Pikachu Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Probably for the best but I think we know the real reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Fucking TRX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Game Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Hurdyb1 said: Probably for the best but I think we know the real reason. What's the real reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Just now, Hurricane Game said: What's the real reason? Bad PR of late so they can let that die down. EA has been challenged on their accuracy of representing WW2 and called fans who questioned the, essentially stupid. They really did. Also to give it space from Black Ops 4 as the original date was going to put it a week after CoD I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 The original release date sandwiched it between BO4 and RDR 2. Literally between a rock and a hard place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Just now, Pikachu said: The original release date sandwiched it between BO4 and RDR 2. Literally between a rock and a hard place. Thank you as I could not remember the other release that was going to essentially erase Battlefields' existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 EA's stock price is down about 7% in pre-market trading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Hurdyb1 said: Probably for the best but I think we know the real reason. So they could get their preorder numbers up of course! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 42 minutes ago, SFLUFAN said: EA's stock price is down about 7% in pre-market trading. The delay also lowers the company's expected net bookings for fiscal year 2019 to $5.2 billion from $5.55 billion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: So they could get their preorder numbers up of course! With the crammed holiday schedule, as usual, I don't think EA can do anything to heavily improve the preorder numbers unless they drop the initial price of the game. Did they put out the sweet spot number they look for? Probably not but it's the crammed holiday season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Hurdyb1 said: Probably not but it's the crammed holiday season. Crammed with what? October has Red Dead, Soul Calibur VI and Blops Then nothing really that is going to blow anyone's skirt up in November and December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 BFV should drop an open beta from Oct 6th - Oct 14th. It sounds like the changes can only be appreciated when you play it so an open beta is a good way to get some goodwill and build some word of mouth for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Crammed with what? October has Red Dead, Soul Calibur VI and Blops Then nothing really that is going to blow anyone's skirt up in November and December. I dunno.. there aren't many AAA blockbuster titles in November and December, but there are still a lot of games coming out that do have fans. Smash Bros. Ultimate might sell a few copies, then you have Just Cause 4, Fallout 76, Hitman 2... then you have the residuals from things like Forza Horizon 4, Spiderman, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Dragon Quest XI, etc. that will have people picking up games at a later date. If they can only buy one game at a time, and that game is CoD or RDR2, then they'll be grabbing the rest later on. That looks like a pretty damn crammed holiday to me, and that's not even counting the wildcards like Biomutant, Crackdown 3, Darksiders 3, etc that people don't really have high expectations for but could be awesome. Then you have niche titles like the re-release of Tales of Vesperia which isn't a big deal to most but for me personally just adds to the pile. Personally, I'd rather pick up any number of those games before I pick up Battlefield V. EA needs to prove that they're not going to turn their servers into a shit-show like they did with Battlefield 1. I can't even hop on and do a quick match because I'll repeatedly get booted out because I'm "missing downloadable content." I tried about five times the other day, and it kept sending me to the season pass purchase screen, instead of matchmaking me into a server that had the expansion i was actually trying to get into (which I own). I then I just closed the game and I'll probably never go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 The fortunate part of BFV is that there is no season pass. Everyone has access to all the maps, so that single issue should be eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom631 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 This is a good thing. give the release some breathing room from BOPS4 and RDR2. Gives DICE another month to tweak and polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I honestly have no issue with this delay! I have so many other games to play, this could drop in December for all I care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 That's my birthday! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The def star Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 So the thing they should have done with Titanfall 2 they are doing with BFV. Well at least they learned something from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Crammed with what? October has Red Dead, Soul Calibur VI and Blops Then nothing really that is going to blow anyone's skirt up in November and December. There are plenty of games coming that will be unfortunate victims in the holiday cramming as always. Nothingood may float your boat but we all know that's when many games drop. Others have posted what some of those games are. Just enough to disrupt some publishers outrageous projections for sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 8 minutes ago, The def star said: So the thing they should have done with Titanfall 2 they are doing with BFV. Well at least they learned something from that. How damned pissed must some Respawn devs be right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIEN-gunner Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Pikachu said: The fortunate part of BFV is that there is no season pass. Everyone has access to all the maps, so that single issue should be eliminated. That's what people said about Battlefront 2. Now it's an unsupported mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdyb1 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 32 minutes ago, ALIEN-gunner said: That's what people said about Battlefront 2. Now it's an unsupported mess. That's a whole other thread of a hot mess that was and how EA screwed that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Hurdyb1 said: There are plenty of games coming that will be unfortunate victims in the holiday cramming as always. Nothingood may float your boat but we all know that's when many games drop. Others have posted what some of those games are. Just enough to disrupt some publishers outrageous projections for sales. I'm aware of the games coming out but BFV should be able to compete with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGLatinBoy Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I'm not seeing this move help them out. I honestly would've pushed it back to 2019 but who knows how much money they would lose by doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIEN-gunner Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 The two significant games that are coming out around BF5's original due date are Black Ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2. Those two games aren't really similar to Battlefield. If people were looking for the Battlefield experience they won't EVER consider a cowboy RPG and a twitch arcade shooter as a replacement. People usually buy multiple games. I thnk it's rare most people would have only bought one game. So I think the sole reason BF5 got pushed back was because of the controversy over telling their costumers they too stupid to buy the game and that EA knew more about WW2 history then anyone else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom631 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 29 minutes ago, ALIEN-gunner said: The two significant games that are coming out around BF5's original due date are Black Ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2. Those two games aren't really similar to Battlefield. If people were looking for the Battlefield experience they won't EVER consider a cowboy RPG and a twitch arcade shooter as a replacement. People usually buy multiple games. I thnk it's rare most people would have only bought one game. So I think the sole reason BF5 got pushed back was because of the controversy over telling their costumers they too stupid to buy the game and that EA knew more about WW2 history then anyone else. I don’t buy that. One extra month isnt going to suddenly make people forget or forgive them. Anyone that was truly offended by that (lol) and sticks to their guns, isn’t going to buy the game regardless. This has everything to do with being crammed between two juggernauts that would absolutely outsell BF by large margins. By the end of nov, lots of people will be done with RDR2 and COD and looking for something new to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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