Days Gone looks really meh

[EricHiggin]

twintail said:

EricHiggin said:

I never introduced that, you did in reply to my initial post. Your the one arguing it's mostly for improvements, or your argument makes no sense.

I didn't claim PS was holding back with Days Gone, I said "I wonder". Maybe they might have, maybe not, who knows? So every sequel to a successful new IP is guaranteed success?

I claimed neither. I was simply pointing out that bad decisions are bad decisions. If I told you I would give you $2,000 every day for two weeks straight, starting today, or you could wait just one week and then I'd give you $5,000 per day for a week instead, which would you pick? Assuming you don't desperately need any money you can get your hands on this instant, picking the $2,000 now option would be the wrong business choice. PS isn't desperate for money, has it's content gaps filled, and is the market leader by miles, so they'll just wait for the bigger payout overall when the time is right.

Well DG could be effected by TLOU2 if it launches sooner than later and is a much better game overall, because people who haven't bought into DG yet may very well skip it at that point. TLOU2 probably doesn't have to worry all that much unless it ends up a total train wreck, and that's pretty darn unlikely with ND at the helm.

I was responding to your 'limiting scope's comment by suggesting that delaying the game surely wasn't doing as you wondered. I never claimed solely for improvements, those were your words. My original comment even highlights that the release is nearer to TloU2 now,  but your takeaway ignores that. 

I wonder is highlighting the possibility and I'm saying I don't think that possibility exists. 

I'm talking about TloU2, and its position in relation to sales, positive media buzz, sales of other Sony narrative games etc. 

So no, not every sequel.

if I misread your comment then fair enough, that's on me for misunderstanding. Sony are in a good place now and will release games when they are ready to be. Is timing important? Sure. But they aren't just letting their finished games just hang in limbo. You only have to look at something like Horizon which got patch updates for well over 6 months fixing even minor issues.

Regardless as long as Bend sees success that is all that is important. They deserve having some limelight at least.

The delayed titles do seem to be receiving extra tlc, pushed back on purpose or not. I also hope and think it's more likely that DG ends up more successful than not.