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Nintendo delay stuff. It is a fact of life they delay stuff. Sony don't delay as much so why do Nintendo?
Lets name some games, Zelda, Perfect Dark, Conker and Smash Brothers. What do all these games have in common? They are all excellent and in fact beyond excellent and they were all delayed. The few months before Perfect Dark hit the shops had me in an almost unshakable trance. "Must get Perfect Dark" is what I was saying in between tearing my hair out after reading yet another 2 month delay.
So why do Nintendo delay games? because it isn't ready! 3rd party developers may be content on reaching deadlines and if doing so means certain unfinished parts of the game needs to be canned then it will be. An example of a game like this is Castlevania where 2 playble characters and a few levels were not included in the fianl game.
Nintendo and Rare though are different. If a deadline is approaching and Nintendo still haven't finished the last level then they will delay it. Which is why the delay of a GC doesn't dissapoint me because if Sony were making it, it will come out much sooner but wouldn't be nearly as good.
Sure it is annoying and frustrating but at least we are getting the best. And that is all that matters.
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Lets name some games, Zelda, Perfect Dark, Conker and Smash Brothers. What do all these games have in common? They are all excellent and in fact beyond excellent and they were all delayed. The few months before Perfect Dark hit the shops had me in an almost unshakable trance. "Must get Perfect Dark" is what I was saying in between tearing my hair out after reading yet another 2 month delay.
So why do Nintendo delay games? because it isn't ready! 3rd party developers may be content on reaching deadlines and if doing so means certain unfinished parts of the game needs to be canned then it will be. An example of a game like this is Castlevania where 2 playble characters and a few levels were not included in the fianl game.
Nintendo and Rare though are different. If a deadline is approaching and Nintendo still haven't finished the last level then they will delay it. Which is why the delay of a GC doesn't dissapoint me because if Sony were making it, it will come out much sooner but wouldn't be nearly as good.
Sure it is annoying and frustrating but at least we are getting the best. And that is all that matters.
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> Or Ninty projects are just extremley BIG.
PD was HUGE. It must of
> taken ages so it was delayed
Gamecube won't be delayed as mucha s
> Nintendo made sure the console was finished before announcing
> it.
and now they are just waiting for the games.
Actually
But Sqaure make games just as big as nintendo games! Nintendo is not the only company in the world to make games this big... yet they are the most consistent delayers!
Sonic
> Or Ninty projects are just extremley BIG.
PD was HUGE. It must of
> taken ages so it was delayed
Gamecube won't be delayed as mucha s
> Nintendo made sure the console was finished before announcing
> it.
and now they are just waiting for the games.
Actually
But Sqaure make games just as big as nintendo games! Nintendo is not the only company in the world to make games this big... yet they are the most consistent delayers!
Sonic
Or Ninty projects are just extremley BIG.
PD was HUGE. It must of taken ages so it was delayed
Gamecube won't be delayed as mucha s Nintendo made sure the console was finished before announcing it.
and now they are just waiting for the games.
Actually
PD was HUGE. It must of taken ages so it was delayed
Gamecube won't be delayed as mucha s Nintendo made sure the console was finished before announcing it.
and now they are just waiting for the games.
Actually
Yes, but as time goes on, better products are inevitable. The question is, does the extent of the improvement justify the length of the delay? It's impossible to tell what some of those games would have been like, had they been released earlier. How much difference would it have made?
On the other hand, some delays are caused by an inability to produce sufficient quantities of the product in question - delays in this case are simply a result of poor projections or inadequate production and distribution facilities. If the latter is the case, people have a right to be annoyed. If it's merely for improvements, then perhaps not.
On the other hand, some delays are caused by an inability to produce sufficient quantities of the product in question - delays in this case are simply a result of poor projections or inadequate production and distribution facilities. If the latter is the case, people have a right to be annoyed. If it's merely for improvements, then perhaps not.
BUT! there are great games on the PSX/PS2/DC, and these are not delayed as often, yet can be just as great as nintendo games. Maybe Nintendo are:
1) too optomistic about when games will be finnished
2) trying to make things seem that they come out earlier so that people don't join Sony's bandwaggon- i know plenty who waited for the N64, then waited for the delay, again, again and again!
Sonic
1) too optomistic about when games will be finnished
2) trying to make things seem that they come out earlier so that people don't join Sony's bandwaggon- i know plenty who waited for the N64, then waited for the delay, again, again and again!
Sonic
Nintendo delay stuff. It is a fact of life they delay stuff. Sony don't delay as much so why do Nintendo?
Lets name some games, Zelda, Perfect Dark, Conker and Smash Brothers. What do all these games have in common? They are all excellent and in fact beyond excellent and they were all delayed. The few months before Perfect Dark hit the shops had me in an almost unshakable trance. "Must get Perfect Dark" is what I was saying in between tearing my hair out after reading yet another 2 month delay.
So why do Nintendo delay games? because it isn't ready! 3rd party developers may be content on reaching deadlines and if doing so means certain unfinished parts of the game needs to be canned then it will be. An example of a game like this is Castlevania where 2 playble characters and a few levels were not included in the fianl game.
Nintendo and Rare though are different. If a deadline is approaching and Nintendo still haven't finished the last level then they will delay it. Which is why the delay of a GC doesn't dissapoint me because if Sony were making it, it will come out much sooner but wouldn't be nearly as good.
Sure it is annoying and frustrating but at least we are getting the best. And that is all that matters.
actually
Lets name some games, Zelda, Perfect Dark, Conker and Smash Brothers. What do all these games have in common? They are all excellent and in fact beyond excellent and they were all delayed. The few months before Perfect Dark hit the shops had me in an almost unshakable trance. "Must get Perfect Dark" is what I was saying in between tearing my hair out after reading yet another 2 month delay.
So why do Nintendo delay games? because it isn't ready! 3rd party developers may be content on reaching deadlines and if doing so means certain unfinished parts of the game needs to be canned then it will be. An example of a game like this is Castlevania where 2 playble characters and a few levels were not included in the fianl game.
Nintendo and Rare though are different. If a deadline is approaching and Nintendo still haven't finished the last level then they will delay it. Which is why the delay of a GC doesn't dissapoint me because if Sony were making it, it will come out much sooner but wouldn't be nearly as good.
Sure it is annoying and frustrating but at least we are getting the best. And that is all that matters.
actually
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