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[DrBlingzle]

The issue is not the length of developement time, but the fact that companies keep announcing games years before their projected release dates. I get that games get delayed and that the time between a game's announcement and its release might sometimes end up being longer than the developers hoped for. However, game companies need to keep quiet until they are near completion of their projects. THAT'S what I don't like.

 

The whole "I don't mind if they delay if it makes their games better" or "I prefer they delay rather than release a rushed game" is not why people get put off. It's announcing games while giving little to no information, no gameplay, no nothing and giving a vague release date that has a high chance of being pushed back.

 

They can "delay" all they want, as long as they stop giving us placeholder release dates (or even worse, no release dates at all) and announcing years before.

What's so bad about knowing that a game is coming out even if you don't know when? That's not meant in a snarky way btw, that was a genuine question.

[Sanunes]

The issue is not the length of developement time, but the fact that companies keep announcing games years before their projected release dates. I get that games get delayed and that the time between a game's announcement and its release might sometimes end up being longer than the developers hoped for. However, game companies need to keep quiet until they are near completion of their projects. THAT'S what I don't like.

 

The whole "I don't mind if they delay if it makes their games better" or "I prefer they delay rather than release a rushed game" is not why people get put off. It's announcing games while giving little to no information, no gameplay, no nothing and giving a vague release date that has a high chance of being pushed back.

 

They can "delay" all they want, as long as they stop giving us placeholder release dates (or even worse, no release dates at all) and announcing years before.

 

The thing is there are going to be two camps to your argument and I think people would just as easily be put off if there wasn't any real information either.  Look at Fallout 4, people have been speculating about that game for years and there was even that hoax website last year.  This is the first real information we have on the game and people are upset there isn't gameplay footage so I would be fine with not having anything shown or even BioWare not talking about it, but I just can't see that not making people not interested in the game either.

[ReveurIngenu]

What's so bad about knowing that a game is coming out even if you don't know when? That's not meant in a snarky way btw, that was a genuine question.

Because we get games like Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, etc. We are strung along for years, for decades "waiting", hoping the game will make an appearance at every major gaming show.

 

Other game companies like Bethesda, Rockstar, etc. don't really tease their games. They announce them and the release dates are always in the near future. THAT'S the examples game companies need to follow.

[falconlord5]

Because we get games like Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, etc. We are strung along for years, for decades "waiting", hoping the game will make an appearance at every major gaming show.

 

Other game companies like Bethesda, Rockstar, etc. don't really tease their games. They announce them and the release dates are always in the near future. THAT'S the examples game companies need to follow.

 

Sure, if you don't mind making bad, pretentious, contentless games with finicky controls and next to no story whatsoever.

 

The last people I want any game company taking cues from are Rockstar and Bethesda. Especially Bethesda; Rockstar's L.A. Noire was at least halfway decent.

[Kantr]

That argument went out the window with the Witcher 3.

Which has a lot of bugs. On consoles at least.

 

If all open world games from now on were bug free then you can say that the industry has gotten better.

 

They had the advantage of an even longer delay though

[TheJester000]

I'm extremely happy with the release date and won't mind if it gets delayed longer. Bioware needs to go back to taking there time when making games instead of rushing them out after only two years of development. The game will turn out much better for it.

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

Given Bioware's track record, the game is most likely going to be pushed back into 2017. It's not even just Bioware, other game companies do it. EA gives holiday 2016 as a date so it doesn't seem that far off, but as we get closer to it, it'll be pushed back to 2017 and people will be understanding because it'll just be "a few months" more.

 

I don't understand why they don't just wait until a game is less than a year off before announcing it, when they're more sure of when they will be able to get it out without any huge delays like for Dragon Age Inquisition.

 

They need to take a page from Bethesda.

 

I hope that if a delay is needed, that they give it one. I'd rather they delay the game and put more resources into making it solid on release day.

 

I think there is a separate question as to whether it makes sense to plan for longer development times if historical deadlines have required delays, but I honestly don't care about marketing or hype. I just care about whether the game is any good when it does come out. I'll let the shareholders worry about the consequences of how they decide their announcement and release schedules.