Originally posted by sanzar@Feb 11 2005, 01:30 PM
We all know the game is being made... thats not the issue. The issue is why Mario and his crew can't tell us. It's got to be a big deal though, I mean they've been working on the sequel for over a year now (according to my friend who's the games manager at Harvey Norman Moore Park) and there's still no word.
agreed
i reckon the reason why mario cant say anything coz he doesnt want to disapoint, by making too many promises too early, when the foundations arent in place yet.....ie doesnt want to be the next andrew wilson and say this and that, to find they couldnt include it all, and consequently lie to the fans
once everyone has signed the docs he will announce something
that why he thought he could announce at the end of jan, thinking he'd have all the signatures and go ahead...but a slight delay could have prevented all of this.
there's no doubt the core aspects of the game and going thru their paces as we speak....ie gameplay, visual enhancements, overall improvements due to great technology
its just the liscenses, client agreements, back office legalities are preventing him from saying anything, as not every dotted line has been signed yet.
the doors are closed, but the project is running
kinda like BLIC..nothing was officially announced until a week ago, but everyone new they were plotting away beforehand.
and all EA sports ***les - they are annual, so u know they start making the next version straight away, but nothing official is announced until a few months from release.
I hope ur mate at moore park like his job and knows his stuff, (we need more people like this) coz the idiots at EB @ Bondi Junction, no nothing about video games, no nothing about the industry, nor do they care.
i walk in and 99% of the time, i know more than EB does, simply because of forum browsing etc
I have cancelled 3 pre-orders from EB, simply coz they lied about a delayed release date, and i got it from target next door, walked back in and said - "what delay u idiot, learn ur job"...........they were lying to keep a sale, coz they had inhouse distribution issues, and tried to make me cop the wrath of an industralia dispute - what cocks!!!!!!!!!!
and EB bondi junction tried to tell me i couldnt buy games from NZ, and that they wont work on my aussie PS2.....this is when i had already bought GTA from NZ and had been playing for a week already when EB had just got it in, and they were trying to sell it to me by saying, NO U CANT USE NZ GAMES, UR PS2 WONT ACCEPT THEM - another blatant load of horse ****
