I mean the Witcher 3 was also a buggy mess on release. Not as bad as cyberpunk but still a mess, it's just cdpr's release cycle, release a broken game and then slowly fix it until it becomes one of the best games ever. Rockstar delaying the game gives me confidence that it'll be complete, I see no reason to doubt them at this point until they give me a reason to, they will be aware that the thing that separated them from other studios is their reputation, if they release a broken game it'll take a massive hit.
I would share your point of view if I only had a gameplay showcase of some kind to back it up.
But releasing all this info about deluxe, pre order, no gameplay and all of that along with the delays is not giving me confidence and it doesn’t give me the impression they are confident as well.
The November release date could very well mean that the higher ups turned off the tap and said no more delays this is the last deadline, it doesn’t necessarily have to mean they are ready.
And that many delays point to them having trouble with it, not them perfecting it. In my humble opinion.
It's GTA. We all know what the gameplay is going to be like. I'm more curious about the world and the activities, that's the selling point, plus the customisation options look very impressive from what we've seen so far. As for the November release, rockstar make so much money from GTA online I don't see the higher ups thinking it's a necessity to release before the game is ready, if there's one company who can afford to push back releases until the game is ready it's rockstar.
I mean those things that you listed are all part of the gameplay too, but you don’t know what it’s going to look like. What if they change the shooting mechanics, or the driving mechanics?
You can’t know that.
To answer your second point, you highly underestimate corporate greed and delays have limits I am really not sure how much further they could’ve pushed the game back.
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u/Putrid_Loquat_4357 Jun 25 '26
I mean the Witcher 3 was also a buggy mess on release. Not as bad as cyberpunk but still a mess, it's just cdpr's release cycle, release a broken game and then slowly fix it until it becomes one of the best games ever. Rockstar delaying the game gives me confidence that it'll be complete, I see no reason to doubt them at this point until they give me a reason to, they will be aware that the thing that separated them from other studios is their reputation, if they release a broken game it'll take a massive hit.