No other notable game even wanted to try to compete with Cyberpunk 2077.Ĭyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring are like tough enemies in a Soulslike: they are challenging to fight. When Cyberpunk 2077 was moved to its final release date of December 10, 2020, a Path of Exile expansion, Everspace 2, and The Mediumwere all pushed back to 2021. The Cyberpunk 2022 Effect - While CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 was ultimately a divisive title due to its rough, bug-filled launch, it received a comparable amount of hype to Elden Ring before launch.Īs such, other publishers tried to stay out of Cyberpunk 2077’s way, rescheduling games to later in the year. “In other words, Elden Ring coming a month later may add weight to a decision to delay if that is already being discussed.” “February 2022 is very busy for big console releases, so for games planning to launch in that window, if there are any lingering development issues, there may be a temptation to delay later into Q1 or early Q2,” he says. While no company has indicated plans to delay their titles just yet, publishers now have significantly tougher competition in late February.Īmpere Analysis Research Director Piers Harding-Rolls tells Inverse this announcement could push delay discussions for other games over the edge. Even Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen expansion launches just a few days before on February 22. Now, it’s coming out right in the thick of the early 2021 video game release season.Įlden Ring launches on the same day as Saints Row and Atelier Sophie 2, which is already relatively close to the release of titles like Sifu, Gran Turismo 7, and Horizon Forbidden West. What the delay means -Previously, Elden Ring was supposed to be the first major AAA release of the year. As is the case with most AAA titles that change release dates, the developer needs a little more time to polish their game. “The depth & strategic freedom of the game exceeded initial expectations,” a tweet about the delay reads. What happened - On the same day it announced a network test for Elden Ring, Bandai Namco confirmed on Twitter that the game’s release date has changed to February 25, 2022.
How will the video game industry at large respond to this? Elden Ring will now be released during one of the busiest periods in all of 2022. On October 18, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware confirmed that Elden Ring’s release date was pushed back by one month. It’s starting to reach Cyberpunk 2077 levels of pre-launch buzz - and we all remember how that worked out. Ever since Bandai Namco revealed the game’s initial release date during Summer Game Fest Kickoff in June 2021, excitement has only continued to build for the George R.R. Hype can be a dangerous thing, and few games in recent memory have enjoyed the feverish pre-release buzz that currently surrounds Elden Ring.
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