Comments on: The Great Game Delay of 2009 http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/ Intelligent conversation about games... and stuff Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:16:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SideQuesting » Blog Archive » The Games of 2010: The Best Year Ever? http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 SideQuesting » Blog Archive » The Games of 2010: The Best Year Ever? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:33:27 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1308#comment-1320 [...] saw the first few 2009-year game delays begin to role in.  By mid-Summer the delay trend had become a sift, with games being pushed back into “Spring 2010″ on an increasingly regular basis.  We [...] [...] saw the first few 2009-year game delays begin to role in.  By mid-Summer the delay trend had become a sift, with games being pushed back into “Spring 2010″ on an increasingly regular basis.  We [...]

]]> By: Supersix4 http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Supersix4 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:56:53 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1308#comment-1239 NO ONE wants any part of MW2 duh. NO ONE wants any part of MW2 duh.

]]> By: sink257 http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-536 sink257 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:28:46 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1308#comment-536 NIce work with the #gamechat mate. Will join next week. NIce work with the #gamechat mate. Will join next week.

]]> By: Dalibor Dimovski http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Dalibor Dimovski Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:31:39 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1308#comment-529 Not initially... But it was reported recently that he was just brought back on to oversee the final stages of it. I think Joystiq or 1UP had the article. I'll see if I can dig it up. Not initially… But it was reported recently that he was just brought back on to oversee the final stages of it. I think Joystiq or 1UP had the article. I’ll see if I can dig it up.

]]> By: dah http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-528 dah Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:20:37 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1308#comment-528 Ken Levin isn't involved with the development/delay of Bioshock2, it's being developed at 2K Marin Ken Levin isn’t involved with the development/delay of Bioshock2, it’s being developed at 2K Marin

]]> By: Nathan Andrews http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/the-great-game-delay-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Nathan Andrews Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:58:11 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1308#comment-527 I'm going to go with a combination of #1 and #3. #1. Consumers expect and demand quality. The speed of information on the web means that any flaw or annoyance in a game is beat to death in the first few days after release, which are critical to a game's success. Buzz will only get the geeks in the door the first day. Good press is what keeps everyone else coming in. #3. There are some pretty big games coming in Q3 and Q4 '09. Two off the top of my head: DiRT2 (which I'm really excited about), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Two big hitters in the two major gaming genres is probably enough incentive for a lot of publishers to hold off a little while. Movie studios do this kind of thing all the time. They'll set a release date in March or April for say Thanksgiving weekend. The next big action flick comes in around June and announces they're coming in the same weekend. Knowing that they're going to get hammered, the first studio will either push it back to the next space, or bring it forward to catch some box office beforehand. I’m going to go with a combination of #1 and #3.

#1. Consumers expect and demand quality. The speed of information on the web means that any flaw or annoyance in a game is beat to death in the first few days after release, which are critical to a game’s success. Buzz will only get the geeks in the door the first day. Good press is what keeps everyone else coming in.

#3. There are some pretty big games coming in Q3 and Q4 ’09. Two off the top of my head: DiRT2 (which I’m really excited about), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Two big hitters in the two major gaming genres is probably enough incentive for a lot of publishers to hold off a little while.
Movie studios do this kind of thing all the time. They’ll set a release date in March or April for say Thanksgiving weekend. The next big action flick comes in around June and announces they’re coming in the same weekend. Knowing that they’re going to get hammered, the first studio will either push it back to the next space, or bring it forward to catch some box office beforehand.

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