Delays, Delays… And More Delays
I know Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto imparted those very wise words to us about how a delayed game can be eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad, and honestly, that’s a sentiment that I completely, wholeheartedly agree with. However, I’m starting to get the feeling that some of Sony’s first-party developers really need a kick in the behind, as it’s becoming an ongoing joke that Sony’s first-party games are delayed so frequently that very few gamers even take Sony’s release date schedule seriously anymore.
You just have to look at Sony Japan Studio’s The Last Guardian as evidence for this, as it’s been pretty much delayed more times than Aliens: Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem: Forever combined (I’ve got my fingers firmly crossed that The Last Guardian won’t turn out quite as bad as either of those games).
[zergpaid]It really is becoming a bit of a joke now. Even though I fully subscribe to Miyamoto’s wise philosophy, maybe it’s time for Sony to look carefully at their roster of first-party developers and take a more active approach in helping them hit the proper release dates.
I’m not saying that they should interfere too much with the development process and I’m sure that Sony do oversee their games in a very professional, competent manner. Nevertheless, it wouldn’t hurt for the Japanese giant to make sure that their games are on-track and are given adequate or supplementary support in order to hit the designated release dates that they’ve agreed to.