Release Date: Sooner or Later?

[Jennyboo]

Later I want it to be fully ready I don't mind waiting for a good thing

[Goku]

I for one want SOE to take their time on this. Games can NEVER recover from bad launches. The game does not have to be perfect, but it has to be considered to not be in beta state when it is released.

I do not want to see this game released Fall to Winter of this year either. The game will be totally over shadowed by MW3, BF3, and SWTOR.

Hellfish, what happened to your shrine to the great CEO of SOE ?

[headcrab13]

It's no coincidence that the greatest games of all time are developed by studios who stand by the "it'll be done when it's done" philosophy. I want SOE to take all the time they need to blow the critics out of the water with this one.

As psyched as I am to play PS2 RIGHT NOW, I'd gladly wait another year or two if it meant the game was going to be polished and epic.

-HC13

[Lonehunter]

I'd like to see Beta by the time Battlefield 3 comes out. Of all the FPSs claiming to have "Massive" battles, Battlefield get's the most attention. It'd be nice to open their eyes to what massive truly means.
So as long as we get Beta this year, they can take their time finishing the game.

[Infektion]

they pushed PS, might as well do the same for PS2 !!!!

[Raymac]

Later. Take your time, and make it as polished as you can. There will inevitably be bugs at launch, but the more that gets worked out in development the better. Speaking of development, I'd love to see the beta much sooner rather than later to spend as much time as possible ironing out as many gameplay issues as possible before launch.

[Snow]

It's an MMO, of course it's going to be rushed and launched incomplete.
Its the standard motto for all SOE games; "Launch now balance later".

Anyway who doesn't enjoy being an elitist dick and saying to all the newbs "I remember when..."

[kaffis]

Originally Posted by Lonehunter187

I'd like to see Beta by the time Battlefield 3 comes out. Of all the FPSs claiming to have "Massive" battles, Battlefield get's the most attention. It'd be nice to open their eyes to what massive truly means.
So as long as we get Beta this year, they can take their time finishing the game.

This is kind of how I'm feeling. Beta's a good opportunity to steal some thunder from BF3 without risking sales. It's the chance to say "you call that massive?" without going directly up against it without making it a hard deadline.

[SavageB]

Originally Posted by Hamma

I voted later, I'd much rather have a more refined polished product. And for SOE's sake I think they need to focus on later.

This, they cannot make the same mistake they did with the first, buggyness and some imba. Look at Bioware with Swtor, its been forever in the making but it will be well worth the wait. Rumors have it its an amazing polished game at this point but it did take 5 years. I cannot see PS2 being released until q4 of 2012 or early into 2013.