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ArchangelMadzz on 02 April 2015
Arcturus said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
My mistake, a 2014 release window was never officially confirmed.

I do still have a grievance with announcing games 3 years before they come out (Watch Dogs got slack for announcing the game 2 years before launch)

Yeah, I find it irritating when games are announced long before they are set for release. I tend to lose interest if the window between announcement and release is too long.

This tends to happen a lot more often when new consoles are being released. Companies want to show potential buyers all the new and exciting games coming down the pipe, even if they are 2-3 years away from release.

Or you can have the Last Guardian effect and gain hype by NOT talking about it..  



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Maraccuda on 02 April 2015
ArchangelMadzz said:
Maraccuda said:
These delays occur because the games themselves take a lot of effort and time to make.
Dont blame the industry, blame the gamers wanting better graphics.

To make AAA games today takes a lot longer than ever before. And modern gamers really only care about graphics sadly.


And now we can prove this given a consumer poll showing that the main reason PS4 was chosen was because of resolution. 

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/study-people-buy-ps4-for-graphics-xbox-one-for-bra/1100-6425537/

Ive seen that before and it just further proves my reason why the PS4 is selling so well, but that is a different matter altogether.

Delays just suck in general and sadly this gen will be full of them. I dread next gens delay too.



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Goatseye on 02 April 2015

When triple A studios begin to make stylized 3D platformers, this industry will change. Mark my words.



ArchangelMadzz on 02 April 2015
Goatseye said:
When triple A studios begin to make stylized 3D platformers, this industry will change. Mark my words.


Well Insomniac are making a new Ratchet and Clank game. Although it's a re-imagining but will hopefully still be a pretty and colourful 3D platformer.



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JEMC on 02 April 2015

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.



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cutzman25 on 02 April 2015

I think the only reason why it was delayed is becuase X1 has everything coming out in 2-3 months. then the rest of the year it really has nothing.



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Ruler on 02 April 2015
Goatseye said:
When triple A studios begin to make stylized 3D platformers, this industry will change. Mark my words.


What you mean?



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TheGoldenBoy on 02 April 2015

The delay has been expected for a while. There was no way MS was going to launch QB in such an already packed release window.



Goatseye on 02 April 2015
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.



JEMC on 02 April 2015
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".



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