Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
Regardless of how you feel about the delay, what is really unfortunate is SE along with other companies giving similar bad news to their customers are all quickly becoming complacent with these delays. Developing a poor reputation around not being able to honor your own commitments was previously really bad for business and entirely unacceptable, and now it's just normal.

The result of things like this is future release dates mean absolutely nothing. It lets you know, or reminds you that there is an epidemic of a lack of accountability and consequence in this world. If SE knew that failure to deliver on time would result in a loss of half of their subscribers, or they would have to refund all the pre order sales, I assure you the delay would not happen.

Ultimately, I blame us, the customers. We're the ones who've become complacent. We get bad news, and we actually praise the failure and just say, "You're doing your best. I understand." There was a time where that quote was followed with, "but unfortunately, I am going to have to take my business elsewhere." It is this complacency that has allowed companies to adopt business mottos that put us, the customer that makes everything possible for them, second.

Those of you under the mindset that this is a molehill we shouldn't be making mountains out of should actually zoom out and really take in the gravity of situations like this. I would take into account how it affects everyone, and why such critical decisions are treated casually.
People have adopted a cult like mentality when it comes to consumerism. I agree that we have grown complacent, every game I look forward to has become a trashheap. The only I game I look forward to is Elden Ring at this point.

I'd like to call this the overton window of gaming. Gaming companies like to test the waters and see how far they can get. In respect to SE, I don't mind the delay too much. But yes, to say defending a delay is good is ridiculous tbh.