The Godfather II gets the delay treatment
- Posted February 4th, 2009 at 04:16 EDT by
- 8 Comments
Electronic Arts has announced that The Godfather II has been delayed until the 2010 fiscal year.
According to EA CEO John Riccitiello, the decision behind the delay rests squarely on the desire to prolong the game’s marketing plans. The Redwood Shores title was originally planned for release in February.
Riccitiello conceded that EA was not too confident about The Godfather II's success if released during the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year, which sees the release of several heavy hitters including F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Street Fighter IV and Killzone 2.
"To be honest with you, we looked at the title, title feels very solid It will appeal to its audience well and it was likely to ship, as we had originally planned it, into a very cluttered, price reduced excess inventory channel both in North America and Europe in a heavy competitive environment. We didn't think it would get its best shot at success in [fiscal] Q4,” he said.
Hopefully this marketing ploy works out for EA as they've done a fantastic job as of late in releasing titles with little to no issues. With any luck, the extra development time will result in a more refined product.
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tadpole3159
- 11:23pm EST - February 3rd, 2009
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i think the animations are to few, gameplay seems slow and repetative and graphics are average at best. i wouldnt release it fullstop
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mayhemmusic
- 11:57pm EST - February 3rd, 2009
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After seeing the gameplay footage, I am not surprised, delaying it for commercial reasons sounds like an excuse while they try to salvage something. It really did look poor I think it was a comment on here that said it looked like a PS2 game at best.
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a_stray_bullet10
- 12:07am EST - February 4th, 2009
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thank god. i was never gonna be able to get K2, R5, fear 2 and this in the one month
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hitman8062
- 4:40am EST - February 4th, 2009
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Thank god. I was gonna pass on this to get Resi 5 instead but now i can get both yay.
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michaelcorleone
- 4:46am EST - February 4th, 2009
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i would scrap it and hand the licence to R* before too much damage is done to the best gangster series of all time.
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DeadOnArrival06
- 6:41am EST - February 4th, 2009
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WTF?!!?! I was looking forward to this game alot! I just payed it off on preorder yesterday. Oh well, I guess it gives me time to play more Killzone.
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Ocelot1987
- 1:35pm EST - February 4th, 2009
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DOA06 you are not alone. I paid it off fully as well and I was anticipating this release. This is kinda depressing but it is a very good business move by EA. If they are really smart they will look into making the game better than it was going to be. Maybe increase the number of missions, work on the online, or create more amusing executions? Or even better make sure no builds are the same as the others.
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