Wow, even I didn’t see this one coming! Due to an extra step in QA testing to enhance the community features in the game, the release of LAIR, originally set for August 14th, has changed to September 4, 2007. Natural challenges that arose while finalizing the offline game to include key online features – such as leaderboards and medal systems – have led to the difficult choice of pushing back the release date. We appreciate everyone’s excitement and patience for the game and look forward to its release on September 4.
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If u ask me i’d say a big hit to M$’s head that will make them sink. xbox360 is wating for out timed exclusives games like “HAZE , Unreal Tounament” did u kno that those 2 games could make a huge loss to M$ if they were an exclusives for us. and sony, please take back ACE COMBAT :( . Exclusives, Sony Exclusives.
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WOW! I did see this coming!!! ;-D Glad im waiting till the end of next year to get a ps3. Hopefully??? it will be cheaper&rumble will be back!&HOME,L.B.Planet,HaZe,KillZone,
GTA 4,Call Of Duty4,R&C:T.O.D,
R.Evil 5,GT 5 etc etc will all be out!!! ;) +COME ON GAME MAKERS!!! DO YOUR GAMES WITH 4PLAYER SPLIT SCREEN OPTION!!! Like playing on 1 screen with my mates round!!! U cant beat that! MotorStorm off-line with no 4player multi-player??? How heart braking!!! :-(
I was planning on getting this but with some of the reviews I am not are sure now as its £50 and there are a lot of games out this year I need to get as well both for 360 and PS3.
wow lair more more more.
i love you sony
thank you for rhis game
i will buy it
thank you sony i love you
Heavenly Sword and Lair were being pushed as a couple huge AAA titles since before launch. They were going to make the 360 fanboys jealous and finally give PS3 owners a reason to hold our heads up high! I’m starting to get bad feelings about both of these games the more I see of them…….
Yeah and for some reason we can’t get any demos on any games! Now the 360 just got fatal inertia which was originally a PS3 exclusive and now their getting the demo before us! This PSN thing is sucking so far, hopefully today might bring something decent and some options not just some crappy update.
I’m willing to bet this is to make the game a bit better seeing as according to many websites LAIR didn’t measure up… I think it’s probably just MS propaganda again, but who knows, wouldn’t you guys hate to spend $60 on a new game, you are looking forward to, get it home and find out it’s… meh… mediocre at best?
I for one hope that LAIR is amazing, because I’m buying it on release… and I am expecting to be overwhelmed.
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Ok Sony time to put FFVII on the PSN that or MGS1
so….delay…sooo…can i expect the demo today???
ok…
So I am sick of delays. I enjoy the PS brand and hope to have it in my livingroom this christmas. I am sick of every game getting delayed for this console. either multiplatform or first party. Now you are delaying the game for online leaderboards for a single player game? give me a break. This game keeps getting delayed and delayed. Now im getting HS instead of this title, unless that is delayed. Which judging from the history of this console is pry going to happen. I can tell you this though. IF LAIR, HS, R&C, or Uncharted get delayed further, this console is going to find its way to the trash can. Get your sh!t together sony and prove to me that this isnt just a bluray player.
I was really looking foward to this game comeing out on the 14th, but whatever it takes to get an awsome game out and to get it out right just get it done with no more delays please.
Hatchetforce said this
“Announcement of a title going gold and then pulling back with an excuse that hardly seems valid was not the move to make. I agree, the game should not ship unless ready. To anyone in game development, off line features being something that holds up a game hardly seems to ring true. Gold Master copies are certified at the end of the Q&A process, not during it.
But the announcement was made of going gold. Apparently that was an error. Fine. The mistake was made. However, rectifying that mistake with another is not the solution. The worst mistake in this affair now is no communication.
A handful of sentences hardly pays for the loyalty that will be needed to endure another 4 plus weeks of relentless pounding by anti sony personnel on forums and message boards, as well as the press. It leaves your fans to look like the town jester or village idiot defending you and leaving them as such is a bad, bad move. If it has to be done at least provide the fans some sort of weapon with which to fight the public opinion wars.
The point is Playstation 3 owners have been maintaining the frontlines for Sony for some time now. Sony’s great show at E3 helped and provided much needed ammunition but most of the weight has been pulled along by PS3 owners and fans of the console. Also, a large number of us have absorbed sufficient Bluray purchases to help boost format position. More importantly we have been slugging it out in the front lines of the message board opinion wars. Does that matter? Absolutely.
Preventing public opinion from completely burying the PS3 is the only act currently standing between Sony and total failure of the PS3. If you think PS3 success can happen without hardcore fans then good luck, you will need it. Also Bluray popularity alone isn’t enough.”
He is absolutely correct. Its a bs excuse for the delay and now everyone that defends the ps3 is going to get pounded for this. All the while you give us a paragraph and say “good luck”. The only thing keeping puiblic opinion even remotely interested in the ps3 is the fans that defend it. Now you have delayed a much anticipated title after saying it has gone gold. I have been defending you from day one on many forums. now its time to show me why i should defend YOUR console.
I don’t Mind Delay’s but this is going to make Nintendo and xbox fan boys go nuts.
I agree that it should be a better game than it is right now since it has been delayed so much. However, I cannot fault Sony if they think the game is bad in contrast to a magazine thinking its bad.
Personally, I look to forums and web sites as well as magazines (more than one) to make a desision on buying a game, except, of course,if the demo came out. With that being said, I think other gamers make decision this way too, and I believe Sony don’t want this game to get any bad publicity because this is a pivotal game for PS3’s success. In addition, I don’t think Sony want any of their games to be mediocre, mainly because of the negative press which most of you know about.
The point is that the Big Four, namely: Uncharted, Lair, Heavenly Sword and Killzone 2 must be the catalyst of the PS3 claim to fame.
I somewhat agree with you Awheaten
However, delaying these games may be hurting it more than helping it. It depends on what they update i guess. I know this title is huge for Sony but it cant be delayed any more. Its been delayed through the summer, it cant get delayed through the fall.
ANOTHER DELAY?
OH WELL, do what you got to do, to make sure the game is great.
While you at it, please INCLUDE an in-flight ANALOG CONTROL option.
I know you said to give it the motion control a chance…and believe me, I sure did tried.. OVER..and OVER..and OVER during the WARHAWK beta, but I just could not get used to it.
And for all of you complaining, just chill out. Would you rather have the game out with bugs and wait for an online patch to fix it to make it more enjoyable (like many developers do these days)… or have a full (bug-free) game from day one?
Honestly I don’t really care what you guys here think. I just want LAIR to be as good as it can be.
THANKS
NOOOOO, now i have to wait longer to play this game??? At least it hopefully won’t be buggy. Please don’t delay it again.
@Loucifer
Thanks for confirming that about Rainbow Six Vegas. I bought the game, thinking it was atleast going to look on par with the demo released on xbox live, but hey, guess I was mistaking. The game looks horrible IMO. The face details are blurry, the enviroments don’t look good at all, everything seems to be running on 480i.
Will it look better on 720p instead of 1080i? If not, that game is definitely going back to gamestop!
@289:
Well duh, you shouldn’t play anything at 1080i, especially not R6 Vegas. 99% of blu-ray games are 720p native. Some games can do 1080p but it’s pointless unless you have a 1080p set. 1080i is just an option for people with crusty HDTVs that can’t handle 720p.
So yes, to answer your question, R6 Vegas is much, much better at 720p.
Whoa, howd a game that went “Gold” get delayed. Going Gold means its being pressed and shipped, it doesnt mean its going to final QA.
I guess I dont get a choice, but i really wanted my Dragon fighting this month.
Demo was supposed to be out shortly after the release of the game; Does this mean we will get it before the game?
If this is out on September 4th, When is Heavenly Sword coming out? (was said to be september. Gamestop list at 9/4, but im not sure on that now.)
Heavenly Sword and Lair on one day???
2 triple A titles in the same month???
9/25/07 is when MS drops the mighty Halo3. Is sony going to push HS back to directly compete with that launch???
Will Heavenly Sword get the October release treatment???
What answers can sony supply???
Looks like I’ll be picking up BioShock on Xbox 360 instead of Lair this month. I guess now I’ll wait for all of the reviews to come out for Lair before I buy. I was really looking forward to Aug 14th, too. *sigh*
While this is indeed disapointing, (I actually went to preorder Lair during Lunchtime and when I got back read this blog entry…lol) it is not without its benefits.
As others have so clearly stated, having a finished/polished/AAA title is what we all want, and expect of this game. Anything that compromises this will ring much more loudly than this delay has caused.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
This will just give me some time to spend with Persona 3. Thats a good thing :D
that’s unfortunately, since i’ll never spend a single second wasting time with these ‘extras’.
@#276 Kenji
Fatal Inertia = lol
We have Wipeout coming to PS3. ;)
not a big deal. I’m playing sigma right now regardless. All you guys need to spend your time more wisely. a wait for 3 weeks isnt a big deal. Let the developers do whatever they watn to do. They are the one’s trying to make money off of there piece of software.
on a side note i beat DOKU in sigma and unlocked VeryHard.. I’m a masta!
@ Loucifer
You know what Microsoft wants…?
They want everyone even Sony fanboys to doubt Sony’s integrity atm, and so people who care about gaming and scour the net for info/news, googling ps3 100times a day and switching between the web-news-images-videos(youtube as well) are coming across all the hate on the net atm… and how much money do you think Google is making off of this whole scheme, how much money do you think all those hundreds of recently developed no namer news report sites are making atm? who’d paying their cheques? probably Microsoft, it’s what ‘they’ consider their viral marketting campaign, and to be honest it’s working, I fell into the propaganda as well, and oh they are clever, they make you think/doubt, then you complain to Sony, and soon enough every single one of us hardcore gamers gets swayed a little bit by what we read all over the place, and then we’re here giving Sony a hard time, it’s a distraction for Sony, you were rather harsh towards Ryan, and I disrespect you for it, Your spam post was a waste of time, reading all those capital letters just made me dislike you, and your intentions.
These developers do not have to come here, and post… it’s not their job to do so, they get asked if they’d like to do so… to clear up confusion, to give the fans inside info, to whatever…
So the next time you google ps3, and come across something pathetically false, but it raises doubt in your heart, you know where it comes from, just ignore the propaganda, and stop doubting, I know you’re a hardcore Sony fan…. I am too, I have experienced the same problems as you and wanted to yell just like you, but then I did, and got put in my place for it… so I hope this helps bring some perspective to you.
@everyone
Don’t believe anything you read on the net atm, stop anticipating Sony’s every move, stop hanging in every developer’s words, stop taking the cut quotes you find on the google searches seriously they’re usually taken extremely out of context, and make problems for not only Sony, but for the developer interviewee’… just stop people, and sit still… take a breath, relax, and you all shall be rewarded for your faith, ask yourself this… When in the past two gens, has Sony ever let it’s fans down, there is a reason why they are #1.
RELAX!!!!
@afrosheen
Well thanks! No duh there for me, for I know little about HDTV’s and getting the best out of them. So I should uncheck the 1080i option under display settings, and leave 720p as the only one checked huh?
Another thing, I play Ninja Gaiden Sigma on 1080i,(tv doesn’t do 1080p). Should I play that also on 720p?
@liquifiedart
Yeah, sigma is fine for some of us, but what about those of us that already played the hell out of Ninja Gaiden on Xbox? I really just want one original (not ported) game besides RFOM. I’m a huge Sony fan, but this is getting a little ridiculous. How many other games that I’m excited about are going to have delays? I’ve been waiting patiently, and I thought my wait was almost over…now I’ve got another month. I guess I’ll take this month to beat GH2 on expert.
@Kedaro
Nicely put. Now let me get back to this heavenly sword demo! Man I’m loving this game more and more!
@Kedaro
“When in the past two gens, has Sony ever let it’s fans down, there is a reason why they are #1”
And the pricing bait and switch is why they are not #1 right now.
@Kedaro
Speak on it.
@thechosenfew88
You and me both. I feel kind of silly playing the same part of a game over and over yet I cant stop.
@brentos
I myself played the heck out of Ninja Gaiden on Xbox. It was a great experience then, but its even a great experience now. With stunning graphics that weren’t available then, and awesome new weapons, and not forgetting that there is a cheat code for 5 complete new missions, the game is worth it even if you have played the xbox version. You will find many things that are different, it is a port, but it has many difference to it. I understand you wouldn’t want to be playing the same game over again, but trust me, its a new experience. I’ve been blown away so far.
People are logically asking for a Lair demo but this won’t happen. Why you ask? Well the answer is really quite simple. The issue isn’t leaderboard errors. The issue was and is the control scheme. Here is where Sony is about to drop the ball in a really really big way.
The game will be released and someone is going to be a sacrificial cow. Huh? You say. Someone from Sony or the dev team gets to tell the public “Well since we had time while we were working on the ‘leaderboard’ problem, it was easy to add the thumbstick as a control option”
It’s not the delay that will be the real slap in the face. It will be Sony lying to every loyal fan they have and making everyone that ever defended them on a message board the laughing stock of the gaming community.
The second story they will try is to say that ” The control option to use a stick was always there but it wasn’t enabled in any of the preview builds because we wanted people to experience the game using the Sixaxis.”
Either way, if the game comes out with altered controls we are going to get laughed at. We’l also know the truth – although it should be obvious now. Does Sony care? Hell no. This is big money. They don’t give two craps about us, the people that already have a PS3 because they know we are so starved for games we’ll buy anything. We’ll forget as soon as we play the game and they know it. They are concerned about all of the people that don’t have a PS3 yet. Am I the only one that gets this?
And look at this blog. Nothing, not a peep not an apology to the hardcore loyal defenders of the faith. Slap. Slap. Slap. Such is the life of a PS3 fan. I have been to the bat so many times for Sony on various message boatrds, preaching the gospel of the PS3 that quite frankly I am at the point now where I am just tired of it. Show me one game that has been delayed whose delay was worth it.
START TALKING TO YOUR PUBLIC SONY, STOP MAKING US LOOK LIKE IDIOTS, AND GET A GAME ON THE TABLE AND SOMETHING ON THE PSN THAT LASTS MORE THAN 10 MINUTES. GIVE US SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO INSTEAD OF SITTING ON ANNOUNCEMENTS SO YOU CAN MAKE A BIG SPLASH AT TGS OR LEIPZIG. AND GET RID OF ALL OF THESE MGS4 RUMORS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
@Kedaro
Well put man. You hit it dead on. The propaganda is just crazy. I mean i’ve been following systems since the Genesis days and have never seen this. Just so much BS from the MS camp and lies and speculation always. I don’t know what ATM is but will google it.
As the PS3 was lauching a cousin of mine was like “you get the [DELETED] sony system”. At the time i did not know how to respond but after getting informed i can see how people got these false ideas.
Give the Lair guys some slack they are doing it for us…..
@Nephlabobo
If you think Sony will stop with the pricing bait and switch and keep the PS3 at $599 then you are mistaking. They aren’t #1 now not because of that anways. The lack of games, and the high price tag from launch is whats holding it back. But clearly you fail to see whats in store for the near future, and because of that, you’ll be blind to see that the PS3 will gain its momentum over the years and be back at the #1 position as the last two generations were.
Heck, even Microsoft themselves are betting the PS3 will be available at a $399 price tag(less featured of course), and the 80GB model moving down to $$499 once the 60GB models are gone. Make your own assumptions, at least Microsoft seems to be smarter than you.
@hatchetforce
You should spend your time playing games and not complaining. I mean did you read your article after you wrote it?
Also, blame the net for rumors and your friendly xbox boys…
I am almost saddened by the amount of people who are “OK” with the delay, like it’s a good thing. Giving Sony, and the developers a blank ticket will not encourage them to make better, more timely games….just look at how EA treats us. I don’t understand why people continually try and justify the multitudes of Sony games (and products) that have release dates, only to be delayed. I’m starting to think Sony lies more than MS….Let’s reflect on the very first line of the previous “Lair” update:
“Given all the content and interest here on Lair, I figured you guys would also be interested to hear that the North American version of Lair has completed its development and is now in manufacturing!”
Gone to manufacturing eh?….now we get,
“Wow, even I didn’t see this one coming! Due to an extra step in QA testing to enhance the community features in the game, the release of LAIR, originally set for August 14th, has changed to September 4, 2007.”
If you ask me, one directly contradicts the other, if not an out-right lie. I’m getting very tired of these delayed games, and as a consumer, I will be second guessing telling my friends to pick up a PS3….lies only beget more lies Sony…..just be honest with your consumers, and they will keep you going.
Personally, I think the change in management at Sony was a bad move. KEN….COME BACK, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!!!!
I have some other words for Sony, but they are not acceptable on a G-PG website. :P
Look Sony you have to get your act together. It’s not acceptable to only have one good AAA game for 9 months. ATM RFOM is the only worthwhile game for its online mode. While I love my PS3 after 4 months of non-stop RFOM playing, I’m just sick of it. I’m sure many more people are too. Stop riding the Resistance franchise and start getting your own damn games out. Now you’re seeing what’s happening. What’s more you gave us a BS excuse. There’s no way you’d pull off a game from manufacturing to fix a minor issue noone is even worried about at the moment. All we want is a game. The Home feature could’ve been implemented through PSN. Therefore your excuse is most likely fake. Now we have another problem. Heavenly Sword will probably be pushed back in order to not coincide with Lair. And this time you’ll probably say “We found some serious bugs therefore we have to push back HS about 3 weeks.” Problem in your plan is that Halo 3 comes out same month….Heavenly Sword while a great promise doesn’t quite measure up to it. Neither does Lair. Why? Because we haven’t had a demo for Lair, and Heavenly Sword we don’t exactly know what’s going to become of it at the moment. Delaying games that have gone gold could only mean 2 things, 1>You deceived us into thinking it was gold when it wasn’t, or 2> You need to mess with game’s code to ensure the controls and framerate work properly. It’s properly the latter. I just wish you guys stopped lieng to your fans. Many people were going to buy this game to wait until Warhawk. Now why would people buy Lair if Warhawk comes before it and is ALREADY a great game not taking into account that the final game will be even better in graphics….I’m sorry but I’ve lost faith in this game as many others have.The constant delays just show us that you’re having trouble into making this game as you envision it…Heavenly Sword will never be God of War. I have a PS3 but will be playing Warhawk as many other millions will by the time both of your games come out. I hope you guys get HS release date delayed now so you won’t get pumelled by fanboys later.
Thank you.
Hatchetforce and Tristanmike
You’re absolutely right. I’m also sick and tired of defending the PS3. Now I see the reasons G4 is anti-PS3. They’re right. They’re saving people from wasting money on a console that has no good new games. Once the games come they think we’ll forget about this. I know I won’t. Come next-gen I know exactly what systems to get and when.
I agree DaChinPin… Sony is going to have a hard time convincing me that the ps4 is going to be worth it right away.
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Scorpio, yes I did read the article. These words have actually been slow in coming. I have taken shot after shot over my defending Sony on websites whether they are console centric or game specific. It isn’t just me, a lot of us have been similarly engaged. I truly believe in Sony’s vision for gaming and the fact that they will not drop their unit after 4 years and jump to the next one. You name it and I have backed it.
This isn’t fanboys posting on a website triggering our anger. Fanboys didn’t cause this delay. Had this been one of only a few game delays there likely wouldn’t have been an issue. This is about paying a large sum of money for a console that doesn’t have any titles. It is about buying into a vision and then having someone keep turning the lights on and off. It has been one delay after another and the result from the delay isn’t worth it. Rainbow 6 anyone? Not if you have seen the 360 version.
Yes Sony sent techs to Cary – hell I live a stone’s throw from Epic – but that should have been done last year and it doesn’t change the sad state of R6 or SCDA.
If you work in game development then you know a product doesn’t undergo Q&A while it is in reproduction. Remember, the reproduction comments didn’t come from a fanboy, they came from the dev team.
You may find a bug later, but that isn’t Q&A for the gold master copy. Then there is the quick announcement of delay and no further comment. It reminds me of the old days and the dissappearing SOCOM II maps, non existent media player and no comments about supporting the PS2 HDD after so many of us invested in the damn thing.
Sony needs to say something besides. “We had an issue but we are all looking forward to the game. Peace out!”
Telling people not to look at speculation on the web is moronic. Particularly when so much of it turns out to be true. Sony shouldn’t jump and respond to every little rumor. But major ones, ones like MGS4 need to be firmly laid to rest. That means getting Konami to issue a straight statement. In the interview with Jack Tretton, even he would not firmly 100% kill the rumor. Now either the rumor has teeth or Sony deperately needs PR guidance.
Finally, this is a board designed for blog feedback. Sony needs to hear the fact their hardcore stormtroopers are severly pissed. They need to tighten up their act and get their house in order.
@DaChinPin
“Look Sony you have to get your act together. ”
Last I checked, the PS3 is at the number 1 spot on Amazon. I think they do have their act together atm. More hard work wouldn’t hurt either.
“Heavenly Sword will never be God of War”
Yes, this is true. Heavenly Sword will NOT be like God of War. Its a DIFFERENT game, therefore, giving you a new experience. Do you want every game to be like God of War? Surely that would be boring after a while getting new franchises all being like God of War because you want EVERY game to be like it.
You have some good points I guess, but some are just out there in the middle of no where. Where is the faith everyone once had for Sony when it came to the playstation brand?
It’s all to easy to forget about 360’s first years offerings isnt it?
PS3 hasn’t been out a year yet, give it one more year see where the two are.
Also PS3’s are the top selling console for the past month, too bad SONY didn’t start with this price point at launch.
@Kedaro
You said it man.
You are also forgetting about a lot of others spammers around here.. but well..it is a start xD
Add me guys if you want to play Resistance! (My PSN is my username)
Im ready for a new post. How about you?
“When in the past two gens, has Sony ever let it’s fans down, there is a reason why they are #1.”
Did you actually buy the PS2 HDD like the rest of us? I git 3 SOCOM II maps that cost me $27. I never got the media player that was promised and it never became a media hub as Sony stated it would. That comes out to be $126 plus tax for 3 SOCOM II maps. Pretty expensive.
Now Sony is saying it will be a media hub again. With tons of material out there – game trailers, movie trailers, interviews – where are they on PSN? Throw us a bone, give us something here.