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No, it's likely way too late already anyway. It's almost gone on sale - DVDs have been written, boxes made, logistics arranged.
If you had asked half a year ago or more, I'd say - take the time to make it good. Hopefully they've done that, seeing as they have delayed once.
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Yes at this point it's what, 17 days until release 18 if your sleeping as I type this, but still 17 when you wake up :laugh4:
I mean at this point they have orders shipped and items pre ordered, so it would actually cost them more to delay it again then just releasing it.
As others have said, they already took one delay, they know what they are doing. If they said they needed one month, then that's what they needed.
The game looks good and I think it will be fun, no need to push it to june or something ridilucous just to add in random features that were never intended for release anyway.
CA should have had people evaluate some of it first. From the author of the post, yes they should take one more month or two months. Fans will always be there (no one is dying anytime soon, especially not the gaming population). I think if CA tries to rush it, it's out of fear that banks will not always be there, and they are correct on that one. Depending on whether the government of the United States admits the wrongdoing of its spies and many other things, I wouldn't be surprised if the future history textbooks mention, among other things, the Greater Depression, in early 21st century.
Anyway, really agree with signature. It would help sell it much more as well, not to mention lengthen its playability with added or improved features by feedback (though Total War games are very replayable by default).
CA has a variety of reason to release it. The first and foremost is the game is DONE.
Secondly, they do have financial obligations. Sega has cut a company recently, and stated that they are tired of companies making delays and not getting out products. They want effiecent companies are not afraid to cut ones that don't do it and put no ones in there place.
Sega owns CA, so at end of the day it's Sega's call.
Either way the game looks done, but I don't worry about it.
*sigh*
I've been watching this thread for some time, and I'm stunned that people would think CA would push back the release date.
Think about it critically. News of a demo first. New screens and vids next. Then a full blown REVIEW. They're building hype. Not just among us, but among the casual gamers that would not go out and preorder the special edition and stay up until 5:00AM playing on release day. This hype is a fickle thing. We saw it with the demo. For about 2 weeks there it was OMG IS IT OUT LIEK I CANT WAIT!1111!!1!!!1elevendyonezorx!1!!1. And now, its kinda "meh, its out when its out".
This hype needs to grow if CA is going to have a successful release. And it will grow with further screens, more reviews, and the Fat Man of hype, the demo. SEGA has been in the gaming industry for two decades. It knows what it is doing.
Furthermore, the review proves that the game is Finished 100%. It might not be perfect, and perhaps CA is even now working on a patch, but it is finished to them. The release is three weeks away, which means that even now masters are being distributed to factories and very soon actual production will commence, if it has not already. After this, every day they would somehow choose to delay the game would cost them lots of money. And in this economy, throwing away money because some small part of the extreme TW community thinks a game needs to be absolutely perfect to launch.
Delaying at this stage would be stupid and wasteful.
The moral system is based on that of RomeQuote:
Originally Posted by Polemists
According to PC Gamer, the game only goes up to 1799.~:(. I won't see my great great great great grandfather have his head blown off. George Duff (admiral of the HMS Mars) actually was my great great great great grandfather.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Beane
OK, OK, I understand the "delaying the release would cost money" thing. I wasn't pushing for more development time, only if they needed it.