Forspoken has been delayed to January 24, 2023

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https://twitter.com/user/status/1544675140780392453

 

[Legacy]

No surprises there

 

[PlanetSmasher]

OK. Hopefully the extra time helps them make the combat actually look fun and gives them the time to put together a gameplay demo for people to watch that actually shows the game off well.

 

[Saladin]

Not surprised. I saw that coming

 

[Dest]

Interesting. Before they announced FFXVI for next year I was told that this was going to be pushed back again to make room for XVI. I'm not a big insider, so I didn't say anything and wrote off that source when they did the last SOP and revealed XVI for 2023, but are they now making room for something else?

The wording of

As a resultof ongoing discussaions with key partners, we have made the strategic decision to move the launch date of Forspoken

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kinda makes it sound like there's something else to fill its place

 

[ILikeFeet]

makes sense. it was in a bloodbath month

 

[Lotus]

Thank god, it needed it, also SE was gonna sandwich it between all those other releases

 

[abellwillring]

A delay is a good idea. It still looked rough. Not sure they can make it a good game with a delay, but there were clear issues that additional polish could help with.

 

[JuniperAndSage]

Calendar is so fucked up.

 

[egg]

Good choice, not mad at that.

 

[AllChan7]

Thank God lol
October is already stacked as is. And the game was looking rough from the few times we've seen it.

 

[Huntersknoll]

Hey fam take your time with the game. I'm sure it will be great once it is out

 

[Loudninja]

So yeah seem like everyone agreed to push it back.

 

[Crossing Eden]

It's good that this game will get the amount of polish that it needs.

 

[Josh5890]

Oof

 

[Det]

That's fine. SE has enough on their plate during the 2nd half of this year..

 

[digitalrelic]

Honestly I'm glad to hear this. Give it time and make it great.

 

[TitanicFall]

This is probably the only one that I was really looking forward to this year aside from God of War.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Wow.

 

[AEF1907]

Noooo 😭

Ah, well take your time 🥲.

 

[vestan]

Not surprised considering Star Ocean, Valkyrie, Crisis Core, DioField and presumbly Tactics Ogre are practically all launching right next to each other. Felt like they were building up towards a Forspoken delay with no real tentpole title launching later this year.

 

[LaytonWright]

2023

Interesting. Before they announced FFXVI for next year I was told that this was going to be pushed back again to make room for XVI. I'm not a big insider, so I didn't say anything and wrote off that source when they did the last SOP and revealed XVI for 2023, but are they now making room for something else?

The wording of

kinda makes it sound like there's something else to fill its place

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Crisis Core possibly.

 

[OaklandKao]

Is this because Gary Whitta got trapped in his Tesla?

 

[White Glint]

Is that how long Gary Whitta is projected to be stuck in his glitched out tesla?

 

[Papercuts]

lmao

 

[JCal]

Whoa! So potentially this, XVI, and FF7R-II in 2023. That's a loaded year.

 

[Mecha Meister]

However long it takes, I'm really looking forward to this game.

 

[Kyuuji]

Good for them, take whatever time they need. Really interested in the game but my backlog is vast and I can easily fill time between now and when it's ready.

 

[Elandyll]

Probably for the better.
Game looks great graphically, and the traversal super fun, but the fighting with spongy enemies taking forever and a day to take down seemed no fun at all.

 

[Type VII]

Really looking forward to it but kinda glad, October is loaded already.

 

[Lockheartilly9799]

I'm good with that. I wasn't planning on buying any other games during January so I can give my full attention to this one.

 

[Kunka Kid]

Good. I was kinda concerned about this one tbh.

 

[OrochiJR]

It did look a little janky in the released footage so far, so this may be for the best.

 

[Kalor]

Makes it more likely I'll play at launch now that it's not surrounded by other JRPGs.

 

[Templeusox]

Interesting. Before they announced FFXVI for next year I was told that this was going to be pushed back again to make room for XVI. I'm not a big insider, so I didn't say anything and wrote off that source when they did the last SOP and revealed XVI for 2023, but are they now making room for something else?

The wording of

kinda makes it sound like there's something else to fill its place

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Yea, I don't think there's any coincidence it came out minutes at the GOW: Ragnarok announcement. It was scheduled for a month before (October 11th) , but maybe they needed a few week or month delay which they could no longer do because of Ragnarok.

 

[Modest_Modsoul]

I'm OK with this if it means more polished game.

 

[Geg]

Oof. It's fine if they need to take more time, but I wonder how they were planning to meet that original May 2021 release date

 

[MegaSackman]

It's alright Square, you're feeding us well anyway.

 

[quail_lad]

"key partners" is probably Playstation. It is an exclusive after all, so they wouldn't want to step on each other's toes.

 

[CubeApple76]

When was this originall supposed to come out? This May right? Or before

 

[Neoxon]

Why does this thread refuse to load on Safari?

Anyway, it was called a strategic decision, so they likely talked it over with Sony so GoW doesn't trample over Forspoken.

 

[orzkare]

omg...

 

[immsun]

Good decision.

So Sony already giving us a exclusive in first month itself next year.

 

[Aeana]

Interesting. Before they announced FFXVI for next year I was told that this was going to be pushed back again to make room for XVI. I'm not a big insider, so I didn't say anything and wrote off that source when they did the last SOP and revealed XVI for 2023, but are they now making room for something else?

The wording of

kinda makes it sound like there's something else to fill its place

Click to shrink...

God of War.

 

[Haze]

The game looks like hot garbage so is anyone really surprised

 

[SilverX]

As long as it comes before FFXVI it´ll do well, they should take the extra time

 

[tiebreaker]

Huh, gonna move my preorder to Ragnarok.

Hope the devs nailed this game.

 

[vestan]

Is this because Gary Whitta got trapped in his Tesla?

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Is that how long Gary Whitta is projected to be stuck in his glitched out tesla?

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[Deleted member 93062]

Why does this thread refuse to load on Safari?

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Same thing happened to you?

It basically crashed my Safari on iOS and Mac.

 

[Delaney]

They saw the Splatoon Switch and chickened out.