Quantum Break delay shows a clear problem in the industry

[JEMC]

Goatseye said:

JEMC said:

Yeah, I agree that some games get revealed too early and that this is not good. But in the case of Quantum Break there is one external factor that could have delayed the game, and that is the TV show.

Remember that this game was supposed to go along a TV show where the game showed one part of the story while the TV show did the same for the other side. But since MSoft closed/sold its Entertainment Studios, the series could have been scrapped and that in turn forced Remedy to incorporate the TV part of the story into the game, having to stop development until they knew how to do it.

That is, of course, if the TV show has been canned, because it could also be that the show is still a reality and that it's simply behind schedule, forcing the game to be delayed too.

TV show probably got done in 2014. That's not the problem.

Remedy is a small but ambitious studio. Whatever they do is grand and it takes time to complete, they never make a game with standard gameplay.

True.

They had a lot of problems with Alan Wake because they wanted to make it an open world game, it wouldn't be surprising if they are having issues now with all the time manipulation "thingy".