No release date; could it mean we're in for a longer wait than expected?

[Starlord]

MMOs, don't have a set release date till they are 100% happy with their Product 1 month prior to the release. This goes for most MMOs. With MMOs, it's hard to set a release date because at any given moment something "unexpected" can come up, and delay the release date.

This thread is kinda pointless for that fact alone. We will never know a release date till they are 100% satisfied with everything.

[KamikazeMan]

What's the point in giving a release date if alpha and beta haven't started yet? They need to figure out wtf is wrong with the game, fix it, have people test it out again, then they can release it. There is no way for SE to know how long it will take them to fix w/e is wrong in alpha and beta.

[Forerunner]

vaporware

Versus XIII

[Shougun]

Versus XIII

Huh. You're right - I guess they already did adopt it.

[Mijin]

Betas for a game don't necessarily have to last 6 months. The only reason the beta would last this long is if the game is bug ridden.

I wasn't saying that the beta it's self should last six months. I was saying that usually developers have a games beta at least six months before the planned launch date so they have plenty of time to make adjustments. The beta it's self will probably only last a month at the most.

What's the point in giving a release date if alpha and beta haven't started yet? They need to figure out wtf is wrong with the game, fix it, have people test it out again, then they can release it. There is no way for SE to know how long it will take them to fix w/e is wrong in alpha and beta.

As far as I was aware phase one of the alpha (JP only) has been going on for some time now. If you watched the live letter from the producer video stream last month you would have even noticed testers running around while the gameplay footage was being recorded.

Anyone worth their salt at their job should be able to rationally predict how long it takes to do their work. You're theory that companies should wait until testing is finished to give a release date is outlandish. Historically every game that I can think of has announced a release date well before testing was finished. Could you imagine hiring a carpenter to build a house, asking him when it would be finished, and having him tell you "I don't know yet, but I'll let you know once I'm done building it." lol

[Starlord]

Community Rushes SE~ SE Rushes it and releases it early
Community Responds to rushed game~ SE THIS GAME SUCKS YOU SHOULD HAVE WORKED ON IT TILL IT WAS FINISHED!
SE~ *facepalms*

The game will have a release date when it comes. I certainly don't want another "Projected release date" and they fail to meet it. I rather them tell me when they are 100% positive it's coming on X month or X date.

Rushing 1.0 ( which wasn't the community's fault) was why 1.0 Failed in the first place. Now community is rushing SE to have a release date.

Don't say I didn't warn you...

[Alhanelem]

No release date doesn't mean anything.

Release dates months in advance are never accurate anyway.

Betas for a game don't necessarily have to last 6 months. The only reason the beta would last this long is if the game is bug ridden.

Long betas don't mean a game is bug ridden. Often it just means they are being through and want everything to be as polished as possible. That doesn't imply that it was horribly broken to begin with.

[PinkiePie]

Well hopefully it will be "worth the weight".

[Mijin]

Community Rushes SE~ SE Rushes it and releases it early
Community Responds to rushed game~ SE THIS GAME SUCKS YOU SHOULD HAVE WORKED ON IT TILL IT WAS FINISHED!
SE~ *facepalms*

The game will have a release date when it comes. I certainly don't want another "Projected release date" and they fail to meet it. I rather them tell me when they are 100% positive it's coming on X month or X date.

Rushing 1.0 ( which wasn't the community's fault) was why 1.0 Failed in the first place. Now community is rushing SE to have a release date.

Don't say I didn't warn you...

I'm not trying to rush them, I'm just saying it may be realistic to expect the release much later than march. Besides even if the community was rushing them its a moot point because SE doesn't listen to the community lol.

In one of your earlier posts you suggested that MMORPG's wait until a month before the release to announce a release date. While I will acknowledge the fact that modern MMO's tend to wait a lot longer to announce release dates, I can't think of a single MMO that hasn't announced a date of release at least five months before hand.

[Lurex]

If you insist on a release date for some reason to feel better about the games development, then my advice would be to assume the worst, then that way you are not setting yourself up for disappointment. So figure release date of December, 2014, lol.