvita? #thelastguardian? It's just a cheap trick to get the tweet more exposure. Extremely common corporate shenanigans. You might as well gossip about the jobs focusing on kicking puppies around the office.
You can be sure their PR company has a set list of hashtags they're always supposed to use. What are the supposed to put for jobs in future titles? #unannounced? #thelastofus2? #tlouvita? #thelastguardian? It's just a cheap trick to get the tweet more exposure. Extremely common corporate shenanigans. You might as well gossip about the jobs focusing on kicking puppies around the office.
No. It doesn't. Edit: The headline does, but it's nowhere in the article. That's a godawful piece of reporting I'd expect of a blacklisted site.
This game seems like it has always been in a weird position of people expecting it sooner than the release of their last game would suggest. TLOU only came out five months before PS4 launched. I know ND has been a biannual studio of late, but it is new hardware and it seems like a lot changed once TLOU shipped. Rock star and Irrational have taken longer getting sequels out on the same hardware.
Yep, but they have a history of not delaying a game when it's not ready (read: Uncharted 3).
They delayed TLOU bro and said they dont want a U3 situation to happen again.
Quadraphonic
Member
I've worked on amazing games made in 9 months. Granted, ND needs a bigger timeframe, but don't forget, their PS4 engine work is kinda done with the TLOU port, so the remaining brunt of work is content, polish and QA.
That is a tremendous amount of time.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
Because they're hiring more people? Silly thread.
Dragonborn
Member
If it needs a delay the so be it. The PS4 will still likely sell at record highs and the game ends up being better for it
No clue from our perspective at this point whether it'll hit a Holiday 2015 release or not. We aren't quite sure how much of the game is complete or how far into their mo-cap process they are (usually a good indicator of release with ND at least). If there isn't an official release date or even period at E3 this year, then it'll slip to 2016.
Collateral22
Member
If it is delayed until Q1 2016, they'd better announce an Uncharted Collection at E3 and have it out by November.
Exactly.
I know, but they still have a history of releasing something that isn't ready. As far as TLOU goes, there's a huge difference between delaying a game slated for June and one slated for the holiday rush.
Because the twitter is a person who works on the game, straight from the horse's mouth. Not some marketing shill from a site on the otherside of the world from the announcement.
I mean I think this whole thread is one big collective silly jump to conclusions. But I personally could not care less about a Holiday list war dick measuring contest, if the game absolutely needed it I wouldn't mind.
One game is not a history.
Holiday list wars are horrible and stupid.
Like what?
Won't be delayed, like Halo 5 it will be a huge title which all the holiday season strategy will rely upon.
They will hire like crazy and do whatever they can to ship the game on time.
So job postings actually suggest how serious they are with their deadline, also the game already had a public demo in December which makes it ahead in development of where U2 and U3 where at their time.
They will hire like crazy and do whatever they can to ship the game on time.
So job postings actually suggest how serious they are with their deadline, also the game already had a public demo in December which makes it ahead in development of where U2 and U3 where at their time.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
List war? I care because it's my most anticipated game this year.
I sure do hope so.
Portugeezer
Member
What if the rushed game is good?
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
no way. uc4 will defo release this year
Having a few maps missing or in need of a reboot 8 months (8 months ! it's long !) before estimated release is nothing surprising at all actually, it happens.
Games aren't done until they're done, and that's always dangerously close to release, that's the case for all studios, and Naughty Dog have always been one of the most open devs about that, always saying stuff like "most days you come to work on a shitty game, and it's going to be shitty up until very close to the end", and all their GDC talks for the Last Of Us mentionned things like "if you saw our games 2 months before release you'd never believe we were going to make it". And that's for a studio who always makes quality games.
But anyway, hiring additional level designer doesn't mean that they don't have all of their maps existing in some shape or form, they're just hiring additional level designers to help finish.
Hiring someone doesn't mean he'll have to start something from scratch, so really, nothing to see here.
But of course the game is not finished, we're only in *March*, people. Ramping up on team size once you're in full production is something every dev does. It does not mean that "at the moment" they don't have any level artist or any game designer, they're just hiring a few more that's all, it doesn't give any hint of anything.
I'm not saying the game won't be delayed (I don't really care, I'll have other things to play and don't have a PS4 yet), but there's nothing in a bunch of job offers that can suggest that.
Pretty much yeah.
It doesn't really matter if they did it once with UC3, because then they came out and said that they won't do it again. It's clear that they've learned from it and don't plan to make that mistake a second time.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
There's exactly the same article on the US PSblog, and the "marketing shill" also works at Naughty Dog. I personally value a press release which as most likely been reviewed by the team as a whole over a random tweet from one programmer no matter how skilled she is, but hey believe whatever suit your agenda.