I'm glad it's delayed. If the marketing department are letting it miss the Christmas season, then it's probably because it's into spit and polish stage and it's been let pump up the quality. Much better than the old days of rush-to-shelves. Hopefully more games get delayed in future.

oskarkeo

I blame removing the hot-dogs from the Bionic Arm. There were just so many of them that it would have taken even Takeru Kobayashi a few extra months to get rid of them all.

RykinPoe

@RykinPoe: Or they could have just got Joey Chestnut, who would have done it in less time ;)

KeroseneClimax

Hey Capcom, here's a hint, *any* DRM is too much. The pirates will have .torrents and .nzbs on the web before your product is even on the shelves. Save your money and don't bother with any DRM and just concentrate on giving legitimate PC game buyers a good experience rather than treating them like criminals.

photoboy

Better late then rushed/bugged. Take your time, Capcom.

Shiryu

As a huge fan of the game, I didn't even realize it was supposed to come out this year; I assumed it was next year anyways.

Now I know. =)

def PD

Smart move, not only will the game be better, but this holiday season is already too crowded.

XbhaskarX

@photoboy: Agree completely.

What was the last PC game they released, DMC4? I can't remember if that had anything (other than a cd-key, maybe). Anybody else remember?

ObliviousDoom

I'm really excited about this game. I think that swing mechanic is going to be a huge breakthrough. I'm also glad that Capcom seems to have been pumping out only really good games as of late. Way to go Capcom!

Genose

seems like capcom will be releasing three games (at least three that i could think of)by first quarter 09...SF4, RE5 and Bionic Commando, chiet!

procrasturbate

Avoiding the holiday season might be the best thing for it. With big sellers like Gears, Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and many others... Bionic Commando would probably get lost in the pile.

This also allows my wallet to recover in time to get it. :)

DerrickDS

It's like a million voices cried out and were suddenly...wait is ANYONE actually looking forward to this tripe?

hermes520

PC... *sight*

Shad0X

@hermes520:

Yes, and it's not tripe until we can play it and see for ourself. Are you too bothered by jumping?

syafiqjabar

So January/February? This has so far been a very successful time period for Capcom, what with both Dead Rising and Lost Planet selling over a million each.

Isn't Resi 5 planned for early 2009 too? Could be a good start to the year for Capcom.

TeaBean

@syafiqjabar: yes, it's the 21st century friend, I want my jump button. HULK SMASH.

hermes520

@ObliviousDoom:

DMC4 had SecuRom, and it wouldn't let me play my own fucking game. I had to e-mail SecuRom customer support to get the problem sorted-out. So I completely agree with photoboy.

TheHeeyyy

@photoboy: "*any* DRM is too much. "

I came here to say this. This is truth. Developers need to get their heads out of their asses and realize that people pirate games on the console all the goddamn time.

Rajolae

@Pspimp: What is it?

Yofu

@hermes520: You're the first person I've met not excited for it, but then again I haven't been looking to hard.
The game looks pretty fun.

Yofu

@Rajolae:
Not the developers. Its generally the publishers who push for DRM's and things of that nature.

Freduardo

It's in your face but you can't grab it...

Pspimp

I would imagine people are taking gaming priorities with all the new, awesome fall titles coming out. With the economy the way it is and all these amazing games, I'm sorry but Bionic Commando just can't share my wallet with Fallout 3, GH:WT, Castlevania, Left4Dead and so on.

But this game is definitely on my watchlist.

ServiceMaster

@photoboy: You have to wonder how much they spend on additional programming/staff time, and money they lose due to the delays, "worrying about getting the DRM right", given that (like everyone above is saying) the game WILL be available in pirated form within 24 hours of release (if not before release).

I think we are well past the days when you need to worry (significantly) about people copying that floppy-- everything is online so if someone is going to get a copy, they'll find a torrent or something. Then give THAT to friends.

I'm not saying it's right, but putting your game at a competitive disadvantage (a non-simultaneous launch, thereby risking PC gamers don't even really notice when it finally does come out) seems to be a much bigger risk than worrying if it's going to be pirated-- the answer is, it will.

Justin42

No problem, as long as this doesn't go the way of Street Fighter HD, which we all know by now is never actually going to be released.

Robotube

The PC version may be delayed because they're setting up the activation servers lulz

crice

I loved Bionic Commando Rearmed and want to play this new game. But Im totally hating the main character's design. After Rearmed loveable, funny, kickass and totally rad Rad Spencer with his short orange hair and glasses I take a look at this braided dude and kinda looks like a homeless amputated guy.

Gawd, I do totally hate the main character.... and it doesnt look like he'll be hilarious to hear talking like Rad SPencer.

Alex_Mexico

I can't wait for the PC version and I hope that Capcom doesn't fuck this up by not putting it on Steam. Protip to all the publishers out there: Steam is a great way to fight piracy while not alienating your potential PC customers.

On another note, the main character for the new BC does suck ass, but luckily if you bought Rearmed, you get a code to play as Rad Spencer in the upcoming game, which looks much much better. If you bought rearmed, there's a trailer in the game showing Rad Spencer playing through the new BC in full 3d glory.

PATSCRU

As far as I know, it's been early 2009 for quite awhile now. o_O

y2kenjination

@Alex_Mexico: Good news- if you beat Bionic commando rearmed, you unlocked the rad spencer character model to use in the new bionic commando. That should take the edge off.

Mega-Driven

@XbhaskarX: Exactly. I'm already looking at 2 new $60 games in then next 2 weeks. Possibly a third. Then November is jam packed as well.

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