I usually would have been pissed off at such delay, but this is one of those rare occasion that I m glad it happened my wallet just couldnt handle the amount of money i m going to spend this year on games. And i also think this is strategic move coz IMO the only months left for sony to release this NEW IP was fall and considering RDR and imminent BLOP4 and battlefield 5 I think sony will continue not releasing the game in fall as it didn't turn out good for the last guardian which was delayed to December.

I'm pretty sure Kojima said that Death Stranding's target release was 2019. Remember that he got to use the Decima Engine from Guerilla Games. So although he was starting up a game studio from scratch, his starting point was a fully realized (and incredible I might add) game engine with extremely robust and easy-to-use developer tools. That saves a LOT of time, and essentially means his team could go right into "actual" game production.

I think this and maybe Spider-Man might be the reasons. All three are giant, 80+ hour open-world games that suck down a lot of your time. Releasing all three in the Fall might not be good, especially with 2 of them being  your own first-party exclusives. I am thinking Sony will get Spider-Man out in Sep. if it is actually done by then, otherwise push it to a Dec. release to coincide somewhat with Sony's animated movie release then (and give RDR2 a little breathing room).

I am betting on Days Gone being Sony's early 2019 big release. Think Horizon's success from Feb. 2017. And then Last of Us Part 2 can release in fall 2019.

I think your editing out my last comment out of this proves your angle here.  I think that if you think it is usual that people don't complain about a game delay, I think it is you that should scour the threads of each game delay and prove me wrong.  I doubt that you can find one where the comments don't quickly devolve into people attacking the brand/publisher (with the exception of this thread up to where I commented).

I didn't realize it had a date yet.

Looking forward to Detroit and God of War for 2018, hope Days Gone comes out by May 2019.

They saw State Of Decay 2 gameplay and how everybody saying how much better it looks.

Well... given the lack of info and footage from recent months i was actually worried Sony was gonna close the studio.

I could tell that there were development hurdles, but i hope it all ends well. On the other hand, this will have it land closer to The last of Us 2, and that's not a good thing.

The game looked very, very bland, so they should take their time to make it worthwhile.

So is Sony going to release two zombie games in one year or will TLOU2 not arrive til 2020?

Hope we still get Spiderman this year.

You know how someone was ruining your State of Decay thread, and Ryuu96 put a stop to it? That doesn't mean you can do the same thing to someone elses thread.

Put a stop to it or I'll put a stop to it.

With Detroit landing end of May, and GOW mid April, if PS wants to launch Spiderman this year, getting it out before the holidays would be a good idea, so before October, otherwise wait until early 2019. Pushing Days Gone to early 2019 also makes sense to avoid this holiday and fill the new year/spring drought.

I also have to assume that whatever year the next PS console launches, is the year you see TLOU2. A late 2019 console with TLOU2 launching around that same time would work as long as Days Gone has had almost a full year to itself. 2020 wouldn't be out of the question either, and having plenty of development time makes sense because TLOU2 is one game that really needs to hit a grand slam and cannot be a disappointment.