Ubisoft CEO Justifies Reason For Splinter Cell’s Delay
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Post Date: Sep 19, 2009
Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, has gone on record to clear up any surrounding mists regarding Splinter Cell: Conviction’s delay. His reason hasn’t deviated much from his initial statements, which claimed that it “…was just a decision to allow us to polish up and really deliver the experience that the fans are looking for.” So what’s the Chief saying this time?
Hit the jump to find out if Modern Warfare 2 played a part in its postponement.
The following is a statement extracted from Guillemot’s recent interview with MCV:
The game itself still would have been good – even a great game. But we want it to be an excellent game, because the other games coming out are getting better all the time. So we said: why not? If we can delay it and benefit then that’s a good thing. Plus there are loads of great games coming out this side of Christmas.
Did these ‘great games’ push back Conviction’s release window? According to the Ubisoft CEO it’s definitely not because of games such as Modern Warfare 2. He stated that “No, that wasn’t really the point – I would love to say that, and I’m sure Activision would love me to say that! But the truth is Splinter Cell wasn’t at the point we wanted.” Sure thing, Yves. We’re just happy it’s not being rushed out as a half-baked bun.
Splinter Cell: Conviction is scheduled for release on March 2010.
Hit the jump to find out if Modern Warfare 2 played a part in its postponement.
The following is a statement extracted from Guillemot’s recent interview with MCV:
The game itself still would have been good – even a great game. But we want it to be an excellent game, because the other games coming out are getting better all the time. So we said: why not? If we can delay it and benefit then that’s a good thing. Plus there are loads of great games coming out this side of Christmas.
Did these ‘great games’ push back Conviction’s release window? According to the Ubisoft CEO it’s definitely not because of games such as Modern Warfare 2. He stated that “No, that wasn’t really the point – I would love to say that, and I’m sure Activision would love me to say that! But the truth is Splinter Cell wasn’t at the point we wanted.” Sure thing, Yves. We’re just happy it’s not being rushed out as a half-baked bun.
Splinter Cell: Conviction is scheduled for release on March 2010.
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