"On the Mass Effect question, really our focus – the way to think about it is our focus is on building great games. Right now, Mass Effect is tracking extremely well. The game looks beautiful, and we're really pleased with its progress. However, as you've seen, we are willing to make moves in launch date if we feel it's necessary to deliver the right player experience. And our guidance assumes that Mass Effect continues to be in this year, but it gives us some flexibility that we might choose to move it either a week or three or four or five months if we have to based on what we want to make sure in terms of delivering the right experience for the player. So no news on Mass Effect other than we continue to have it in our guidance. And the moment that changes, we'll certainly let everyone know."
Speaking as someone trained to analyze the motivation behind executives' use of language in earnings calls:
If I were given this question to analyze, I would conclude that management was preparing investors for a delay. I'd spitball the chances of some delay at about 60/40 based on this response. Management wants to keep its options open but they use language that's supposed to convince investors that any delay would be a good thing. So this isn't a remote possibility we're talking about.
I couldn't tell you how long a delay is likely, but that they mentioned the possibility of a five month delay suggests that such an option is on the table.
I'm inclined to think such a delay is probably for financial reasons rather than development concerns.
any kind of delay longer than two weeks or a month seems highly unlikely to me as it would seriously screw up BW's marketing plans. considering the info flood gates open in 5 days and aarynflynn mentioning that they already have things they plan on releasing in December and January, the confirmed Game Informer piece, funko pop figures... looks like they already have the entire marketing campaign planned out. i agree that they are preparing investor for a possible delay but i don't see it being more than a month if it happens.
PS: glad to see the GI cover showing of the femRyder and in N7 armor no less. very interesting.
"On the Mass Effect question, really our focus – the way to think about it is our focus is on building great games. Right now, Mass Effect is tracking extremely well. The game looks beautiful, and we're really pleased with its progress. However, as you've seen, we are willing to make moves in launch date if we feel it's necessary to deliver the right player experience. And our guidance assumes that Mass Effect continues to be in this year, but it gives us some flexibility that we might choose to move it either a week or three or four or five months if we have to based on what we want to make sure in terms of delivering the right experience for the player. So no news on Mass Effect other than we continue to have it in our guidance. And the moment that changes, we'll certainly let everyone know."
Speaking as someone trained to analyze the motivation behind executives' use of language in earnings calls:
If I were given this question to analyze, I would conclude that management was preparing investors for a delay. I'd spitball the chances of some delay at about 60/40 based on this response. Management wants to keep its options open but they use language that's supposed to convince investors that any delay would be a good thing. So this isn't a remote possibility we're talking about.
I couldn't tell you how long a delay is likely, but that they mentioned the possibility of a five month delay suggests that such an option is on the table.
I'm inclined to think such a delay is probably for financial reasons rather than development concerns.
Huh. While you're thinking of it as a delay, I'm thinking of it as a possibility that they'll ship before March.
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I honestly doubt they'll ship it before the release period they planned to. I don't recall a single case of this happening in the recent years. And considering that the last games needed more work in fixing all the glitches, bugs and problems, I think it'd be much better if they focus on that even if they're ahead on their schedule instead of releasing it early.
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Speaking as someone trained to analyze the motivation behind executives' use of language in earnings calls:
If I were given this question to analyze, I would conclude that management was preparing investors for a delay. I'd spitball the chances of some delay at about 60/40 based on this response. Management wants to keep its options open but they use language that's supposed to convince investors that any delay would be a good thing. So this isn't a remote possibility we're talking about.
I couldn't tell you how long a delay is likely, but that they mentioned the possibility of a five month delay suggests that such an option is on the table.
I'm inclined to think such a delay is probably for financial reasons rather than development concerns.
Huh. While you're thinking of it as a delay, I'm thinking of it as a possibility that they'll ship before March.
A possibility, but that they want to send the message that moving the launch date is a good thing suggests that they are concerned it will be viewed as a sign of problems, which jives more with a delay.
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Speaking as someone trained to analyze the motivation behind executives' use of language in earnings calls:
If I were given this question to analyze, I would conclude that management was preparing investors for a delay. I'd spitball the chances of some delay at about 60/40 based on this response. Management wants to keep its options open but they use language that's supposed to convince investors that any delay would be a good thing. So this isn't a remote possibility we're talking about.
I couldn't tell you how long a delay is likely, but that they mentioned the possibility of a five month delay suggests that such an option is on the table.
I'm inclined to think such a delay is probably for financial reasons rather than development concerns.
any kind of delay longer than two weeks or a month seems highly unlikely to me as it would seriously screw up BW's marketing plans. considering the info flood gates open in 5 days and aarynflynn mentioning that they already have things they plan on releasing in December and January, the confirmed Game Informer piece, funko pop figures... looks like they already have the entire marketing campaign planned out. i agree that they are preparing investor for a possible delay but i don't see it being more than a month if it happens.
PS: glad to see the GI cover showing of the femRyder and in N7 armor no less. very interesting.
You're probably right, but I could see them deciding to move it back farther to bolster a weak quarter in the latter half of the year.
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Michael Gamble @gamblemike He jokes, but this was one of the funnest times I've had all year in the game. It's all coming together beautifully.
Funnest? Funnest!? Mr. Gamble isn't a writer, right?
I noticed that too, but didn't say anything. And no, Mike Gamble isn't a writer. At least for the game.
i really like pathfinder's setting but i REALLY don't like how focused on min/maxing the rules are. it's designed from the ground up by and for min/maxer's and autists. the rest of us normies have to play on crayon eater difficulty just to hit a target. j00t Fires Of Heaven www.firesofheaven.org/
I'm still damned surprised that somebody didn't get in there and MacGuyver that coffee machine back together. Hell, I would. Piece o' used bubblegum and two popsicle sticks later, and we'd have coffee.
i really like pathfinder's setting but i REALLY don't like how focused on min/maxing the rules are. it's designed from the ground up by and for min/maxer's and autists. the rest of us normies have to play on crayon eater difficulty just to hit a target. j00t Fires Of Heaven www.firesofheaven.org/
any kind of delay longer than two weeks or a month seems highly unlikely to me as it would seriously screw up BW's marketing plans. considering the info flood gates open in 5 days and aarynflynn mentioning that they already have things they plan on releasing in December and January, the confirmed Game Informer piece, funko pop figures... looks like they already have the entire marketing campaign planned out. i agree that they are preparing investor for a possible delay but i don't see it being more than a month if it happens.
PS: glad to see the GI cover showing of the femRyder and in N7 armor no less. very interesting.
You're probably right, but I could see them deciding to move it back farther to bolster a weak quarter in the latter half of the year.
Only thing I'd point out is that it's a game company. Pushing it back '5 months' puts in square in the middle of summer. Now, I personally would LOVE it if game companys released in summer but they don't. It's literally no mans land for gaming. Only thing that shows up in summer are re-releases, DLC, or small games no ones heard of.
Point of that is, holding off to make a quarter 'look better' is kind of pointless for them considering they're getting into the quarters that don't mean shit to them. There literally the quarter that is expected to not have anything important happen. And if they hold it back that much theres a good chance they'd keep holding it till September just to get out of that weird dead zone.
Hell if I know why major companys never release in summer. Honestly always wondered that. Is it like some weird time period where they don't expect people are willing to buy games because its... hotter? Somehow to close to pass up waiting a few more months to make it more appealing for Xmas? The whole quarter thing is the best I got, that period is just to wildly pointless to there financials they don't want to release anything in it.
Anyway, March is the end of there 2017 fiscal year so they either want it at that so it shows up for that, or they don't I guess.
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You're probably right, but I could see them deciding to move it back farther to bolster a weak quarter in the latter half of the year.
Only thing I'd point out is that it's a game company. Pushing it back '5 months' puts in square in the middle of summer. Now, I personally would LOVE it if game companys released in summer but they don't. It's literally no mans land for gaming. Only thing that shows up in summer are re-releases, DLC, or small games no ones heard of.
Point of that is, holding off to make a quarter 'look better' is kind of pointless for them considering they're getting into the quarters that don't mean shit to them. There literally the quarter that is expected to not have anything important happen. And if they hold it back that much theres a good chance they'd keep holding it till September just to get out of that weird dead zone.
Hell if I know why major companys never release in summer. Honestly always wondered that. Is it like some weird time period where they don't expect people are willing to buy games because its... hotter? Somehow to close to pass up waiting a few more months to make it more appealing for Xmas? The whole quarter thing is the best I got, that period is just to wildly pointless to there financials they don't want to release anything in it.
Anyway, March is the end of there 2017 fiscal year so they either want it at that so it shows up for that, or they don't I guess.
I've always wondered why game companies seem allergic to summer releases...
Anyway, I think you're right. At most, I could see them shifting it to the first quarter of their 2018 fiscal year (I really hate how EA sets up its fiscal calendar)
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Post by jackievakarian on Nov 2, 2016 16:13:09 GMT
I talked with a manager at Gamestop, and he told me that the main reasons that most video games don't release in Summer, are because many people are on vacation and taking trips, and care less about video games at that point of the year.
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I talked with a manager at Gamestop, and he told me that the main reasons that most video games don't release in Summer, are because many people are on vacation and taking trips, and care less about video games at that point of the year.
Hahahaa! Except Gamers! We take vacations TO play games! Hell...I'm saving days for when MEA comes out... .
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I'm going to assume she is FemRyder and that throughout the game we are going to be promoted and become N7...maybe in a special mission where PapaRyder dies. That sounds so much BW if you ask me.