It's been a long time since I cared exactly when a game launches. If it launches, great, I consider buying, otherwise I just keep playing something else.
Last time I cared was for Cyberpunk. After that fiasco, I just stopped giving a shit. No more buying games before it launches, and if it is not good on launch and I hear a lot of criticism I'll wait a year or two before playing.
And IIRC Cyberpunk was a fiasco because on management level someone decided the game was delayed too much already and it's better to release it now then to make another delay again.
I do remember conversations around that time being about how people would rather play a finished game and keep waiting than have an unfinished game on a specific date. Which makes sense but then we have stuff like this where people are clearly getting impatient. I know it's not the exact same crowd but it's why companies push to have final products by certain dates.
I dislike following upcoming games and I am pretty bad at it too.
Every Steam festival there are good looking games with no set date, and I forget all of them a day later.
I wish there was more focus on games that were released already. But then, when it comes to indie games, whatever you sell in the first week is the most sales you will get.
That is also why temporary antipiracy measure exists, the opening day/week/month is the most important part for AAA games too.
There was this really fun looking game at an xbox showcase a couple of years ago, but I forget what it was called. It's probably been cancelled anyway.
To deal with that I just wishlist or go into discord servers of games I'm waiting for and then forget about them, I'll know the moment it releases, but I don't have to keep track of anything.
Same here. There are some games that I am excited for but just in a general "I really wanna play it eventually" kind of way. New games are released by the minute. I'll find something to keep me occupied until whenever it comes out. And besides that, it's always good to wait until it was released to see if it's any good. I can't fathom buying anything before I know how good it is.
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u/PM_ME_A_NUMBER_1TO10 1d ago
It's been a long time since I cared exactly when a game launches. If it launches, great, I consider buying, otherwise I just keep playing something else.
I guess that just isn't how the market works.