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[DonJorginho]

Must take a while to clean up an NFT Spillage THAT big I suppose.

 

[onesvenus]

Haven't you figured out the pattern yet? Sony never has a big exclusive in the second half of the year and Microsoft doesn't have one in the first half of the year.

Do you expect GoW Ragnarok to be released before June and PS not having unannounced games for this year? Good luck with that.

 

[Flabagast]

Everyone knew it really.

And you can be sure as hell that it will slip to 2023

Also E3 footage was fake as fuck in case you did not know.

Still in the top 3 of my most anticipated announced games for the next gen.

 

[YuLY]

So wait...they need 7 additional months, but not long ago they were telling us about NFTs. Oh they had time for that and to plan it and stuff, but not the game, the NFTs were ready.

This industry is in shambles.

 

[Lognor]

Thankfully Todd is a nice guy so he'll give you the extra time you need

No, Todd has got November 11 on lock. He doesn't miss.

Do you expect GoW Ragnarok to be released before June and PS not having unannounced games for this year? Good luck with that.

Look at history. Sony hasn't had a game release in close to a year! They don't do second half releases. GOW2 will be delayed into 2023. And that shouldn't surprise anyone!

 

[Starfield]

Thankfully Todd is a nice guy so he'll give you the extra time you need

Blarg. I have been in production since after Fallout 4 concluded, technically. That side-course Fallout Online game was kind of a big distraction though. I am in my 6th year of production now.

Get ready for 11/11/22

 

[SJRB]

Holy shit dude, that's crazy.

Something terrible must've happened in this final stretch.

 

[Lupin25]

It could be that they just want to take advantage of end-of-the-year holiday sales to compensate for the lack thereof upon it’s original release date with the amount of consoles in the wild. It appears to be an costly game, development-wise.

Or maybe it’s not and it does need the polish (didn’t appear that way from the gameplay they released, but who knows)

 

[Kenshin775]

Good. Take your time. Anacrusis early access comes out tommorow and it seems like it could be the true successor to Left 4 Dead.

R6: Extraction comes out the following week. and AoE4 console edition should come out in April or May(if this follows the same timeline that Gears tactics PC to Xbox Port did). This leaves a gap in Feb and March though. But I think some indie games for Gamepass will surprise us.

 

[Lognor]

Holy shit dude, that's crazy.

Something terrible must've happened in this final stretch.

Trying to remove the NFT aspect maybe?

It certainly wasn't too many bugs or too much jank. Those are features with a Eurojank game.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

No, Todd has got November 11 on lock. He doesn't miss.


Look at history. Sony hasn't had a game release in close to a year! They don't do second half releases. GOW2 will be delayed into 2023. And that shouldn't surprise anyone!

Sony does do second-half releases. Last year was just an outlier because GT and Horizon got pushed out

 

[adamsapple]

*looks at Starfield release date*

 

[pasterpl]

Starfield and then couple weeks later stalker 2, will be awesome Xmas next year On gamepass

 

[Kacho]

This industry is in shambles.

Yep. Nintendo, Starfield and Elden Ring are all I need to deliver this year. The rest can fuck off.

 

[xrnzaaas]

And the great delays of 2022 have begun...

But in all seriousness, they still had nothing to show (in terms of unedited gameplay) despite the upcoming premiere. I won't be surprised if it gets further delayed to next year.

 

[Warnen]

Ouch, 1st of many

 

[Braag]

Expected, I hope they get it right on release.

 

[Markio128]

Looks like my gamepass sub is going to be delayed until Nov now because I’m not interested in any of the upcoming multiplayer shiznit.

 

[kyoji]

Dam 2023 for ps5 then? That sucks

 

[Lognor]

Starfield and then couple weeks later stalker 2, will be awesome Xmas next year On gamepass

Good on paper, but those are both going to be very meaty games that take tens of hours to complete and for me unfortunately Stalker 2 will have to take a back seat. I probably won't get to it until next January or February. Its original date would have been perfect for me.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[Riky]

With the UE5 final release not happening for a few months I'm not shocked by this, it's a shame as I'm looking forward to it but like Halo we'll get the benefit of a better game in the end.

 

[HTK]

Considering the recent releases of broken games, I'm okay with this. Take your time to release a complete product. DICE, you taking notes? Probably not.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Release date accuracy tracker

- Game releases early: 0.1%
- Game releases exactly as scheduled: 33.3%
- Game releases with a small delay: 33.3%
- Game releases with a big delay: 33.3%

Studio lies about release date to drum up hype and pre-order sales knowing the game is farther off than stated in videos: 66.6%

 

[DenchDeckard]

Honestly, with all these delays…the super thin release of games, the mess of shortages of hardware it absolutely blows my mind how all these people involved in gaming can sustain a living. Especially all these fake reporters who basically churn out podcasts now…how do they survive, there isn’t much news….it’s intriguing to me.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

that's a long delay

They realized that they had to remove all the NFT shit when Phil said he wasn't about that life.

 

[Luipadre]

2022 will be good... unless half of the games gets delayed until 2023. Deja vu

 

[onesvenus]

They don't do second half releases

I know they usually don't but I'm sure they will this year. They have a lot of things going on with PSVR2 for example and not all of them will fit into the first half

 

[Krappadizzle]

Considering the recent releases of broken games, I'm okay with this. Take your time to release a complete product. DICE, you taking notes? Probably not.

Lol, GSC and broken games are like peanut butter and chocolate.

Glad to see a delay, don't trust GSC to release even a semi non-broken game given their track record. That said, they still have released some of the most immersive, atmospheric games EVER and issues anyone would have with the sequel will get fixed by fans on the PC version at least.

 

[Patrick S.]

Better this than shitting out a half baked mess of a game.

 

[GymWolf]

Take your time, we don't want another russian craig situation.

 

[Kacho]

Good on paper, but those are both going to be very meaty games that take tens of hours to complete and for me unfortunately Stalker 2 will have to take a back seat. I probably won't get to it until next January or February. Its original date would have been perfect for me.

Plus we don't know what else will release between Starfield and Stalker 2. A new AssCreed seems like a lock, plus any other AAAs that happen to make their release date.

An early year release when there aren't a lot of options was perfect for this game. It'll be in a bad spot come December I think.

 

[Markio128]

It could be that they just want to take advantage of end-of-the-year holiday sales to compensate for the lack thereof upon it’s original release date with the amount of consoles in the wild. It appears to be an costly game, development-wise.

Or maybe it’s not and it does need the polish (didn’t appear that way from the gameplay they released, but who knows)

I don’t think it’ll be sales related because it was/is day 1 gamepass. Defo needed polishing.

 

[Croatoan]

How people expected a UE5 game before the engine is even finalized is beyond me. Even the most up to date beta branches having missing features and bugs. Any game coming out on UE5 will either be fall/winter 2022 or 2023.

For reference, I am working on a UE5 game, and since some will ask; I am an indie developer, and I own my own (small) company. We have only released assets for unity and UE4 so far, although we do have a project underway (UE5).

 

[Dr.Morris79]

This is fucking bollocks.

 

[Chukhopops]

No big deal, first half of the year is packed anyway. Hope they use it to make the most of the hardware.

I don’t think it’ll be sales related because it was/is day 1 gamepass. Defo needed polishing.

Games available on GP still rank high on the sales charts on Steam when they are good (Halo, Forza, AoE were all top 5). It’s not like they don’t try to sell games.

 

[Punished Miku]

What's next on Game Pass?

We just got Paw Patrol. Settle down son.

 

[Gen.Grievous]

These delays don't mean anything at all. By that time we might even be able to buy a GPU (or console for that matter) to play these games at nice settings without having to spend a monthly paycheck on them.

 

[DenchDeckard]

The generation of working through your backlog continues.

 

[Starfield]

Don't be surprised when Redfall gets delayed too

 

[Jadsey]

Bearing in mind it is on GamePass and their income is reasonably secure, I respect that they aren't just shitting out the door in an unfit state.

Hopefully it gets the same level of uplift as Halo Infinite.

I wonder about that release date though...it's quite close to Starfield. Perhaps they have been told Starfield is slipping in 2023.

 

[CatLady]

This sucks. I was really looking forward to this game and the new date is bad since I will be playing Starfield for ages most likely. OTOH I want the game released in a good condition so it's better they take their time than release a buggy or incomplete mess,

 

[R6Rider]

Elden Ring must stand strong.

 

[Mister Wolf]

They have a history of this. You would think they would have learned.

 

[Markio128]

No big deal, first half of the year is packed anyway. Hope they use it to make the most of the hardware.

Games available on GP still rank high on the sales charts on Steam when they are good (Halo, Forza, AoE were all top 5). It’s not like they don’t try to sell games.

I get that, but releasing a game at Christmas does not necessarily translate to better sales because of the competition around that time. I get the impression that most will be balls-deep in Starfield.

 

[Topfuel]

So all Spencer have to offer is CrossfireX the first 6 months as an exclusive?

 

[Mercenary09]

Haven't you figured out the pattern yet? Sony never has a big exclusive in the second half of the year and Microsoft doesn't have one in the first half of the year.

Except that isn't true at all in regards to Sony. They launched Spider-Man, GT Sport, Demons's Souls, Miles Morales, Sackboy, The Last Guardian, Until Dawn and many others all in the second half of the year.

 

[Mercenary09]

I'm not holding my breath on that hitting its date. That assumes it will even be good.

Oh I'm not either. We haven't seen any gameplay for Redfall at all so I'll be surprised if it hits that June/July date

 

[Droxcy]

Saw this coming from a mile away at this point I assume a game with a rapidly approaching release date that I want to play is going to get delayed into oblivion.

 

[Concern]

And it begins.....

What's the next delay?