Hopefully, they are not crunching their employees that much :c
Ideally not at all! But this industry...
Ideally not at all! But this industry...
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Final Fantasy VII Remake delayed to April 10th
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i just readed the article i cant remember the dates and announcements and stuff
They need to delay a month and that's how calendars work.
I don't think the FF7 remake has to worry anything about sales.
I'll probably just wait on it, then. I have a birthday a month later and I'd be likely to get it from someone I know.
If anything FFX got the opposite of a delay. It was initially scheduled to release (in the US) in January 2002. Then it got bumped up to Monday, December 24th, then bumped up again, wisely, to December 17th, where it actually hit shelves.
To be honest I'm more looking forward to FF X than the remake, some of the new characters like that samurai guy and the blue lion, look really cool. Looking forward to exploring Zhanarkhand, looks absolutely massive!
I don't mind the delay. Just let me play the demo for chrissakes SE. I just want to TRY it, so I can know whether I should be hyped or not.
I wonder if Square wanted to even out the gaps a little bit since Avenger's delay and FFVIIR needed more dev time anyway. It's curious the game's new date is basically in between FFVIIR's and Avengers original release dates.
I'm sure blitzball will be a cool optional, they can't expect eveyrone to learn its rules in the middle of the journey lol.
Weird. I was following the game very closely at the time (was even a mod on a Squaresoft fan forum at the time, lol) and I don't recall that at all.
I mean, the game made it's re-appearance (it went dark after the Jan 2000 Millennium Conference) in Famitsu in like late Jan/early February 2001. I don't think it was ever scheduled for March, so Gamespot was likely pulling that out of their ass. We didn't even see the first real gameplay footage of FFX (Besaid Island, Tsushida's battle system, Valefor summon) until E3 2001, which was mid-May back then. It then released July, a mere year after FFIX.
So if Gamespot is correct (I doubt it), it was a VERY hushed delay.
yeah idk if the articles are right, its hard to fact check old news, to much effort for that
Your initial point remains true, though- mainline FFs have had fairly consistent delays since post PS1 era. 😅
It's a really weird freakin' argument that shouldn't exist. At all. Ever.
Next year they might as well put the RE4 remake against the Parasite Eve remake.
now that i think about it how sick would be a parasite eve remake in the same style of re2/3 remake but with rpg mechanics
Why not? They're both big RPGs that release the same month that take place in a sprawling dystopian metropolis.
Bit of a bummer as I was hoping to knock this out before Cyberpunk. No biggie though. I'll focus more on Animal Crossing until this is out and then get to Cyberpunk whenever I'm done with this game as I'm much more excited for it personally.
I can kind of get it. It's kind of a more specific JRPG vs WRPG argument. They have some similar themes and cityscapes. FFVII's Midgar section has even been described as kind of Cyberpunk. That said, it does feel like some people are bringing up arguments from years ago to stir the pot a bit. I feel like the next thing I'm gonna read is that it looks like a FFXV clone.
I just don't understand why Square chose this date. VIIR is the game I'm most hyped for, but I think Cyberpunk would come out on top in terms of mass appeal unless Square REALLY knocks it out of the park and VIIR is good enough to get a seriously wide audience. And no matter who gets better sales in the long run, they'll at least cannibalize each other a little bit.
It just seems like Square is setting itself up for unnecessary competition here.
This is my biggest worry. FFVIIR has less than ideal sales due to a bad release date, and then the rest of the series is either scaled down or scrapped. Perhaps I'm being a bit paranoid.
TheJollyCorner is correct at least where the US is concerned. I was working at Circuit City at the time (god I'm old) and I remember all of us being shocked that the game came in and we were told to go ahead and start selling it a week before Christmas. Many of us in the department put aside a copy for ourselves so we could purchase it once our shifts were done lol. It was a happy early Christmas present for us! XD
Doesn't bother me.
I think CP will look like ass in current gen, so planning on playing that on the ps5 or a kick ass rig down the line.
I think CP will look like ass in current gen, so planning on playing that on the ps5 or a kick ass rig down the line.
Damn not buying at launch. Unless I'm.mistaken Persona 5 Royal will be taking up my time in April.
So wack. I'd set my work from home days up for that week.
The new week is the birthday of our senior engineer. I damn sure wont have any free time that week LOL
The new week is the birthday of our senior engineer. I damn sure wont have any free time that week LOL
You say "Like come on" as if I said anything about the relative quality of titles, or engaged you about your personal opinion regarding the devs. The point I made was if you wanted to wait, ones experience of Cyberpunk 2077 will be better. FF7R isn't likely to change as dramatically based on the post launch support from both publishers and the kind of game CP2077 is.
Releasing a AAA title literally right in the middle between the releases of two other AAA titles - one of which is poised to do far better financially [Cyberpunk 2077] is not a smart business move and that's how economics works👍
I would like to believe this, but I don't. The crunch doesn't stop until the game ships, if ever. I think there's always more to do and they will stay under the gun.
Of course it doesn't stop, but they now have an extra 40 days to prepare a day one patch and some extra time to put some polish onto what will be printed onto the disc, which I'm sure the employees are relieved by. I work long hours in TV and an extra 40 days would be appreciated by everyone on any number of projects.
Edit: I don't give Kotaku clicks so I'm just judging from that second tweet, but it seems that he's more talking about Crystal Dynamics which would have had intense crunch for a May release which now gives a bit more breathing room for a September launch (though I can't say that any crunch would get lighter or heavier based on this, but just thinking about the sacrifices that would have had to be made for a May launch depresses me)
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If this delay is necessary for a polished final product, I won't complain about it.
I'd rather developers release a complete and polished game instead of hitting their target release date and having to gradually finish the game with patches.
I do hope Cyperpunk won't cut into FF7R's sales too much.
I'd rather developers release a complete and polished game instead of hitting their target release date and having to gradually finish the game with patches.
I do hope Cyperpunk won't cut into FF7R's sales too much.
You're trying to be smart but you're being unrealistic. I've been in situations like this before, where delays to our releases have happened and it's not viable to push it by, say, 2 months, so we have to settle on a closer date even if it's close to other big releases. That's just how it is unfortunately.
FFVII remake is one of the most anticipated games of this generation. The people who care about it will buy it in their millions, Cyberpunk or no.
