According to Activision, the delay was granted “in order to give the development team more time to deliver the high-quality entertainment experience they envision for the game”.
The silver lining here is that the next True Crime game won’t have a serious impact on Activision’s earnings. It still expects to rake in $US4.2 billion in revenue this year, in part due “to an increase in its expectations for the Call of Duty brand in the fourth quarter”, even without United Front Games’ revival of the True Crime franchise.
Jay
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 1:08 PMThe demos I had seen had be confused with the game. It doesn’t look that appealing but this was a while ago and though I’d give it time.
However – KNOWING that Activision are responsible for this means I won’t be getting it.
They’re good for ONE thing – making up my mind on getting a game or not.
Aaron
Friday, August 6, 2010 at 5:41 PMThis game sounded waaaaay more interesting when it was a new IP starring a female character modeled on Lucy Liu.
Till the marketing people Actinazis painted it with a great big blue brush of ‘broader market appeal’. And made it another part of a franchise nobody liked.
Up yours Activision.