Originally posted by Kremlik

Funny how everyone expects a 'more polished' product with each delay - money is on it's delayed purely as it's not finished and not ready for release or even a public beta with chunks of the game missing.

Not nesserally meaning the game's devs are bad, seeing as it's under the EA banner it's more then likely possible that they got dumped with a few bits of 'homework' for a certain set of other EA products for a little cash injection into their product afterwards (ie they've been 'bribed' along withwhats left of Mythic to work on Starwars).

What are you even talking about?  Your entire post doesn't make sense.  First off, the so called "team up" with EA was very recent.  The game has been in development for years which means EA played a very little part in the development.  Second off what has Star Wars got to do with EA?  As far as I'm aware they've got absolutely nothing to do with each other.

Originally posted by Kremlik

Funny how everyone expects a 'more polished' product with each delay - money is on it's delayed purely as it's not finished and not ready for release or even a public beta with chunks of the game missing.

Not nesserally meaning the game's devs are bad, seeing as it's under the EA banner it's more then likely possible that they got dumped with a few bits of 'homework' for a certain set of other EA products for a little cash injection into their product afterwards (ie they've been 'bribed' along withwhats left of Mythic to work on Starwars).

You do realize that most EA partnerships are strictly on a publisher basis right?  You do realize that all these smaller companies under the EA name are not part of one mass EA development team, right?

That's unexpected.  They were well on their way to a finished game so... I can only conclude that the delay can only mean serious polish and more features.

Perhaps mission diversity as well... more missions, more diverse.  That would definitely help the game.  It'll be great fun with friends :)

 sadface :(

I was looking forward to this one too. Why does it always seem like "that next great game that i'll play forever" is always months and months away lol. Then they come out and they are only just okay. Lately they've been flat out disappointing. Maybe this game will be different. Then again, i've said that with so many games. It seems single player games and co-op games are on the rise while MMOs are getting crappy. 

Within the limits of the NDA I'm (still) under from the first round of closed beta (which *does* say that I can say I was in that round of beta, but says that I can't share any information about the game, including my impressions of the game), I can only say that I'm baffled by this news, and don't understand why a delay would be felt to be necessary.

Originally posted by Cik_Asalin

Everyone is speculating, but I'll speculate for the positive.  I applaud the delay if its for finishing purposed since we've experienced half-assed launches in form of PotBS, WAR, AoC, Star Trek Online.

 

I'd much rather see a delay for the good of launchable game completion and fuller depth and breadth of game-play then go for the money-grab, as many developers and publishers are getting a bad reputation for.

I couldnt said better!

Originally posted by alucard3000

well this is the worst news I have heard all year and to Bifkek about war comparison really dont know if this can be compared in same way because APB is pretty much a pvp only game from my understanding it isnt going to be like gta where you had npc mobs attacking you, just other players so with the time it has been in develpoment and all the hype they spawned in their podcasts with the release in spring this is a pretty big let down

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but I wasn't comparing the two games directly. I was referring to the fact that EA had supposedly rushed WAR to release as soon as it came into the picture.

Edited ~ sorry mis information.

Originally posted by Slineer

Calling this a delay isn't entirely accurate, RTW said the release would be 'Spring 2010'. EA's fiscal Q2 actually starts April 1st, not in June which is the start of Q3 regular for 2010. I think there is a lot of confusion here. EA's investor release states that their first quarter ends march 31st which means anything after that is the second quarter or later. In the northern hemisphere spring is march/april/may which means if they launch in april/may they are not delaying at all and it fits the EA investor report.

http://apb-evolved.com/forums/viewtopic.php/p,67955/#p67955

funny the link in this post leads to a spread sheet from EA and in it it says" First quarter fiscal year 2011 expectations- ending June 30, 2010" that doesnt mesh with your saying their fiscal Q2 starts April 1st ?

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Expectations - Ending June 30, 2010

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Expectations - Ending March 31, 2010

Originally posted by alucard3000

Originally posted by Slineer

Calling this a delay isn't entirely accurate, RTW said the release would be 'Spring 2010'. EA's fiscal Q2 actually starts April 1st, not in June which is the start of Q3 regular for 2010. I think there is a lot of confusion here. EA's investor release states that their first quarter ends march 31st which means anything after that is the second quarter or later. In the northern hemisphere spring is march/april/may which means if they launch in april/may they are not delaying at all and it fits the EA investor report.

 

http://apb-evolved.com/forums/viewtopic.php/p,67955/#p67955

funny the link in this post leads to a spread sheet from EA and in it it says" First quarter fiscal year 2011 expectations- ending June 30, 2010" that doesnt mesh with your saying their fiscal Q2 starts April 1st ?

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Expectations - Ending June 30, 2010

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Expectations - Ending March 31, 2010

Uhh yeah, seems I mis-read something somewhere. I'm going back over the information and can't find where I found the info before. Also the post by Deum says the financial year begins in April which I mistook as saying the second quarter began in april. My appologies, you are correct and my post is completely wrong.

Originally posted by Slineer

Originally posted by alucard3000

Originally posted by Slineer

Calling this a delay isn't entirely accurate, RTW said the release would be 'Spring 2010'. EA's fiscal Q2 actually starts April 1st, not in June which is the start of Q3 regular for 2010. I think there is a lot of confusion here. EA's investor release states that their first quarter ends march 31st which means anything after that is the second quarter or later. In the northern hemisphere spring is march/april/may which means if they launch in april/may they are not delaying at all and it fits the EA investor report.

 

http://apb-evolved.com/forums/viewtopic.php/p,67955/#p67955

funny the link in this post leads to a spread sheet from EA and in it it says" First quarter fiscal year 2011 expectations- ending June 30, 2010" that doesnt mesh with your saying their fiscal Q2 starts April 1st ?

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Expectations - Ending June 30, 2010

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Expectations - Ending March 31, 2010

 

Uhh yeah, seems I mis-read something somewhere. I'm going back over the information and can't find where I found the info before. Also the post by Deum says the financial year begins in April which I mistook as saying the second quarter began in april. My appologies, you are correct and my post is completely wrong.

nothing to be sorry about I actually wish you were right hehe

I was wondering why there wasn't a podcast or some new news and I finally found it darn that's a bummer. To bad My comp isn't ready to play it just yet but it will be next month or so.

Originally posted by Ackonoy

I was wondering why there wasn't a podcast or some new news and I finally found it darn that's a bummer. To bad My comp isn't ready to play it just yet but it will be next month or so.

Deum has been doing Q&A's every Wednesday over at APB Evolved.

apb-evolved.com/

In today's he mentions the release again, but no date or time frame.

"As for the release date, RTW have never given a solid release date out. Anything you see at retail stores or online is, again, simply speculation. We originally anticipated a release of Q1/Spring 2010, which is probably a little off, but again, keep a look out for a formal announcement."