Ghost Slayer
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Save me some money, hope the console will be cheaper in 2017
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Scalebound delayed to 2017
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Yeah, no. They do it for every game.
They just gotta have those shitty CG trailers at their conferences.
And now we're here waiting forever for Black Tusk's game and Phantom Dust.
Not a date but MS foolishly claimed it's a 2016 title even though they probably knew perfectly well that it was an impossible aim. They just clearly tried to desperately make Xbone's closer future seem better at a time when their sales were shit & they had nothing interesting coming within two years of E3 2014 apart from the usual Forzas & Halos.
Black Mantis
Member
I'm cool with this, as long as Halo Wars 2 isn't delayed as well.
Because that's just what happens these days.
How are platinum and MS gonna feed their kids without your $?
What is surprising?
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Not that it's a bad thing.
Omnistalgic
Member
They really do...We know like everything in development on Xbox side of things lol...
Still, a delayed game is eventually good.
Steverulez
Member
well the generation isn't 3 years old yet so
I def agree, but to be fair it isn't just MS. I can think of hella culprits as it seems everything gets delayed recently
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Maybe because almost every single first party developed Sony game this generation has been delayed at least once?
If you want to support a company that announces games that has barely started development 3 years in advance, good for you.
ToyMachine228
Member
I'm not worried at all. Microsoft has a pretty packed line up for 2016, so giving Scalebound more time to shine and putting more focus on it in 2017 is a good thing.
LouisaFerre
Member
Honestly after hearing that line from Kamiya about production going faster than he was used to or expected, I think this is a good thing. It sounded a little bit like they were rushing the game and I honestly wasn't that impressed by what they showed off before, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do with the time they have.
Insane Metal
Member
LOL the year has just started and companies are already delaying their games... haha
Triggerhappytel
Member
No way Sea of Thieves is out this year. I don't think Crackdown will be either.
Not "every" game, just a significant proportion. MS have made a real habit this gen of revealing their games a long, long time before they're ready for release. Often with a CGI trailer.
There's quite a lot of footage out there, although I'm a bit sick of the FC formula so it's definitely a wait and see for me. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be releasing in February?
It always is. Every year it feels like the next year is gonna be the "dream year" and we never actually get it. Horizon being "targeted" to launch in 2017 with the dev team saying that if they feel they'll need to delay to 2017 they will, is all pretty straightforward code for "start preparing them for the delay early on".
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Welp.
We still got TMNT for a replacement GOTY contender.
We still got TMNT for a replacement GOTY contender.
Papacheeks
Banned
Called it.
Magic Mushroom
Member
It'll still be an RPG. People who expect another character action game will be disappointed. Personally, as much as I love the genre, I appreciate that they're doing something different.
Really looking forward to this, Guess I'll have to wait a little longer.
The Elite
BOSS
Yeah, I really have to look at my game purchases this year and reassess based on console/VR release schedules. It won't be a bad thing if a bunch of stuff is moved to 2017.
I don't buy consoles for one game.
FullMetaltech
Member
So 2017 will be the new 2016 again. For the best if they need more time on it.
From what I remember, companies usually wait for the end of the fiscal quarter to announce delays. Not trying to wear my tinfoil hat here, just thought that was interesting.
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
Just realized, this means that much longer if a wait for Platinums next AAA title as well. Or is Platinum capable of doing multiple AAA games at the same time now? I'm excited for TMNT and Nier 2, but I'm jonesing for their next new IP or sequel to one of their IP's as well.
Dougieflesh
Member
They knew this wasn't coming out in 2016 when they were "targeting" it. Announcing a full year delay says otherwise.
Monty Mole
Member
Is it wrong I mouthed the words 'oh fuck off' at the screen as soon as I saw the thread title?
Sucks.
Sucks.
Scalebound team is on his own, Kamiya also said on twitter time ago that it is not team Wonderful which is developing SB, so i guess they just needed more polish time and a less crowded release time. Bayo 2,Korra and Transformers were made by different P* teams.
Argh, looks like I'm not buying a Xbone this year.
I always do it, it's hard to be a PlatinumGames fanboy.
Magic Mushroom
Member
There will be more delays, yes. On the other hand, a ton of potentially great games will release fairly soon (Hitman, Uncharted 4, The Witness, Dark Souls 3), so I don't think the year as a whole will suffer. just like 2015.
Was Recore ever given even a tentative 2016 release date? I assumed it was at least a couple years out when they revealed it with just a CGI trailer and no gameplay or even gameplay details. Like have they even told us what kind of game it is yet?
SEGAvangelist
Member
I think we see Crackdown Multiplayer and Sea of Thieves open beta or something like that this year.
Triggerhappytel
Member
A game that's supposedly massive in scale, in a genre that they've never developed for, for which the bar has recently been raised (TW3), which seems to be doing a lot of very impressive stuff, tech-wise. I can definitely see it being delayed - especially when coupled with the fact that new IPs often drown in the pre-Christmas period, so I don't doubt Sony are open to the idea of a delay into 2017 if Guerrilla need more time.
That might be true for your Take-Two, EA, Ubi, ActiBlizz's of the world but not Microsoft. Scalebound doesn't even register.
Yeah, companies have to stop announcing shit so fucking early, it's tiring and really kills any hype or momentum for a game for me. They obviously should take whatever time they need, but having a game that has supposedly been in development since 2013, announced at E3 2014, and being delayed to 2017 one week into 2016 is just fucking ridiculous. It doesn't extend the hype train for me, it just makes me skeptical and wary. MS is hardly the only developer guilty of this though, see SMTxFE for a recent hot example.