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Delays Hurt Video Game Business

Posted by michael on from the whooshing-noise-as-deadlines-fly-by dept.

George Bailey writes "Wired.com has an article (No Room for Slacking in Game Biz) dicussing the damage game developers cause themselves via delays in releasing games to market. To quote from the article: 'As the games become more complex and sophisticated, less of them seem to meet release dates that companies initially tout. A few years ago, the fallout was usually just disappointment among fans. But as the video-game industry matures and surpasses Hollywood in size, more is at stake -- like marketing campaigns delayed and intricate positioning against competitors disrupted. What's more, missing a promised release date can bleed buzz, precious in an industry where many young buyers have to take the time to squirrel away $50 for a typical purchase.'"

17 of 352 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

    1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      FR2FP

  2. Re:A DEAN HAIKU by Charvak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goatse rulez
    bush is good for dick

  3. Re:Not just games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Delays. What are they all about? Are they good, or are they whack?

  4. XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...

    If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!

    Join the fun!!!

  5. Outsource! by alan_dershowitz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I for one, welcome our Super Manjeet Brothers overlords.

  6. Re:A DEAN HAIKU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL, though your alltime best is still:

    Michael unzips
    Taco winks suggestively
    Cum stain spreads on pants

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  7. XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...

    If only they wouldn't delay the games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!

    Join the fun!!!

  8. UT2004 by shoptroll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    UT2004 for the most part looks like it will hit the projected release date of mid-March, 2004.

    The sleeper FPS of 2004 I say.

    So where's your Halo 2, Half-Life 2, or Doom 3 now? (Of the three, to my knowledge, Doom 3 is the only one expected to be out prior to the summer)

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  9. Re:Why was the parent modded down? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It brings up a good point

    Not especially. No one has ever been able to show that kids become good or bad citizens based on the media they're exposed to... and it hasn't been for lack of trying. The post began with an incorrect (or at least, unproven) premise and went downhill from there.

    The proper moderation for the grandparent was probably -1, Troll.

  10. OT,but someone has to make the [NO CARRIER] joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Game delays? What about other companies? I am still waiting for US Robotics to update my modem driv&}=20 ]} } } }&..}=3Dr}'}"}[NO CARRIER]

  11. Re:Why was the parent modded down? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is moving AWAY from the topic and raising a controvertial and contentious issue.

    What the fuck do you think "Flamebait" means???

  12. Re:Not just games by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Delays don't only hurt business, take for example brother and sister Peri and Mupela, their lives depend upon aid reaching their village in Sudan before they die. The cause of their impending death is immaterial, they are of no use to the gaming community, their lives cannot be saved by the latest shoot-em-up extravaganza, but yours could. Don't spend $50 on the latest piece of uber violence from the house of mammon; give that money to the Red Cross or another organization that can save a life for the price of a game.

    Thank you for your help.
    Tarquin.

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  14. Re:Why was the parent modded down? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's right, I forgot, Slashdot is only for Linux zealotry and hypocritical bashing and slander of Microsoft. It's not for raising legitimate opinions and promoting discussion. Oh, and it's for immature people to turn discussions into a cussing-fest. If you can't handle people that disagree with you, maybe you should quit reading Slashdot. Not everyone thinks we ought to expose our kids to glorified portrayals of violence. Note, the poster never said that he thought the violence in games caused people to become violent, only that he didn't want his kids exposed to this sort of thing. Grow up.

  15. Re:Why was the parent modded down? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a hysterical reaction. I don't think I expressed a view on whether I agreed or disagreed with the post. In any case that was immerterial to my moderation.

    The post was attempting to veer off-topic down the pointless and unrealted cul-de-sac of violence in computer games. The story and therefore the topic of this communication forum do not relate to this.

    Coupled with the tabloidese "Think about the Children" rhetoric of the original post it could only be assumed that its purpose was to kick start an irrelevant dialouge on the contentious issue of violence in computer games.

    A post designed to encourge off-topic arguement: Flamebait.

    Now FUCK OFF and grow up.

  16. Re:Why was the parent modded down? by Glenda+Slagg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And if the flame doesn't work, then complain about the moderation. Sure to get 'em every time... Think you've just been trolled, mate!

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