the_dengle said:
At this point I simply don't think you understand what a development schedule is, what a projected release window is, or why delays happen in the first place. Nintendo can say any date they want. They could have said the game will release tomorrow, or that it will release in ten years. And if they said ten years you'd probably be here saying that it'll be eleven years because Zelda often suffers delays. Your logic is literally "No matter what release window Nintendo gives for Zelda, they are wrong, because they underestimate the development time of their own games and pass that misinformation on to us." With no knowledge of how far along in development this game is, or how long the team has already properly been working on it, or whether or not the game has already been delayed internally before being given a public release window (which I have presented evidence to suggest is the case). The only thing you know about this game is that Nintendo says it's coming in 2015, and therefore, according to you, it is not coming in 2015. Focus on a game we actually know something about, like Star Fox. I think it's hilarious that they want to ship that game next year. |
You're putting words in my mouth.
If they had given a 2016 window for Zelda, I would have believed them and not expected a delay, because that seems like a realistic target.
We haven't even seen gameplay footage yet, all we have seen is a single in-engine cutscene. We saw gameplay footage of Xenoblade Chronicles X, which is a similarly ambitious and demanding production, as early as January 2013, and it's likely coming out in late 2015.
The last two years have demonstrated that Nintendo's projected release dates are untrustworthy.
