Star Wars: TOR Delayed to Spring 2011?

[God's Clown]

If I have to wait another year for this game, my mind will explode, creating a Super Nova, resulting in the galaxy being returned to dust. That is not a threat, it is reality.

 

[mattttherman3]

Hmm, well this gives me more time to collect the money I will need to buy a computer that can play this game, as well as Star Trek Online and Guild Wars 2. My current computer can barely play Age of Empire 3

 

[DeathChairOfHell]

the fuck? THEY SAID OCTOBER!!! RABBRABBRABRABBARABBARRRABAR! THOSE DERPAD DODDLE DERPY DERPDERP DERPAS!!!!! THEY SAID OCTOBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!

 

[badge37]

Hmm, well this gives me more time to collect the money I will need to buy a computer that can play this game, as well as Star Trek Online and Guild Wars 2. My current computer can barely play Age of Empire 3

Guild Wars 2 will probably just as dead as Guild Wars right now.

 

[KSarty]

I never heard anything about a release date, so I don't really see this as a delay for me. I kind of figured it would be late 2010 at best, so this still sounds about right to me.

@John Funk: Awesome avatar, 00 is one badass Gundam.

 

[uppitycracker]

Delay would imply that a targeted release date was ever announced, which it was not. This is actually a lot sooner than expected for this game. Also, wasn't there an article about this on the escapist yesterday?

 

[WhiteRat07]

At least we know when its delayed to. Where the hells are update on diablo 3 if it even is real and not blizzard just screwing with us.

 

[JaredXE]

It's OBVIOUSLY not The Old Republic. I mean, the game is practically done, and they are already setting up closed beta.


Now I just need to repeat that to myself every 30 seconds so I don't breakdown in tears.

 

[ffxfriek]

Interesting... I wasn't even aware that it had a projected release date. Well, if it takes them a few months longer to make a better game, I'm willing to give them the time.

In memorium: Kotor 2
Lest we Forget...

lest we forget....

i would love this game now. how much more do they think we can wait?

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Smart move with The Old Republic. Not releasing it when a very anticipated expansion of an extremely popular game is about to be released will increase its sale by a whole load.

 

[dochmbi]

Good thing, just keep delaying it all you can, the more time spent making it better, the happier I am.

 

[ma55ter_fett]

NO!

I am crushed...

*sob*

 

[paragon1]

To quote a certain Dark Lord of the Sith,
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[Chadling]

Guys, just keep in mind that when it comes out, we're going to buy it anyway and we're going to love it. Bioware can polish that game as long as they please, so long as it doesn't become vaporware.

Of course, at this point my expectations are that its quality will be somewhere around "mirror-shine" and "the blinding flash of a nuclear weapon".

 

[AC Medina]

As disappointing as this is, it's not at all surprising and could actually be a good thing if it means they're gonna use the extra time to polish and perfect what's sure to be a fantastic game, anyway.

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

Expecting it 2010 was quite optimistic imo, we had a bad few years with nothing good released since 2007 so we kinda expected and really wanted something big to happen in 2010, and got caught up in the hype... Which they started building too early... Anyway, looking forward to the next year, between TOR and Guild Wars 2, and possibly Blade & Soul, its going to be an interesting one.

 

[kementari]

Good. About a year in is when an expansion starts to get stale, anyway - this is a brilliant move on their part, if perhaps motivated by dollars instead of sense.

I'm going to play Cashaclysm, which was going to be a foregone conclusion anyway, and thanks to this I'm going to be able to enjoy it without splitting time between the old MMO I've played for five years and made hundreds of friends in and the new MMO I've been dying to play since news first leaked out. And then, when the time is right, I'll play TOR and enjoy the hell out of it.

 

[Srkkl]

Gives me more time on the games I want for the Xbox but it's still sad I have to wait over a year.

 

[samsonguy920]

It's official now. Here is the thread on the official site: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=2350365#post2350365

I'm a little mixed on the news. I was hoping for a 2010 release date just because I would have liked to get my hands on it. On the other hand, I'd rather had a polished and finished game to play when it does come out so I'm willing to wait.

Also, someone needs to educate those EA executives about keeping some of their confidential information confidential. I'm absolutely sure Bioware did not want to have their target release date out in the open yet. This kind of shows their hand to all the competition and it puts a big timeclock on the wall that the developers/fans will look at constantly.

Well can't blame EA with what else they have to work with this year(Well besides Mass Effect 2, but that's not an MMO). If SWTOR performs, it will pretty much be their darling for a few years. Riccitello likes to announce things that get him excited. At least in his case he's excited about games. He-from-Activision-who-shall-not-be-named only likes money. He would have released SWTOR last year in its pre-alpha full of bug form.

 

[LewsTherin]

They are only altering the terms of the agreement. Pray they don't alter them further.

This is an unacceptable development.