A closed beta test earlier this month was also delayed, and apparently did not go very well.
      • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 days ago

        True but if you somehow don’t notice your game is broken until the day of release, I can’t help but wonder how you didn’t notice prior.

        • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          They do notice but release still because schedule and we can patch it later. It’s a company culture thing.

          • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            True but I meant in this specific situation. They’ve had the decency to delay it which is an oddity and kinda commendable in the way that most other devs/publishers push broken games, but how asleep at the wheel do you have to be to not realise you need an indefinite delay until the day of release?

            • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              2 days ago

              Ah, my bad.

              I mean, engineering always takes longer than planned, be it a bridge, a tunnel or a software project.
              You think we could learn something from that.

              • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
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                2 days ago

                True but I’d expect fhe writing to be on the wall at least a week ahead of time. If it was some last minute polishing issue, I’d expect a delay of a week, not indefinite. Either management hasn’t been paying attention, or someone accidentally nuked a bunch of data when pushing a last-minute update to the main file. I can’t think of any other reason for it to have been that close to the wire.