STAR WARS THE OLD REPUBLIC Delayed To 2012?
Star Wars the Old Republic has no release date set, however that isn't stopping its' publisher from announcing the game could be delayed until next year.
Star Wars the Old Republic has no release date set, however that isn't stopping its' publisher from announcing the game could be delayed until 2012. According to a report from EA CFO Eric Brown who was talking to investors, while EA is still aiming for a 2011 holiday release, there is a good chance that Star Wars the Old Republic will be delayed until next year. Here is what Brown had to say:
"In terms of timing we haven't given a street date yet, We won't do so for some time, possibly at our next upcoming earnings call towards the end of October. We did hold out a slight possibility that it could slip to our March quarter. And the factors that would cause a slip is, for example, us not being completely satisfied with the scalability testing, and wanting to tune it for several extra weeks.However, as a response to Brown, BioWares Stephen Reid gave a statement on the Star Wars the Old Republic official forums to clarify what Brown was talking about:
Investor calls and conferences are for investors. They are not meant for the general public, It's important to also note the word 'possibly' was used in Eric's statement above. Just as he didn't promise that you would get a release date announcement in September, he isn't promising a release date before the next earnings call. It could happen, but it's not a promise. There is absolutely no change to our previous messaging with this statement. We are in active and extensive testing for The Old Republic. We're aiming to release the game in the holiday 2011 window (or, before the end of the year, to speak in non-American for a minute). However, as with any large and complex game project, there's always the possibility of slippage. Always. That is why we have always said we're aiming for that window, because it's possible that unforeseen issues may push the date. Eric Brown is doing what he's paid to do - letting investors know that the possibility exists. A possibility doesn't mean a certainty.In all honesty it wouldn't make a huge difference if the game was delayed slightly to lets say January or February of 2012, because right now we have no definitive release date for the game except Holiday 2011. This game is huge and probably has ten thousand bugs that need to be destroyed, so if they need to delay it slightly to make it a better game than I am all for it. And besides according to one source, not many of us will be able to play the game when it is first released anyway.