I can honestly say their Alpha was better than most Alpha's I've been involved in. Though it had performance issues, some transitional problems etc, if all of the games content is done (which apparently it is), they have a ton of time to polish this up. Yes it has problems but nothing major from what I can see. They have a good 6 months on serious/lower side issues, they can get a lot fixed in that time, then 1-2 months on the most serious.
Apparently the Team at Bend isn't that big so I dont think the cost of delay is that big an issue for Sony. So if it makes a better game, why not, very smart from Sony if they could have released it sooner but left it.
Bugs/issues will be being worked on now, they probably could have released September/October, but with Spiderman being September and RDR2 October, they probably thought Nov/Dec, but there may be other titles releasing then to delay this game to ensure it goes in the normal old Feb/March Sony releasing schedule, which normally means the game does better anyway.
Making an indie game : Dead of Day!
