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PlayStation 3 News by Eurogamer staff
Good old Lair for PS3 has been delayed by at least a couple of weeks according to retailers speaking to Eurogamer, with the game now listed as 23rd November by many.
The swoopy-around Factor 5 dragon-riding game - which for better or worse makes extensive use of the Sixaxis motion sensor - has been out across the pond for some time, but we're still waiting on it over here.
We had expected to finally get our hands on it tomorrow, but apparently it's not to be due to an unspecified manufacturing issue - although Sony hasn't confirmed the reason for the delay at the time of writing.
For more on Lair, check out our Lair gamepage, home to all sorts of videos and screenshots, and of course our Lair review.
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el_pollo_diablo
08/11/07 @ 14:17
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I could make a joke about what that "unspecified manufacturing issue" might be, but it'd be too easy.
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You really gotta ask what the hell happened though. They managed to make the Rogue Squadron games really cool, and traditionally licenses are a touch of death. Here they pursue something completely open and formable and they end up with tosh. It's ironic for a while, then it's puzzling and annoying.
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@Nick261007
For someone who absolutely hates the PS3, and I'm going by your flurry of recent intelligent comments, why do you feel the need to go on every PS3 news article and give stupid criticisms such as PS3lol? Quite frankly I wouldn't expect something so juvenile from an 8 year old, or so biased from a MS employee. |
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I have Lair and while it's no classic, it isn't that bad either. However, the game is a disappointment, however you look at it. I think Factor 5 made a big mistake forcing the SIXAXIS controls on the gamer and it's clear the game is pushing the PS3 to its limits and beyond, what with the tearing and shaky framerate. If they were fixed then the game would be much better but I doubt even those improvements would put it into the "great" category. It seems inevitable that this game will be a huge flop in Europe as it didn't particularly do very well in the US and a lot of people will be wary of it from the critical panning it got.
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Eighthours
08/11/07 @ 14:26
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Apparently the delay is caused by no age rating being on the box. Whoops.
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boynash101
08/11/07 @ 14:32
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I heard the delay was due to machines refusing to print such a crappy game on a disc?
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"Firstly, I thought it was already out.
Secondly, what the fuck is with them announcing the delay the DAY BEFORE RELEASE? " Maybe the two are related. Sony employee 1 (looking at latest charts): I am amazed Lair hasnt made the charts, those poor reviews have really hurt sales Sony employee 2: Hmm looking on play.com they have the release date as tomorrow Sony employee 1: What! we released it weeks ago.....didnt we Sony employee 2: Urm......... Sony empoyee 1 & 2: Bugger |
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Dead_Man_Typing
08/11/07 @ 15:59
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Release it on the same day as Guitar Hero 3, Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed, then they'll have an excuse for it's poor sales.
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thedaveeyres
08/11/07 @ 16:12
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The delay is due to the designers replacing the dragon models with White Elephants.
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captainrentboy
08/11/07 @ 16:50
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''its due to all stores recieving the game and pointing out to sony its illegal to sell it, as it doesnt have a bbfc label on the disc itself''
Exactly right, I work in Game and we had 50 odd of them sent to us on Tuesday, only to be told Wednesday to send 'em back due to the above fuck up. When this happens it normally delays the release by two weeks. What I did find amusing was that we were going to have 50 of these, yet we only had 15 Ratchet and Clank for sale in today's delivery, clearly some of the bigwigs in our distribution centre haven't got a clue. |
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Ghettomurph
08/11/07 @ 17:33
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A mate of mine managed to get a US copy of this the other day...and its utter pants. Wasnt this supposed to be a system seller?
Nice of them to put it out on the same day as Mass Effect though, great idea...... |
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Dead_Man_Typing
08/11/07 @ 18:36
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Ah, this happened with MGS Portable Ops too. No BBFC logo, we had to send our copies back.
Makes sense, I'm suprised Euro gamer's expert journalism was unable to uncover this fact and present it in the main article. |
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"I will give them the benefit of doubt and believe that they have delayed it because they are adding regular analog stick control options. "
Quite astonishngly, I heard if you use a PS2 controller you can use regular analog stick options, which raises the question as to WTF they didn't even give you the option. |
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the_dudefather
08/11/07 @ 19:52
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stickers on the discs wont work, as they could mess up inside the console.
always wonder how this sort of thing happens so often, don't they check these things before they make thousands of them and ship them off? no check twice burn once rule in effect? |
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SeesThroughAll
08/11/07 @ 20:29
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Makes sense, I'm suprised Eurogamer's expert journalism was unable to uncover this fact and present it in the main article.
Newsflash: they're going to come out of the closet and rename the site xboxgamer. ;) |
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