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Jason Schreier/Kotaku: The Last of Us Part II Delayed to Spring (May 29th 2020) [UPDATE: Confirmed by Naughty Dog]
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Bummer, but take as long as you need. The game can launch any day and outsell 99% of its competitors so I doubt they're worred about when to drop it. Something like Doom struggles with that a bit but I doubt this does.
Like always, if the game is great, no one remembers the delay it went through.
Like always, if the game is great, no one remembers the delay it went through.
How on earth can so many people actually believe this is a remote possibility?
the most expected of all the possibilities tbh.
Good, now Final Fantasy VII will be the undisputed king of March sales and Q1 2020
Good, now Final Fantasy VII will be the undisputed king of March sales and Q1 2020
Doom Eternal will struggle against Animal Crossing. And it was delayed indefinitely for switch btw
Now watch people that complained about multiplayer now complain about the delay to add it.
It's not though?...tlou1 also came right before ps4 launch.
And another one LOL. You honestly believe it takes a month or 2 to add a multiplayer to games? WOW
I don't think so, with the original already being playable the market for a TLOU remaster is far smaller than the original on the PS4, especially as a lot of new PS4 players didn't own a PS3. PS4 Pro and Xbox One X give a good idea of what to expect.
Yeah it ain't for multiplayer, they've already said they were still kind of in experimentation mode with what they're doing and more or less implied it'll be a standalone thing
What if multiplayer was in the works to come out later, but they didn't expect the backlash?
Come on folks, this is quite literally the first time something like this has ever happened with the biggest title on a platform getting a firm release date to be delayed just a few weeks later. I am not saying that there is some disaster occurring anywhere here, just that this does point towards some communication issues and other potential things at a minimum when you consider that the head of Sony World Wide Studios just left/was pushed out recently too.
They did add Factions really late on in development for the first one. I doubt they'd do that again though.
GoT likely pushed back as well (internally)
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This makes no sense, why hold a huge event and announce the game only to then delay it less than a month after? I know they're not afraid of any of the other releases during that time frame since TLOUII is in a league of its own; Regardless of when it releases it'll sell millions.
It just doesn't make sense that Naughtdog would announce the release date only to delay it a month after the announcement. It's not like anyone forced them to announce the game either. Something is iffy about this.
It just doesn't make sense that Naughtdog would announce the release date only to delay it a month after the announcement. It's not like anyone forced them to announce the game either. Something is iffy about this.
I'm gonna bookmark this post. I'm not guaranteeing a TLOU2 remastered, but we absolutely 100% will have remasters of game from this gen. It's been a gigantic money maker.
(If thIncluding their current project, Naughty Dogs three most recent games have all been subjected to delays. TLOU was delayed once, Uncharted 4 was delayed 3 times, and now TLOU2 has received it's first delay.
There's nothing wrong with delaying a game to improve quality and/or improve worker conditions, but this points to an issue ND/Playstation should look at regarding their Project Managers, Producers, and Marketing. It's now a trend to expect a delay for a ND game. They should evaluate their production timelines, and try to determine a better point at which they feel comfortable announcing a release date.
Hopefully with it only have a spring release window and not a firm date, they'll wait till much closer to release to annouce the actual date.
There's nothing wrong with delaying a game to improve quality and/or improve worker conditions, but this points to an issue ND/Playstation should look at regarding their Project Managers, Producers, and Marketing. It's now a trend to expect a delay for a ND game. They should evaluate their production timelines, and try to determine a better point at which they feel comfortable announcing a release date.
Hopefully with it only have a spring release window and not a firm date, they'll wait till much closer to release to annouce the actual date.
Are The Last Of Us games named like that to be meta about the fact that they're swan songs to the console they are being developed for?
Cause honestly that's cool as all hell, Naughty Dog did a great job ending the PS3 gen with such a fantastic game and I hope Part 2 will be just as good.
Cause honestly that's cool as all hell, Naughty Dog did a great job ending the PS3 gen with such a fantastic game and I hope Part 2 will be just as good.
Eh, they can take all the time they need for both games. I'd rather have a polished game that's delayed than something that's rushed out.
If they haven't already planned to release an MP component months ago, then they aren't going to magically develop one within 2-3 months. This is almost certainly not the reason (again, unless this was already in the roadmap and simply not announced yet).
Why do you doubt it? It makes quite a bit of sense. Moving it out a month or two will afford them considerable market share, and they don't have to compete with their other flagship exclusive* FFVII:R. Sure, they knew the line-up when they set the release date, but they've also likely been following the metrics for both titles (buzz & preorder numbers) that factored in.
I would wager that it's sincerely a combination of both strategic planning & additional dev time requirements, but not exclusively one or the other.
What if they wanted to get out of that packed month between Feb/March and give it just a bit more time in the oven? I'm cool with it.
Yes, they will create a huge multiplayer mode in 3 months and add it to their singleplayer game.
You can't delay something that never had a release date. That's why they didn't announce the release date for GoT :P
Red Dead Redemption 2 single player release date = October 26, 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 online (beta) release date = November 27, 2018
Apparently, it does only take one month.
There were multiple follow ups after the "no multiplayer at launch" from both Naughty Dog, and ex-Naughty Dog employees that the multiplayer team had been working on an online mode. They announced Factions at E3 2018. They've likely been working on it this entire time. It's pretty clear, following the evidence, that the online mode wasn't going to be ready at the same time as the single player. So, in order to deliver the "total package" (to some), they're going to delay the game in order to coincide with a multiplayer release.
Think clearly. Think logically.
Again there is no way this is the reasoning. It may be ultimately wise for them, but they knew the slate a few weeks ago when they announced a set in stone date. Do you think they just blindly announced a release date without considering this already?
You're just making it harder for me to double dip on the PS5 re-release.
(I hope it's at launch)
(I hope it's at launch)
WOW, do you actually believe RDRMP wasn't being worked on prior to that?! Are you serious?
damn it lol. probably a summer release?
if anything if its getting close to ps5, I'll just wait for that.
Ya that's what I was thinking haha. Wasn't going to get it even though I planned to this November but now I definitely will!!
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