Oblivion DELAYED!

Sol Invictus · Sep 11, 2005

ZOMG. Can it be true?

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/255943.asp says that the game's been pushed from an October release date to a tentative date of November 21. Bethesda, care to comment or will VD say "I told you so"?

Section8 · Sep 11, 2005

I don't trust EB as far as I could throw them, and that's a surprisingly large distance. I've really been buffing up my "throwing" arm.

Zli · Sep 11, 2005

When did they say it would be released in October?

It's a 360 launch title. The 360 will be released a week after Thanksgiving (or a week before, if they have any sense). So I don't see a problem with 11/21.

And you check online stores for release dates?! Come on...

Gwendo · Sep 11, 2005

Wow. And me thinking the game would be a 2006 release! That news, for me, means the game will come out earlier!! lol

Sol Invictus · Sep 11, 2005

Zli said:
When did they say it would be released in October?

It's a 360 launch title. The 360 will be released a week after Thanksgiving (or a week before, if they have any sense). So I don't see a problem with 11/21.

And you check online stores for release dates?! Come on...

Dude, it says everywhere that the game is slated for an October release.

Zli · Sep 11, 2005

Sol Invictus said:
Zli said:

When did they say it would be released in October?

It's a 360 launch title. The 360 will be released a week after Thanksgiving (or a week before, if they have any sense). So I don't see a problem with 11/21.

And you check online stores for release dates?! Come on...

Click to expand...

Dude, it says everywhere that the game is slated for an October release.

/checks behind the monitor

Nope, can't see it here.

The thing is, and I think this is true for all games, if it isn't on the official site, it doesn't exist.

Atrokkus · Sep 11, 2005

So fucking what?

Lumpy · Sep 11, 2005

The only official release date was "holidays 2005". All the others were made up.

Elwro · Sep 11, 2005

October release? Where did you take this date from, Sol? I just checked 2 magazines, one of them says November, the other says December. MSFD has recently said that they have plans for revealing some info about the game during the coming months. So I'd wager it'll be a Christmas shop (=beta) release, with the worst bugs fixed in January.
Of course I hope the game ships in October and is flawless out-of-the-box, but due to my past experience with Bethesda I have some worries about bugs.

Nicolai · Sep 11, 2005

I told you so. B)

Naked_Lunch · Sep 11, 2005

Nicolai is VD???

Micmu · Sep 11, 2005

They better delay it for another year rather than release unoptimized and leaking code like MW's.
Not to mention the final "cuts" of features that weren't tested enough.
Rush in software development is a bad thing. I mean, look at Wintendo.

fnordcircle · Sep 11, 2005

Sol Invictus said:
Dude, it says everywhere that the game is slated for an October release.

I've never heard October from Bethesda.

franc kaos · Sep 11, 2005

micmu said:
They better delay it for another year rather than release unoptimized and leaking code like MW's.
Not to mention the final "cuts" of features that weren't tested enough.
Rush in software development is a bad thing. I mean, look at Wintendo.

Xbox launch window, they no longer have the PC comfort of releasing it when it's ready :cool:

Micmu · Sep 11, 2005

franc kaos said:
Xbox launch window, they no longer have the PC comfort of releasing it when it's ready

Sure, they'll just cut the remaining few features out to catch the deadline. That's why they are so quiet about game features and speak "definitives" only.

Nicolai · Sep 11, 2005

oh chit, forgot to switch accounts

Chefe · Sep 11, 2005

hello world

Tetragrammaton · Sep 11, 2005

Beth says Holidays 2005, and always has. That means November/December. Most speculation has suggested late November.

This isn't a delay at all.

Lumpy · Sep 11, 2005

angler said:
ZOMG SKREW U BETH3SDA!!!!1111

I have heard and seen the following release dates listed: June, August, September, October, November, December, Holiday 2005, Spring 2006, and Summer 2006.

However, only Holiday 2005 has been confirmed by Bethesda.

If they do push back the release date to 2006 I'd welcome it. Gives more time to tweak the game and iron out the bugs.

And don't forget "late 2007".

Balor · Sep 11, 2005

Hah, anyone really thinks that it will hit the shelves in time?
Mwahahahah. Winter of this/next year is more or less optimistical approximation... unless... they'll skip the testing phase (after all, who needs it? Players will beta-test it, modders will fix most of the ingame bugs).

franc kaos · Sep 12, 2005

Balor said:
Hah, anyone really thinks that it will hit the shelves in time?
Mwahahahah. Winter of this/next year is more or less optimistical approximation... unless... they'll skip the testing phase (after all, who needs it? Players will beta-test it, modders will fix most of the ingame bugs).

Jeez, I remember waiting for Daggerfall, didn't it come out like 5 or 6 months after their stated release date? and that was in America, here in the UK they said they were waiting for the first bug patch as it was pretty much unplayable in its release form. I had to buy an imported copy as I couldn't wait, probably payed about 60 quid sterling, ouch! but that's the kind of fanboy I was.

Mech · Sep 12, 2005

Sol Invictus said:
ZOMG. Can it be true?

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/255943.asp says that the game's been pushed from an October release date to a tentative date of November 21. Bethesda, care to comment or will VD say "I told you so"?

This thread had better be a joke, not because of the delay date, I could give less of a fuck, but because I will slash your eyes out if you are stupid enough to believe an online retailer about release dates.

Sol Invictus · Sep 12, 2005

Chefe · Sep 12, 2005

hello world

fnordcircle · Sep 12, 2005

Internet Serious Business. :roll:

Why am I no longer surprised at seeing worn out SomethingAwful cliches on RPGCodex?

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