- director Neil Druckmann talked to OPM about the delay of Uncharted 4:

“It was a very hard decision,” he explains in this month's OPM. "The Last Of Us was the first game we ever delayed – by a month – and we felt so guilty and so horrible having to do that, and yet shipping a game that wasn’t up to our vision would have felt worse"

"Much of the development and figuring things out happens as we go," Neil explains. "There were certain sequences where we were like ‘Okay, this is a pretty ambitious sequence, we will probably have to cut this...’

“Even when I’m describing the ending, it’s a pretty... Well, I guess this is a little bit of a spoil... Nah, I’m not going to say it! But there is something that happens that requires quite a bit of work for what we want it to do, and again we would have had to reduce that scope and reduce that ambition to meet that [original] deadline".

“We were weighing those choices between fans and their expectations," explain Neil. "It was going to disappoint them to push this thing back, but this is the last chapter for Nathan Drake, so let’s give ourselves as much time as possible and go all-out for this series.”

- Uncharted 4 was originally intended to release Fall 2015 but was delayed to March 18th 2016:

http://www.gamesradar.com/uncharted-4-delayed-because-ending/

The hype meter is through the roof. I will take the day off work and just play this non stop. Holy shit.

So much hype. sooo.... much..... hype...

its okay that they delayed it, id rather play a finished game 4 month later than a broken one earlier.

We knew that since a long time. Can't wait for Uncharted4 !

So hyped! I'm glad they decided to delay and get the game just right. Also really glad Sony let them do that.

Neil is the man.

I'm happy it will be better game, but I'm shocked at when they're releasing it now. March is such an odd time for one of--if not THE biggest games of the year. It won't give this game justice like it deserves, tho I know it will still sell fantastic.

Anyone else also perplexed about the fact that Sony is releasing its second biggest 2016 ps4 exclusive--SF5--ALSO at the beginning of the year?? What is it? February? What are they thinking?? Why do they keep packing in their exclusives into feb and March? 2015 it was the order then bloodborne. I feel like Sony corp is making these calls to fit more earnings into a fiscal year, but it's ultimately the wrong decision for the ps4. Frustrating! They'd better have horizon and TLG ready for the rest of 2016.

Because Sony knows that a year is 12 months, and Playstation gamers also play in the first half of the year, not just at Christmas. 

I'm so confused.

Big games in the beginning of the year is amazing. Such as Nintendo launching Star Fox Zero in Q1 as well as SMT x FE in the first half of 2016 (speculation, not confirmed)

It's better for sales to launch in the beginning of the year or first half instead of the last half when a shit ton of huge games release. 

Well, while they're at that, they should delay it again to nail the DLC and incorporate it into the retail game. You know, given that you want to go all-out.

As long as this means we won't have another ending like Uncharted 3, then I'm all for it. Seeing as this is coming from Druckman, I'm expecting something amazing.