Heavy Rain, BioShock 2 Delayed 61
Quantic Dream has announced that their much-anticipated thriller Heavy Rain is being pushed back to 2010. Co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere said that the game is on-time and on-budget, but also that they don't want it to come out at the same time as many other high-profile games. "Most publishers today realize that it's not ideal to release a new IP or a new genre just before Christmas. It's a very crowded place to be, and certain games need more space to live their life. Everybody at working on the project, both at Quantic and Sony, believe this is the right time." Meanwhile, Take-Two announced that BioShock 2 would be delayed as well, backing off from their October 30th EU release date and saying it will come out during the "first half of calendar 2010."
Re:"Much anticipated" == lost in the crowd? (Score:3, Funny)
Look, it's not all about maximising profit. When you've got a game that's going to be so much better than the competition that it would simply blow them out of the market and take all the available money, you have to ask yourself: is this really what I want to do? Is that the sort of person I want to be?
These publishers might have to buy slightly smaller yachts, but at least some other guys will get to order little yachts as well. There's no point in having the biggest yacht at the club if there's nobody else there to lord it over.
Re:Good! This is a GOOD THING! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Will get over it. (Score:5, Funny)
If Bioshock 1 is any indication on how Bioshock 2 will turn out I'm not holding my breath for it.
Well, you might as well hold your breath anyway. It's not like you'll die or anything. The worst that will happen is that you'll respawn six seconds away from your current position.
Re:Will get over it. (Score:3, Funny)
I dunno, any game that ends in 30 seconds of badly rendered movie sounds like a spiritual successor SS2 to me.