Fushichou187
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That it's unveiling, in a real way, at all is something I thought I'd never see, so I can wait a while longer.
Michel Ancel was talking about it long before the rumor started (links in French):
February 2016: "Michel Ancel talks about BG&E2 in Double Fine's Devs Play"
November 2015: "Yves Guillemot reconfirms BG&E2"
November 2015: "Michel Ancel teases BG&E2 in Rayman livestream"
September 2015: "Michel Ancel: News about my big Ubisoft project soon"
Before that, there was a false rumor about it being playtested too, and one about Michel Ancel leaving the project. Both were probably based on the fact that Ancel mentioned (back in 2014) that BG&E2 had a troubled development, with some tech not being ready yet, and that was why he was taking "vacation" working on Rayman. The Switch rumor is based on that too, most likely.
Well, if people are working on it behind the scenes in order to pitch it to the higher ups, then it could be considered "active" development. When the higher ups greenlit it we started seeing art and the like, so there was stuff going on behind the scenes. Maybe they finally found a plan that they figured worked for the overall project and started to put real money behind it.
Releasing in December 2017 is still 2017, and maybe at that time they figured they could make late 2017, but later figured it wasn't going to happen...or the budget or the scope changed. Either way, we have no idea what was going on behind closed doors, but if you've been following development of just about any game, you'll know that release dates are set well in advance with lofty goals of releasing at some target time it has no chance of hitting. Just look at Red Dead 2 as a more recent example.
I don't think we can say whether she's right or wrong at this point because the game itself hasn't been officially announced.
Even being overly generous and assuming that to be the accurate definition here, the game wasn't going to go from being pitched, or even pre-production, or even alpha to gold in a matter of months. And, again, I'm aware of how tumultuous game development can be. I'm just not seeing a compelling reason to believe that's relevant within the context of Dale's rumour.
I don't see how she's wrong or right considering we don't know the details yet.
Not to be rude, but, once again, I'm not saying she's wrong, just that I myself am thoroughly unconvinced. If you feel differently, that's fine, because nor am I trying to convince you that where I stand is the right place to be.
At least we know now the game is coming.