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[Jebel Krong]

if it benefits the game (and, ultimately, sales) then it's a good decision, but for many - me included - ME3 was this year's most anticipated games so it's still very disappointing.

[ExtremeOne]

didymos1120 wrote...

Shadowbanner wrote...

This is why its being delayed: "to address a larger market opportunity"

When asked about the (ME3) delay, EA boss John Riccitiello said, "Essentially, step by step, [BioWare is] adjusting some of the gameplay mechanics and some of the features that you'll see at E3 that can put this into a genre equivalent of shooter-meets-RPG, and essentially address a far larger market opportunity than Mass Effect 1 did and Mass Effect 2 began to approach."

Hello Dragon Mass Effect.

No, that's how Riccitello is spinning the delay. That's a bunch or soothing-to-investors PR-ese that's so vague as to be practically meaningless. 

   



do you not understand that EA has investors and shareholders they must answer to. If they want Mass Effect 3 to appeal to a wider audience and that will make it sell more. then guess what then EA will make it happen .  

[AnklaX]

Good news. Now make the game look like those screenshots. Well there are more important things to work on.

[bald man in a boat]

didymos1120 wrote...

Because he said "larger market opportunity".  Of course, this was a statement made at an investor conference, so that type of handwavey PR language is more or less required. 

Sounds like PR 3:16.

[man giraffedog000]

OK, there seems to be some confusion about Man-Giraffe-Dog on the forums, notably that it just looks like a Giraffe-Dog. Well... that's the POINT. Why do you think I'm the only one warning you. It's disguised as a Giraffe-Dog until it's ready to take over the world.
OK this is how Man-Giraffe-Dog came to be:


While growing up it was spotted in the wild (but the team was all killed by it and the photos were recovered afterwards)


After which it began its infiltration of humanity, disguised as Giraffe-Dog:


Which leaves us here. Man-Giraffe-Dog is poised to attack and destroy humanity and I'm trying to warn everyone before it's too late. This is totally serial guys. You need to prepare.

Excelsior!

[didymos1120]

ExtremeOne wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

Shadowbanner wrote...

This is why its being delayed: "to address a larger market opportunity"

When asked about the (ME3) delay, EA boss John Riccitiello said, "Essentially, step by step, [BioWare is] adjusting some of the gameplay mechanics and some of the features that you'll see at E3 that can put this into a genre equivalent of shooter-meets-RPG, and essentially address a far larger market opportunity than Mass Effect 1 did and Mass Effect 2 began to approach."

Hello Dragon Mass Effect.

No, that's how Riccitello is spinning the delay. That's a bunch or soothing-to-investors PR-ese that's so vague as to be practically meaningless. 

   

do you not understand that EA has investors and shareholders they must answer to. If they want Mass Effect 3 to appeal to a wider audience and that will make it sell more. then guess what then EA will make it happen .  

Investors want EVERYTHING to appeal to a wider audience.  Hence, statements like these, which are a dime a dozen. And they're all as vague and content-free as possible, and they always avoid being even remotely specific.

[man giraffedog000]

OK, there seems to be some confusion about Man-Giraffe-Dog on the forums, notably that it just looks like a Giraffe-Dog. Well... that's the POINT. Why do you think I'm the only one warning you. It's disguised as a Giraffe-Dog until it's ready to take over the world.
OK this is how Man-Giraffe-Dog came to be:


While growing up it was spotted in the wild (but the team was all killed by it and the photos were recovered afterwards)


After which it began its infiltration of humanity, disguised as Giraffe-Dog:


Which leaves us here. Man-Giraffe-Dog is poised to attack and destroy humanity and I'm trying to warn everyone before it's too late. This is totally serial guys. You need to prepare.

Excelsior!

[didymos1120]

bald man in a boat wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

Because he said "larger market opportunity".  Of course, this was a statement made at an investor conference, so that type of handwavey PR language is more or less required. 

Sounds like PR 3:16.

Pretty much:

http://www.google.com/search?q="larger+market+opportunity"+-"mass+effect"

Modifié par didymos1120, 05 mai 2011 - 09:02 .

[man giraffedog000]

OK, there seems to be some confusion about Man-Giraffe-Dog on the forums, notably that it just looks like a Giraffe-Dog. Well... that's the POINT. Why do you think I'm the only one warning you. It's disguised as a Giraffe-Dog until it's ready to take over the world.
OK this is how Man-Giraffe-Dog came to be:


While growing up it was spotted in the wild (but the team was all killed by it and the photos were recovered afterwards)


After which it began its infiltration of humanity, disguised as Giraffe-Dog:


Which leaves us here. Man-Giraffe-Dog is poised to attack and destroy humanity and I'm trying to warn everyone before it's too late. This is totally serial guys. You need to prepare.

Excelsior!

[bald man in a boat]

I suppose that's the bottom line.

[bald man in a boat]

Would it be different if Stone Cold said so?

[Jebel Krong]

lets not forget that despite big profits in the last quarter, EA still lost over $200 million this year.

[man giraffedog000]

OK, there seems to be some confusion about Man-Giraffe-Dog on the forums, notably that it just looks like a Giraffe-Dog. Well... that's the POINT. Why do you think I'm the only one warning you. It's disguised as a Giraffe-Dog until it's ready to take over the world.
OK this is how Man-Giraffe-Dog came to be:


While growing up it was spotted in the wild (but the team was all killed by it and the photos were recovered afterwards)


After which it began its infiltration of humanity, disguised as Giraffe-Dog:


Which leaves us here. Man-Giraffe-Dog is poised to attack and destroy humanity and I'm trying to warn everyone before it's too late. This is totally serial guys. You need to prepare.

Excelsior!

[Alex Kershaw]

It's fine. It means it won't compete with Skyrim but also won't get the Christmas bonus which probably cancels out? Anyway, if it means the game is better than I'm all for it. If it's another Dragon Age 2, then I'll be sad

[rooky91]

To EVERYONE whos upset all I can say is...

Delays are temporary
But crap games last forever

[Torhagen]

Please Bioware take all the time you need to Make ME3

P.S DA2 was way better than ME2
in DA2 the Story made sense the Characters actually developed
Hawke's brother for instance is going a long way from Ferelden to warden
Not to mentioned that you could flirt with whom you wanted without it being a one way track to bed

(My hawke had Isabell as lover and Meryll as LI just because it was possible and flirted with Fenris and Anders a bit)
and no endless calibrations [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/devil.png[/smilie]

Modifié par Torhagen, 05 mai 2011 - 10:20 .

[Esbatty]

I'm cool with that, whats a few more months. Besides, it could be my birthday present

[Gerudan]

So, they want to make it even more casual and that's why we have to wait longer?

Everything seems to point in the same direction, DA2 went and that is not a good sign. Bioware should try to get rid of EA as soon as possible or it will be closed in five years, after it's franchises are burn out.

[Severyx]

EA owns Bioware, so that's not likely to happen. Personally, I'm a bit disappointed. I was really looking forward to having a very epic game to play this year. So much for that. :/

Oh well. The game is already shaping up to be amazing, a few mechanics changes (if that's even what the delay truly is for) won't stop the freight train of awesome. And after all of the very negative feedback about DA2, I highly doubt they will even wink in that direction.

Don't worry so much. ME2 broke records. ME3 will break your face.

[Vanaer]

I'm disappointed the game is delayed - but I can see the positive sides to it as well. I hope this will deliver an even better game and it leaves me with more time to play SW TOR.

[_Bladefury]

If you delayed ME3 is there a possibility to give us at last one mission where you can fly Normandy and nuke few Reapers ships from the sky

[Tasker]

Why do I get the feeling they saw the reaction to DA2 looked at the direction they were taking ME3 and had an "Oh ****!" moment.  

I'm also getting the feeling we're going to end up with Gears of Mass Effect.


Ah well, I always thought this game was probably going to be a renter.  Now I know for certain.

Guess this'll be the second ever Bioware game that I won't be buying. ( The first being DA2 )

Modifié par Orkboy, 05 mai 2011 - 12:22 .

[Lusitanum]

Gerudan wrote...

So, they want to make it even more casual and that's why we have to wait longer?

Everything seems to point in the same direction, DA2 went and that is not a good sign. Bioware should try to get rid of EA as soon as possible or it will be closed in five years, after it's franchises are burn out.

OK, I've said before and I'll say it again: how in the hell was Dragon Age 2's attempt to draw in the more casual crowd the reason why it sucked? That game failed due to poor game design (you know, repetitive dungeons, empty enviornments, an uninteressting plot, bugs up
the whazoo, loadings everywhere, boring and repetitive combat... ) that don't appeal to anyone. I think even the non-hardcore crowd still enjoys a good game before anything else, don't they? So would you mind explaining to me how in the hell its their fault that the game was rushed out the door?

Orkboy wrote...

I'm also getting the feeling we're going to end up with Gears of Mass Effect.

Yeah, we've been getting that kind of statement even before ME1 was out. It's a game with a over-the-shoulder perspective and a cover system, the Gears of War comparisson got old 4 years ago. Please move on.

[Jebel Krong]

Orkboy wrote...

Why do I get the feeling they saw the reaction to DA2 looked at the direction they were taking ME3 and had an "Oh ****!" moment.  

I'm also getting the feeling we're going to end up with Gears of Mass Effect.


Ah well, I always thought this game was probably going to be a renter.  Now I know for certain.

Guess this'll be the second ever Bioware game that I won't be buying. ( The first being DA2 )

and i guess you're still a tool... a sub-2-year turnaround was always going to be a big ask for a game as complicated as ME3 undoubtedly will be.

[albert_emanuel]

I'm sure the reapers had something to do with ME 3 being delayed. Those damn aliens !