This "delays are good for games" needs to stop

[vivster]

Burek said:

vivster said:

I would say this counts as reason one. If they couldn't predict or expect there to be competition in that time frame it's a failure of planning. If they were unsure they probably shouldn't have announced the release date so early.

I'm not sure if you are referring to a particular game, but very rarely do games get bumped after actually having a set release date. Most of them get bumped from quarter to quarter or from one fiscal year to another.

If they do get bumped from a specific date, it is usually a very short bump, like Titanfall. And we are all pretty sure it has to do everything with giving more console exclusivity to X1 version than fixing the X360 game.

Delays are defind by consumers as pushing back the time frame frame they previously announced. It doesn't have to be an exact date. So if they announced Fall 2013 and then are pushing it to Spring 2014 just because there for some reason suddenly was too much competition in Fall then that's a failure of planning. No company wants to announce delays so it's an err on their side. No matter the reason for the delay.