Godfather 2, Sims 3, Dragon Age delayed News
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EA boss John Riccitiello announced delays for The Sims 3, Dragon Age and Godfather 2 during a financial conference call last night.
The Sims 3 had been pencilled in for February, but will now begin shipping to shops around the world from 2nd June - making 5th June a likely date for the Euro launch.
Dragon Age: Origins on PC will move from a pre-April release to a fourth quarter 2009 slot, coinciding with the console launch of the fantasy role-playing game.
And, finally, The Godfather sequel will be elbowed out of February to a slot sometime after April this year.
"We plan to match strong quality with strong marketing, particularly for our top 10 titles," Riccitiello explained to investors, as reported by Seeking Alpha. "Operationally, we expect to improve the way we go to market with our titles, starting earlier to create positive buzz and demand.
"Consistent with this strategy, we have made a decision to move titles including the Sims 3, Godfather 2, and Dragon Age for the PC from Q4 FY09 [ending March 2009] to FY10."
Riccitiello said The Sims 3 decision allows more time to build a marketing campaign "a title like this deserves". He then explained that The Godfather II nudge will help avoid a glut of cut-price early 2009 releases in Europe and North America.
"And Dragon Age, frankly, this is going to sound almost upside down but sometimes too much quality can make you reassess your options," continued Riccitiello.
"So with Dragon Age, this is truly an epic game both in scale, quality, and innovation. And we felt that we could mount a better campaign consolidating Dragon Age PC with console later in the year.
"And yes, that will allow them to polish it even more. So each of them had their own story," he added.
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TheTingler
04/02/09 @ 10:03
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"And we felt that we could mount a better campaign consolidating Dragon Age PC with console later in the year"
I was really liking what he said until that. This translates as 'we're releasing the PC version at the same time as the console version'. Oh, gee, thank you. |
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thesombrerokid
04/02/09 @ 10:33
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EA in learns nothing from fucking off PC gamers in FY09, continues to see how far it can push them in FY10
John Riccitielio is a wanker and the single worst thing to happen to EA since they discovered Sports Licences sell |
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Moribundman
04/02/09 @ 12:04
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I'm sick of publishers (especially f***ing EA) playing fast and loose with release dates simply to turn a profit.
When a game is totally and utterly done, gold, finito, and one release date has already been set, I don't know how much value a massive advertising splurge in the midst of a recession will add... Just pay some jaded ad man to illegitimately rip off a YouTube viral from last year and bob's your uncle. No need to make an arrested development dollys house game seem like the second sodding coming. |
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I'm fucking appaled tbh.
I'm sick of publishers (especially f***ing EA) playing fast and loose with release dates simply to turn a profit. Looks like EA need to make shareholders happy in 2010 . Ofcourse they want to make a profit, ofcourse they need to make shareholders happy they are not a fucking charity, they want to make money. And considering current economic state $$ aren't going to start raining down anytime soon; they do what they hope will carry them through the hard times. I'm upset about DA being pushed back as well, and even pissed off because it's thanks to syncing with console release, but it's kinda an existential anger, not being angry with them for trying to turn a fucking profit. |
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