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UT 2007 Might Make The PS3 Launch

Posted by Zonk on from the when-it's-ready-is-good-enough dept.

Gamespot reports that despite earlier reports, Epic plans to ship UT 2007 'when it's done', and not before. Additionally, the PC version is likely to be shipped first. From the article: "'Do you know when the PS3 launch is? Neither do we,' said Epic vice president Mark Rein. 'but we know when UT2007 will be done: WHEN IT'S DONE! ... The question of whether we're a launch title or not is unanswerable because we don't know if the PS3 will be out before we're done or not. ... We won't ship the title on any platform before it's done, and it is too early to say when that will be.'"

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  1. THIS is the way to do it... by CliffH · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wish more companies would do this. Granted, I don't play UT (or much of anything anymore) but I may pick it up again just to see how things have progressed. I feel that shipping early with a ton of bugs is a lot worse then shipping when ou feel everything is as sorted as it's going to get. No one is going to write a complicateed piece of software and not have bugs in it, but at least they can ship and minimise any possible showstoppers they would have if they were up against the wall with a ship date. Frankly, certain companies should think about this as well when announcing release dates or leaking info. Most everyone would like to have a polished product no matter how long they have to wait and, ultimately, where investors are involved, they will see fatter wallets from a successful, bug free launch then they will from a half-assed launch where everyone gives the product a bad name in the first month.

    CliffH

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  2. Take your time Epic... by Chaffar · · Score: 3, Informative
    You can see why Sony would want UT2007 to be available on launch day. With all the attention Call of Duty 2 (Xbox 360) is getting, they also want a high-profile FPS shooter to promote the machine's capability.

    Looking at this list, Final Fantasy PS3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Tekken PS3, (and maybe maybe Devil May Cry 4) are the only heavyweights... I know there are sh*tloads of other games to come (Gran Turismo PS3... raaahhh), but IMHO they do need a little more than this.

  3. Epic could learn from Duke by ClamIAm · · Score: 3, Funny

    So they're going to release a game with a year in its title "when it's done"? Perhaps they should change the name to UT Forever.