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The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You realize that rockstar basically invented this strategy right? Almost every release since vice city or San Andreas has been delayed by 6 months to a year to be the best game possible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just assumed game companies had been doing that since the 1800's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure you can argue standard practice has been and should be to deliver a finished game first and foremost. But in the context of modern gaming and setting release dates, Rockstar has historically been unafraid to change a release date to make a better game. But yes before the internet and the ability to patch a game it was standard to make sure your game didn’t suck before letting it loose.

And my comment was more to point out that using CDPR as a shining beacon of consistently solid game releases is laughable, especially when comparing them to Rockstar.