Board Thread:Video Game Discussion/@comment-4832338-20131101172706/@comment-3095286-20131102201028

HP Bloodshed wrote: They fucked up. I think it was important to release this before Christmas, because, well, Christmas = Sales.

Yes. Yes they did. Not only because of the reason you mentioned, but because of the new Gen 8 consoles being released this month.

Disregarding for a second that Sony said PS4 is an addition to the PS family, and not a replacement for the PS3, the PS4 is going to be huge over the next several months. Additionally, the PS3 will start to lose market share, as the PS4 becomes more and more prevalent. Now, that being said, the time to release a PS3 game is right now. That December release date was PERFECT and would have yielded them the greatest success.

So not only are they missing the holidays, but they're missing a huge opportunity to capitalize on the last moments of when the PS3 is still BIG. This is a problem that they are going to have a hard time overcoming. And, if they want to recover, they have to truly 'WOW!' the fan base come March. Any further delay will further jeopardize the game and could even hurt the franchise.

Let's hope this delay is for ideal reasons. For the sake of South Park, they should make it a point not to delay it any further.