EA Confirms Anthem’s Delay to 2019

[Aokiji]

via Jason of Kotaku


Link to article

EDIT (via Nirolak )
Full statement from EA

 

[neoak]

Inb4 videos of reading that news article

Like Jason's last article about this

 

[Deleted member 9971]

 

[borges]

Better this than releasing it unfinished.

 

[Deleted member 1378]

wonder how much of, if any, this has to do with being forced to restructure a predatory economy in the game amid the backlash of bf2 and destiny 2

 

[Deleted member 864]

Not that surprising.

 

[Lord Brady]

This should buy Bungie the time needed to turn Destiny 2 back into Destiny 1.

 

[black070]

Meh, couldn't really care less - give me Dragon Age 4.

 

[Hey Please]

Gotta design 'em microtransactions to be better embedded and the RNG system more subtle.

 

[Fergie]

 

[zsynqx]

Sure EA

 

[Quample]

Even still sounds too early. My bet is on another delay.

 

[Barnabas Reynolds]

Fine by me, Q4 will probably be as crowded as ever anyway. I just hope this turns out to be everything Bioware wants it to be.

 

[Deleted member 18951]

Take your time Bioware. Knock it out the park.

 

[seiki]

Shenmue 3 next.

 

[ultracal31]

wonder how much of, if any, this has to do with being forced to restructure a predatory economy in the game amid the backlash of bf2 and destiny 2

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If anything I see them making it even mooooor predatory

 

[Ricky_R]

So MS can get up to speed with development, I imagine.

 

[jwhit28]

I hope it isn't just plopped out at the end of March to hit the fiscal year like Mass Effect was.

 

[KZXcellent]

I like how EA is trying to spin a delay. Come on now.

 

[daniel77733]

March 2019 is pretty much a guarantee regardless of how "complete" the game is.

 

[Jovian]

And now an XBOX TWO exclusive? :)

 

[Spamlynguist]

Sure EA

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This cracked me the hell up.

 

[Nirolak]

Here's the full statement:

 

[Perturabo]

Meh, I need to see more before I can even get excited or disappointed about it. Hopefully they reveal more about Dragon Age 4 this year as well. I need to know if I'll be let down by that one as soon as possible.

 

[Greigor the FellHand]

we'll probably here that the game was restarted, (ingame systems and story) around E3.

 

[Nokterian]

Sure EA

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'fake news' everyone as in a new coat.

 

[____]

A "strategic delay" is still a delay. Spokesperson should realize that lol.

 

[Kazoku_]

Maybe they'll suprise us and it'll be great.

 

[Cess007]

Sure EA

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What?

 

[BackwardCap]

Canceled in 2020, bet.

 

[out_of_touch]

This is blowing their chance to strike while the iron is hot. The game is still going to be big, not as big as it could be though.

 

[Htown]

"It's not a delay, we're just changing the launch timing."

Is the timing later than it was before? Then it's a delay.

 

[Nagito]

Sure EA

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I don't know why he had to do this

 

[Turkoop]

Here's the full statement:

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WTF is he talking about

 

[Deleted member 9971]

Sure EA

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That's a fun PR way to spin it.

 

[Abrasion Test]

This is blowing their chance to strike while the iron is hot. The game is still going to be big, not as big as it could be though.

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If it's not ready it's not ready. There doesn't seem to be any other big loot game on the horizon other than a potential Borderlands.

 

[Pokémon]

Sure EA

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lmao, better than any spin on era

 

[Nirolak]

WTF is he talking about

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Their CFO is claiming that it's not a delay due to development issues, but due to competitive timing, so releasing it in March would be a better idea than releasing it between Call of Duty, Destiny 2's expansion pack, and Battlefield.

Jason is claiming it's primarily driven by development issues, IIRC.

 

[Rosur]

March 2019 it is then, never thought it was gonna hit this year.

Still financial year 2018 so to EA its not really a delay.

 

[AllBusinessJr]

I have a bad feeling about this. Both Destinys seem to have been rebooted mid-development cycle, and we know how they fared.

 

[Rizific]

trying to come up with new ways for monitization. calling it now, if it wasnt already obvious.

 

[Deleted member 5535]

Sure EA

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He's talking about EA delaying it to face no competition in the beginning of the year, not because of development.

Edit: Now I read it and it seems that it's more to have no conflict with their new battlefield in 2018

 

[~Fake]

This is not a good sign..

 

[Turkoop]

Their CFO is claiming that it's not a delay due to development issues, but due to competitive timing, so releasing it in March would be a better idea than releasing it between Call of Duty, Destiny 2's expansion pack, and Battlefield.

Jason is claiming it's primarily driven by development issues, IIRC.

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He seems not to have any idea what he is talking about

 

[Deleted member 864]

Sure EA

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[asd202]

Sure EA

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lol

 

[KZXcellent]

 

[Jawmuncher]

Red Dead gonna be the best selling game of the year just due to no opposition.

 

[Damn Silly]

Schreier delays another game smh

That "not a delay" reasoning is funny though.

 

[Curufinwe]

Shouldn't Microsoft be giving the updates on Anthem now?