After the news this past week about No Man's Sky being delayed seven weeks, creator Sean Murray has been the target of numerous death threats.

Originally set to release in June, Hello Games' No Man's Sky has been pushed to August 9. Sean Murray gave insight in his PlayStation Blog post, explaining that the "extra polish" is necessary, and that it was a "tough choice to delay the game."

Sean Murray took to Twitter to send an apology to fans, and further explained that due to legal and external reasons, he couldn't speak of the delay sooner. These attempts to soothe and reassure fans, however, didn't hit home with everyone. As Murray pointed out on Twitter, he has since been sent hostile threats because of his decision to delay the game:

The space exploration game No Man's Sky was first announced in 2013. Its expansive, procedurally generated universe has been one of its biggest draws and curiosities for many fans. With the immense popularity surrounding the title, it's not surprising to see frustration from the news of a delay, but death threats are an extreme approach. 

[Source: Twitter]

I have received loads of death threats this week, but don't worry, Hello Games now looks like the house from Home Alone #pillowfort

— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) May 28, 2016

Our Take
The delay for No Man's Sky isn't that large a gap from its original release date. Sometimes these short delays end up being in the best interest of both the fans and the developers, so that a more polished game can result. Seeing people react so harshly and aggressively to a small delay is disheartening. We extend our thoughts to Sean Murray and wish him safety during these tumultuous times.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/05/29/no-mans-sky-creator-receives-death-threats-after-delay-announcement.aspx

Some people...

Death threads can be serious and should really be punished for it. I still remember back when Anno ran short on his budget with Evangelion, the death threats that guy got pretty much fucked him up mentally and drove him to just lash out with End of Eva (which I still think is a decent movie but pointless to an extent).

That said I do hope this extra time leads to proper polish for both PS4 and PC, considering PS4 has been the only one to show gameplay so far leads me to think it might be a dud on PC.

On the weird side, at least it isn't a select group of people that are easy to paint target (like a certain thread managed to paint for another group of gamers).

Lol @ Internet... Jesus Christ, its like people want their games to be broken at launch

It sounds like he's making a joke. I don't see the people that are excited for this game the death threat type. If true then it's quite sad because Sean is a genuinely nice bloke!

People need to get some damn perspective. I really don't get how folks on the internet think it's remotely ok to terrorize other human beings.

People should try and avoid making too much out of this sort of thing. I assume big companies get this all the time.
The people who do this stuff probably often have serious mental problems. I doubt it's always just someone being a dick.

Can we honestly see someone with a mindset like that actually enjoying No Man's Sky?

Psychopathic people can still enjoy something while intending to kill/killing someone, you'd be surprised.