3.13 Launch Delayed until January

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Batuhan87 wrote:

Lmao you guys are talking about like Cyberpunk is just another random game coming out and GGG just delayed their game for shits an giggles. Trust me they want money as much as you do. But CP 2077 almost has a decade of hype surrounding it, surpasssing maybe even GTA. It makes perfect sense financially. They don't want to compete against that.

You may not give a crap about CP 2077 but A LOT of people do. They don't want their next league to DOA.

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girng wrote:

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DS_Deadman wrote:

[Removed by Support]I have been in the gaming industry for 2 decades. I can tell you that while yes, people who play POE like hack and slash, that does not mean they do not like multiple genres. I would love to see you actually counter that argument. If you don't think large launches like CyberPunk will impact other games, across genres, I don't know what to tell you. However you are welcome to your opinion and perspective. All I am doing is giving mine.

Your opinion is objectively wrong, though. Your guild represents a tiny fraction, of a fraction, of another fraction of the playerbase.

People who play PoE love hack and slash games. The majority do. That's why they play. It's the minority who like other genres.


Now weep.

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MythicsMT wrote:

Going to pretend this says:

"We're not only limiting our scope and actively avoiding feature creep, but we're also delaying 3.13 'till January to ensure the absolute best quality for our next league to show with actions and not only words that we're listening."

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gryphon79 wrote:

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TorsteinTheFallen wrote:

"Yesterday, CD Projekt Red announced that Cyberpunk 2077 will now be released on December 10. We do not want to put our players in a position of having to choose between these two games, so we have decided to step out of the way and delay the release of Path of Exile 3.13 until January."

This is so lame, like wow. You've folded under another game release because, you assessed that you will lose money. Lets be real here, and don't give us this bull.
If you cared about players convenience you would at least make stacked drops, like years ago.

Lame lame lame...

Actually, delaying probably costs them more average revenue than they would lose if they Released vs Cyberpunk .

Companies base everything on quarterly revenues, and as always, revenues are highest the run to up a league start when people are buying the new supporter packs.

So by delaying it a month, it delays those buys by a month. Pushing back all other revenue streams by a month.

So with that in mind, Id say this push back, while it may help them sell a little more on release, it'll hurt them more long term in the overall revenue picture.