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Game Forum / Xbox / General Xbox Topics / July 2008Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed again
Ubisoft announced that the game would now release sometime during their 2009-2010 fiscal year (which ends on March 31 so we could theoretically have to wait 20 months for the game). I'm wondering what is the mitigating factor behind the delays. I've read speculation by the PS3 fanboys that Ubisoft felt their game was inferior to Metal Gear Solid 4 but they're not at all the same type of game. Metal Gear Solid games have always *supposed* to have been stealth games but were really action games when it came down to it, and nothing about the games is realistic. Splinter Cell games, on the other hand, have always been about stealth and have always been drenched in reality. The new direction Ubisoft was taking with Conviction looked very interesting. Of course, I have to disclose that I have always been a fan of the Hitman style of gaming despite not being a fan of the Hitman style of crappy graphics. Well, at least now I know what it's like to be a PS3 fanboy waiting through delay after delay. All that needs to happen is for Ubisoft to announce that the game will be on the PS3 as well and my transformation will be complete. ;-) http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/893/893365p1.html Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. Was it? I remember hearing a while back that the game would be delayed to first quarter 2009 (real time, not fiscal time). Last I heard, we were expecting it in late winter or early spring 2009. This announcement states that it could arrive as late as March 31, 2010. > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. In May, near the MGS4 launch, we got this: "The publisher tells CVG that the time frame for Conviction is this fiscal year, which would be sometime before April '09; meanwhile, Ubisoft tells Eurogamer that the team is currently "polishing" the title, but wouldn't give a time frame for any further Conviction information." http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/29/ubisoft-coy-about-splinter-cell-conviction-del ay-rumors/ That's very different than "sometime April 2009 to March 2010." > > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > That's very different than "sometime April 2009 to March 2010." Games Stooge>>>>>>>Joystiq > > > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Games Stooge>>>>>>>Joystiq I'm not quite sure what >>>>>>> is supposed to mean. I'm going to take a wild stab and say that you're claiming that GameStooge is better than Joystiq which in itself is a hilarious thing to say. How you feel about Joystiq is irrelevant. I simply grabbed the first article I could find. I didn't even read it originally in Joystiq. Regardless, GameStooge's post: http://www.gamestooge.com/2008/07/25/splinter-cell-conviction-delayed-til-april-09/ occurred earlier today (probably minutes before my post). That is not "ages ago" LOL and I'm sure GameStooge just ganked it from IGN or one of the other real gaming sites, anyway. I don't mind waiting as long as the game is good it'll be worth it. I hope they set the bar high on this game. Splinter Cell has long been one of my most enjoyed games. What this gen is really missing is a realistic stealth game. > > > > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I think dingo-dude is being sarcastic. Like me saying: Jonah Falcon is the essence of a real video game journalist, and is the most unbiased person out there. Bligmerk is a rational person with no serious mental issues whatsoever. Word. > > > > > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Bligmerk is a rational person with no serious mental issues > whatsoever. Console fanboyism is the most respectable, coolest hobby in the world. > Word. > > > > > > Exclusively reported on Game Stooge ages ago. > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > - Show quoted text - G-STOOGE in the hiz-ow, yo. > > Games Stooge>>>>>>>Joystiq > > I'm not quite sure what >>>>>>> is supposed to mean. I'm going to take > a wild stab and say that you're claiming that GameStooge is better > than Joystiq which in itself is a hilarious thing to say. Who are you to doubt the Games Stooge? > > > Games Stooge>>>>>>>Joystiq > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Who are you to doubt the Games Stooge? Someone with taste, a brain and common sense to go with it. > I'm not quite sure what >>>>>>> is supposed to mean. I'm going to take > a wild stab and say that you're claiming that GameStooge is better > than Joystiq which in itself is a hilarious thing to say. Particularly since the majority of GameStooge articles are just re- badged Joystiq articles anyway... Most of the time I just read GameTab anyway... - Jordan |
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