| SWOLE United States. July 10 2009 10:06. Posts 91 | Profile # |
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) will delay releasing its new "Singularity" shooting game until 2010, the company said amid speculation it will push back the release of another potential top-selling videogame.
Activision, based in Santa Monica, Calif., now plans to release "Singularity" in the first calendar quarter next year, instead of September. Activision's reason is that it doesn't want to provide any unnecessary competition for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated Activision game available at around the same time that "Singularity" was to be released.
Separately, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia sees Activision delaying the release of "Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty," due in October and expected to sell around three million copies. The launch of an early version of the game was delayed, making it "increasingly appear" the general release date also will get pushed back to 2010, Bhatia said.
An Activision spokesman had no comment on any potential delay of "Starcraft."
The cumulative effect of the "Singularity" delay and a rumored pushback of "Starcraft" may be a positive for Activision, even though it could be removing two potential top-selling games from its all-important holiday shopping-season slate, analysts said.
Whatever Activision may lose by not selling "Singularity" in September will be more than made up for by sales of "Call of Duty" and Activision's "Prototype" game, which was released June 9 and is tracking better than expected, analysts said.
"Despite the delay, Activision maintains the best second-half release date," said Jess Lubert, a Brean Murray Carret & Co. analyst.
-By Ben Charny, Dow Jones Newswires; 415-765-8230; ben.charny@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 09, 2009 17:57 ET (21:57 GMT)
Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey says that despite the promise of holiday success for games like DJ Hero and Tony Hawk: Ride, Activision's year end could see some snags -- chief among them the increasing likelihood that Starcraft II won't make this calendar year.
Gotta say I saw this coming. The game is just a mess right now and the fundamentals just aren't there yet. The models aren't up to par, the balance is way off, the beta is said to be 4-6 months long and it hasn't even started -- and there are no signs of it starting any time in the near future. Obviously Activision Blizzard isn't going to announce the delay as that would piss off shareholders and ruin their quarter. So it looks like we have a lot of waiting to do.Last edit: 2009-07-10 10:13:27 |
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| SoleSteeler Korea (South). July 10 2009 10:16. Posts 4113 | Profile # |
| Yeah, since the beta might not start for another few weeks even, I cannot see it being released in time for Christmas. |
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| sGa.Mac Argentina. July 10 2009 10:18. Posts 32 | Profile # |
| Sad indeed, but the delay gives me more time to upgrade my PC... |
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| DeCoup Australia. July 10 2009 10:19. Posts 1928 | Profile # |
| Yeah.. I've been thinking it's too late for a '09 release since we didn't get the beta at the end of June/Start of July. Blizzard is not going to let the process get rushed. And I appreciate it. |
| | "Poor guy. I really did not deserve that win. So this is what it's like to play Protoss..." - IdrA |
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| ActualSteve United States. July 10 2009 10:20. Posts 627 | Profile Blog # | |
| | You are now breathing manually. |
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| Spawkuring United States. July 10 2009 10:22. Posts 710 | Profile # |
Don't see how anyone can be surprised at this. Everything about the game screamed 2010, so I'm not at all disappointed by this. In fact, I'm actually pleased since I would hate to see Blizzard rush a 2009 date for the sake of some extra Christmas sales.
Even if this is fake, I'm still expecting a 2010 release.Last edit: 2009-07-10 10:31:05 |
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| sky_slasher United States. July 10 2009 10:28. Posts 328 | Profile Blog # |
| Analysts...I worked at a hedge fund before you have a better chance believing what Blizzard's been saying. Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal is not the best financial paper either...thanks for sharing this! Last edit: 2009-07-10 14:06:42 |
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| Skyze Canada. July 10 2009 10:29. Posts 2323 | Profile Blog # |
while its possible it will be pushed back, How credible is this source?
It looks like some crappy "analyst" just said "Well, we know no inside info, but since its Blizzard, lets just make a "breaking news" post that we confirmed it will be delayed into 2010, with no actual facts to back it up, in hoping it will give our website some publicity"..
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| SWOLE United States. July 10 2009 10:32. Posts 91 | Profile # |
On July 10 2009 10:28 sky_slasher wrote:
"analysts"? Just one analyst from no-name firm...I used to work at a hedge fund some of these analysts you have a better chance believing what the company's been saying. Wall Street Journal is not the best financial paper either...thanks for sharing this!
*cough*
2 analysts from fairly well-respected firms. |
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| Skyze Canada. July 10 2009 10:33. Posts 2323 | Profile Blog # |
Not to mention, the OP posted a huge troll response at the end of this "news".. saying "The game is just a mess right now and the fundamentals just aren't there yet. The models aren't up to par, the balance is way off" - BULLSHIT. while its no BW balance, it is far far along, Everything is about 90% ready for beta, which means all the models ARE up to par, fundamentals ARE finished, its just balance which takes years (BW took 5+ years.)
TROLL post.. screw him and his bullshit "analysts".. how do they know anything about whats going on inside blizzard?
/ban SWOLELast edit: 2009-07-10 10:36:30 |
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| Grommit United States. July 10 2009 10:36. Posts 161 | Profile # |
| Science has already shown that beta will be out on the 17th...so a 2009 release doesn't seem out of the question just yet. |
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| SWOLE United States. July 10 2009 10:39. Posts 91 | Profile # |
On July 10 2009 10:33 Skyze wrote:
Not to mention, the OP posted a huge troll response at the end of this "news".. saying "The game is just a mess right now and the fundamentals just aren't there yet. The models aren't up to par, the balance is way off" - BULLSHIT. while its no BW balance, it is far far along, Everything is about 90% ready for beta, which means all the models ARE up to par, fundamentals ARE finished, its just balance which takes years (BW took 5+ years.)
TROLL post.. screw him and his bullshit "analysts".. how do they know anything about whats going on inside blizzard?
/ban SWOLE
Go outside and stop being such a huge raging nerd over a news thread.Last edit: 2009-07-10 10:40:18 |
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| Skyze Canada. July 10 2009 10:41. Posts 2323 | Profile Blog # |
| Stop posting SC2 threads from websites that have NO FACTS or CONFIRMATION, or rather any bullshit thread. Go on SC2GD if you wanna post that shit. TL is for ACTUAL fact posts, thats why theres such a high banrate here. Last edit: 2009-07-10 10:42:36 |
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| Trezeguet United States. July 10 2009 10:48. Posts 2634 | Profile Blog # |
who cares when the game comes out, all I care about is when the beta will start
baby stepsLast edit: 2009-07-10 10:48:43 |
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| SWOLE United States. July 10 2009 10:57. Posts 91 | Profile # |
On July 10 2009 10:41 Skyze wrote:
Stop posting SC2 threads from websites that have NO FACTS or CONFIRMATION, or rather any bullshit thread. Go on SC2GD if you wanna post that shit. TL is for ACTUAL fact posts, thats why theres such a high banrate here.
You spend way too much time getting angry over trivial shit on the internet. I posted an opinion to give the OP a little more content than just a news repost. You are entitled to disagree with me -- but playing backseat moderator and calling me a troll for having a dissenting opinion is pretty childish.Last edit: 2009-07-10 10:58:02 |
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| Simple United States. July 10 2009 10:57. Posts 724 | Profile Blog # |
| i didnt even know sc2 was due for october |
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| pieisamazing United States. July 10 2009 10:57. Posts 1170 | Profile # |
On July 10 2009 10:33 Skyze wrote:
Not to mention, the OP posted a huge troll response at the end of this "news".. saying "The game is just a mess right now and the fundamentals just aren't there yet. The models aren't up to par, the balance is way off" - BULLSHIT. while its no BW balance, it is far far along, Everything is about 90% ready for beta, which means all the models ARE up to par, fundamentals ARE finished, its just balance which takes years (BW took 5+ years.)
TROLL post.. screw him and his bullshit "analysts".. how do they know anything about whats going on inside blizzard?
/ban SWOLE
Wow, calm down. He may not be 100% right about the balance or models etc., but there is definitely some truth that all of those need to be worked on. Also, it's not surprising that it will be pushed back as the beta will take months and hasn't even started yet.
The only troll I see in this thread is you. Try to keep a civil tongue when talking to others or get out.Last edit: 2009-07-10 10:58:14 |
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| sk` Japan. July 10 2009 11:07. Posts 442 | Profile # |
| It's not like SC is a bad game we have to play while we're stuck waiting. I'm all for more delays as I still enjoy SC. |
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| Skyze Canada. July 10 2009 11:08. Posts 2323 | Profile Blog # |
The most obvious thing to see knowing that whoever wrote this article/"analysts" are horribly uninformed, is saying the projected release date was October.. Since when did Blizzard ever say October was the release date? Never, it was projected late Q4, which is late November/december.
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| ManWithCheese Canada. July 10 2009 11:08. Posts 246 | Profile # |
It doesn't matter if the source is credible because it comes down to that there flat out isn't enough time left in the year (This is assuming a 4 month beta which could be longer) for a release this year. The beta needed to have started earlier for a chance of a release this year and we all know that it hasn't and there isn't any signs of it happening any time in the next week or 2.
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