Rayman Legends Release Date Announced

[DSGamer64]

Everyone get's screwed when a game gets delayed!

 

[Gahars]

If the game is fully paid for by a customer, do they not have a right to complain if their product is not released by the deadline that the developer is supposed to have the game out the door and on store shelves by?

Except nobody has bought the game in full, yet. Remember, a pre-order /= an actual purchase.

(And as ShadowSoldier pointed out, holding the developers accountable for something completely out of their control is pretty silly.)

Also, as you say delays happen, in my industry delays happen because of design problems with our products, so we don't ship non conforming equipment to our customers, who happen to be manufacturing facilities that provide components to automotive companies, not getting our product out on time causes our customers to lose money for the manufacturers that they are making components for. For video games, a delay generally has meant in the past that the game was incomplete or still had bugs that were caught in QA testing, in the case of Rayman Legends, it was an attempt to make more money. So it's kind of an inverse of what I do if you really think about it. I can understand Ubisoft wanting to make more money, especially with the high cost of developing a game these days, but the way they went about it after already having the game delayed once was fairly dickish. At the same time they are probably losing money not having their game on the market right now. Had they made the decision to port the game in say, December, I don't think Wii U owners would have been as pissed off about it as we were, and the game would probably be coming out in late May or early June rather then August.

ITT Baseless assumptions.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Meanwhile in "not unwise enough to buy a Wii U at launch" land, I'll love playing this on my Xbox 360/PS3 when it comes out.

Because I didn't buy a Wii U.

At launch.

 

[Chary]

Well, I was unwise enough to buy a Wii U at launch, but I am enjoying every minute out of the Challenge App.

 

[Issac]

I'll keep my money for Watch_Dogs instead (for the Wii U). I buy most of my new games in the early spring, when I still have money from christmas + birthday.