Earlier this week, we learned that The Order: 1886 is being delayed till early 2015 after originally being announced to release later this year. The Evil Within has also been delayed a couple months from August to October of this year, and http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/29/quantum-break-release-date-slips-to-2015">Quantum Break is now set for a 2015 release when the assumption was it would come out this year. These announcements come as no surprise since delays are becoming quite the trend lately.
Delays can be worth the wait in the end, since it gives developers more time to polish their games. For instance, Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs was delayed after originally being announced as a launch title on the Xbox One and Ps4 last November. Five months later, it is released and is overall pleasing fans and scoring well in reviews. If not for the delay, Watch Dogs could have easily released well before it was finished and killed the series before it even started. Now a more polished game, Watch Dogs also has a bright future.
As disappointing as delays can be to gamers, waiting longer is a better option than receiving an unfinished game. Many whom purchased Battlefield 4 could attest to that as the game was clearly rushed and could of used a delay or two. I admit I was disappointed to hear The Order: 1886 was being delayed, but I would much rather have a finished game in the end than a broken mess as soon as possible. Sometimes, delays are just necessary. However, these delays still beg the question: Are games being announced too early?
Short answer is yes, for gamers at least because we are seeing games like The Last Guardian announced and 5 years later, we are still waiting for a release date. Of course, that’s an extreme case but what about all of the games that are teased and then never talked about again for the next year or given a projected release date that is inevitably delayed? Well, it stinks.
There are even times where a game is announced, gamers get hyped up, and then over a year later the game is delayed and then gamers either move on or are left wondering if the game is cancelled all together. In the end, delays are for the most part, a good thing. It would just be nice to have a better time table so that these delays are not happening so often and so that developers have enough time and are not rushed to put out their game. One thing is for sure, with all of the delays pushing games to next year, 2015 is looking to be a stellar year for gaming. Hopefully, all of this waiting will be well worth it.
