| Entroper said: A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever. -Shigeru Miyamoto |
Yea, I don't believe that a delay will suddenly make something not so great into something good. I wont rule out the possibility, but I don't mind delays on the games from my favorite developers that I know put quality into their games. Valve and Hideo Kojima are two that I don't mind delays for.
See my sig.
Final* Word on Game Delays:
The game will not be any better or include more content then planned. Any commnets that say so are just PR hogwash to make you feel better for having to wait.
Delays are due to lack of proper resources, skill, or adequate planning by the developer.
Do be thankful that they have enough respect for you to delay the game and maintain its intended level of quality.
*naznatips is exempt
Munkeh111 said:
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maybe i am, maybe im not...
@ dschumm. I am sure this is mostly true, but in some cases a game may be delayed from the holiday, and a dev may give it some extra time past the holidays, to get slightly better sales. They could spend this time to add some extra stuff to this game
Yes, ofcourse (hopefully) the game gets better if it's delayed, but it's not always worth the wait. Like Super Paper Mario. I don't think it would be less good if it came out in Q4 06 as it should before it was moved to the Wii.
Another thing that's just total meaningless wait is when the Europe release gets delayed (thetranslation), since the game won't get any better.
If I remember correctly. Driver 3 was delayed no-end aswell.
The problem is that a lot of games are delayed. I mean you'd expect that a publisher would eventually learn how to predict more accurately how long it will take for a game to be ready...
Its a mixed blessing ...
There are publishers (like Nintendo) who will delay most important games to make the game great rather than good; there are also other publishers who will only delay a game if there is a fundamental problem with the game. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Lair represent the ends of the spectrum of highly anticipated games that see multiple major delays, one is considered one of the best games ever released while the other is considered one of the more overhyped games of the generation. In both cases the delays benefited the final product, but one of the delays was obviously a sign of bad things to come.
Some delays are driven by marketing ... A game can be delayed (or see a longer delay) because its completion falls in a slow time of the year (January through March), or it is facing tough competition from another game; third parties have delayed one version of a game in order to complete another version of the game and have them release together.
For a platform, delayed games worsen the immediate game line-up and may make the system perform weaker than its competition.
| Erik Aston said: A lot of delays are because the development team is really struggling with the project. While it may be true that "the game gets better" due to the delay, that's only because before it was an unplayable glitch-fest--the delay does not make the project any more ambitious, fine-tune the gameplay, add content, etc. And some delays are because the suits find it unviable to release the game at the original date. Maybe platform sales are below projections, or a big game got moved to the old street date. So a totally finished game gets pushed back a quarter. Neither of these cases are really "good delays." I really only feel good about delays from perpetual innovators like Nintendo, Maxis, Blizzard, etc, because you know their games are going to be something special. They delay because they have the unusual luxery of sky-high quality standards, and they struggle making games because they are doing things no one has ever done before. In the end, game companies have to release games. If delays make games better, maybe Duke Nukem Forever will be the freakin' GOTCentury. Or maybe the DNF team are in over their heads and have been for a decade. |
I agree.
i depends on the game company etc... just because a game is delayed does not always mean its a good thing.. some games get delayed and still suck...
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