Developer Surprised by Anarchy Reigns Delay

[The Wooster]

Developer Surprised by Anarchy Reigns Delay

Platinum Games found out about the delay of Anarchy Reigns the same way you did.

"First of all, we are done with all international versions of Anarchy Reigns. The delay is not due to further development on the game," tweeted [https://twitter.com/PG_inaba/status/214995228887744513] producer, Atsushi Inaba.

"Today's Q1 2013 release news was the first we'd heard of it. Even if we wanted to, we can't comment as we're (still) in the dark officially," he added. [https://twitter.com/PG_inaba/status/214995622628036608]

Sega announced the title's delay yesterday. Like many of the games demoed at this year's E3, it's being pushed back to the incredibly crowded first quarter 2013 release window. The Japanese version of the game, entitled Max Anarchy is still set to launch on July 5th. This is the second time the game's western release has been delayed.

So if the game is effectively finished, why on earth would Sega even consider pushing the game back to Q1 2013, where it will have to compete with a ton of top-tier titles including Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite? Inaba made it clear that no extra content was being added to the Western release.

Source: Twitter [https://twitter.com/PG_inaba/status/214995622628036608] via GameIndustryBiz




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[CJ1145]

It's simple: we kill the Batman. they simply are overestimating their own game, and underestimating their own stupidity. That, or the devs secretly hate this project and want it to flop, and this is the most obvious way to bring that about.

 

[Evilsanta]

Sega WTF?! I have been waiting like mad for this.

And I would have bought on 1st day release too!

ARGH!

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I don't.....what?

Sega must hate money if they're doing this.

 

[Evil Smurf]

sega: we hate money, give it to popcap instead

 

[LazyAza]

Seems real weird to me, I think the same thing happened with Bayonetta too. For some reason Sega just wanted to artificially delay release. I mean I have almost NOTHING to play right now except Diablo 3 and I'm even getting pretty tired of that 120+ hours in and I have 500 bucks to spare, I'm almost willing to buy just about any game right now. Sega, you so silly.

 

[JediVash]

Seems real weird to me, I think the same thing happened with Bayonetta too. For some reason Sega just wanted to artificially delay release. I mean I have almost NOTHING to play right now except Diablo 3 and I'm even getting pretty tired of that 120+ hours in and I have 500 bucks to spare, I'm almost willing to buy just about any game right now. Sega, you so silly.

I know right? so few games compared to last year, I'm basically alternating between Battlefield 3, Dota 2 and Mount & Blade

 

[Tanis]

If devs were SMART they wouldn't release so many games during the Nov-Jan month.

They'd at least TRY and release some major titles throughout the year.

But, hey, this is the SAME industry that's getting away with putting out half-made, bug ridden, garbage and then patching them (if we're lucky) a few months later.

Seriously?
FUCK-THIS-GEN

>_>

 

[WickedFire]

They might be trying to avoid the quiet 'summer release zone'. Is it me, or is it only quiet because nobody releases anything? If they release some games it probably wouldn't be quiet.

 

[Dogstile]

If devs were SMART they wouldn't release so many games during the Nov-Jan month.

They'd at least TRY and release some major titles throughout the year.

But, hey, this is the SAME industry that's getting away with putting out half-made, bug ridden, garbage and then patching them (if we're lucky) a few months later.

Seriously?
FUCK-THIS-GEN

>_>

Didn't releasing the buggy as hell games work the last couple generations as well? They just didn't bother fixing them after.

 

[WanderingFool]

It's simple: we kill the Batman. they simply are overestimating their own game, and underestimating their own stupidity. That, or the devs secretly hate this project and want it to flop, and this is the most obvious way to bring that about.

Ah! Mystery solved. /thread

But seriously... Sega...

RELEASE THE FUCKING GAME!!!

[sub]I used all caps for that, so you know I mean business.[/sub]

 

[shintakie10]

I...what? You have a game that is finished, you aren't havin more content for it made at the moment, and you choose not to release it to a portion of your customers. Not only do you choose not to release it, you decide to sit on it for at least half a year.

What kind of weird strategy is this?

 

[WindKnight]

uh, why do some people in this thread seem to be blaming the developers for what the publisher is doing?

 

[saintdane05]

I can understand this. The publishers are worried that the game won't sell well, so they are testing it with a smaller market. Perfectly reasonable.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Unless Sega is reconsidering the costs for distribution* I cannot think of any rational reason to do that. They've already paid for the game; release it!

[sub](*currency exchange losses being the only reason I can think of; maybe they anticipate a stronger US dollar in Q1 2013? What the hell is going on in Japan?)[/sub]

 

[BBboy20]

With that, July just become a desert.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Sega: If we can't shove Sonic in it somehow, we will go out of our way to make it fail!

 

[Tanis]

Didn't releasing the buggy as hell games work the last couple generations as well? They just didn't bother fixing them after.

Yep, they did, but the games were panned and often failed because of it.

Nowadays releasing half a game and releasing DLC seems to be the norm, and even accepted.