Ryuu96 said:
Lol, if there is any truth to this then it would be some next-level shitty marketing from Xbox, it would mean they knew it wasn't ready to be shown, knew they were delaying it before the gameplay trailer and yet still decided to show it and receive that massive PR backlash, what for? To give them an excuse to delay it? Definitely not worth it, 343's rep has taken yet another hit. Hope it isn't true but Microsoft marketing is extremely bad sometimes. |
That's one way to look at it. But I'm quite on the opposite side here. I hope Jez is right because it is better to have an issue in PR department - lying about Halo Infinite making it to Series X launch despite knowing that the delay is gonna be announced soon after, than having an issue with a complete miscommunication between 343 and top Xbox leadership. Because if Jez is wrong and they didn't know in advance that they are gonna delay it, it can mean only three things: either 343 is lying all the time when reporting to Phil about actual state of the game or Phil not realising how bad and unfinished the game is and trying to release it along Series X launch no matter what but changing an opinion after backlash.
I think everyone will agree that Xbox PR just making a mistake by sending the wrong message about the game's release is still better than any of the options stated above.
