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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@40cal
I agree. Any day now..?? :-( Playstation store heads up update Sony? Surprises? GRAW 2 demo? :-(
Right, right. We can go back and forth all day. About 60% of us are ok will the delay and about 40% of us are mad. Great lets move on.
Oh, and a new poll would be nice. We all need the voting practice anyways. With the election year aproaching. Ha Ha.
@Kedaro
Well put man.
I agree there is WAY TO MUCH BS going around for SONY. Who ever is behind it should be ashamed of the way they are trying to gain from it.
Sorry to double post, but yeah, I just read something that made me think.
Sony….you like to apologize a heck of a lot…like,
“We appreciate everyone’s excitement and patience for the game and look forward to its release on September 4.”
Yeah, do you appreciate it… ? How much… ? More demos ? No ? Ok, how about a discount in price on release date ? No ? Ok, how about some free downloadable content ? No ? Ok, how about….Nothing ? You’re giving us nothing…? That sound like you really appreciate my loyalty. Thanks Sony. :D (/sarcasm)
@ TristanMike
It saddens me that you want a half baked game. Game devs should take their time especially when:
a. PS3 has plenty of games already out that suck or mediocre
b. I don’t think they are just twiddling their thumbs. Their trying to get it perfect
This game is probably huge. They probably want gamers to be able to navigate their level smoothly.
The thing is that Factor 5 is trying to make your purchase worth while so appreciate it.
What could also be possible is Factor 5 now trying to implement rumble to the game, with such news being released that the prototype rumble controller was just handed to several developers. This could be the reason for the delay, but Sony says another one instead…. hmmm??
@awheaten
Nobody wants a half-baked game. We are all just disappointed in the delays. They committed to a certain date, and they are going to miss it. Yes, we all want Lair to be perfect. But we also want game companies to hit their release dates. What I would really love is if game companies would give themselves more time than they think they require to complete a game…the worst thing that could happen is games could come out BEFORE the release date. Imagine that! What if Lair came out yesterday…we’d all be praising Sony and Factor 5 for getting done early. I’ve been patient since I got a PS3 in January. Where are the games? Where is the content? Sony is the king of content, why can’t I download it on the PSN? It’s time to be rewarded for paying $600 for a game console.
I guess it would’ve been too difficult to announce a release date after the game was done testing?
All these delays are absurd. Announce dates when games are done. Not before
@ awheaten
First of all, you’re right, the PS3 does have plenty of games that suck or are mediocre, and MOST HAVE BEEN DELAYED. So evidently, delaying a game DOES NOT make it better…hmmm….let’s see, actually, Resistance, one of the few games that wasn’t delayed, is actually awesome, so what does that say for the delays ?
Then they said the game was done. DONE…not almost finished, not, a couple steps towards production, not final Q&A testing…DONE and in full production…now they’re saying it’s not done….which is it ?
That’s great that you don’t think they’re just “twiddling their thumbs”….but do you actually have any proof of this…just blindly believing in something just because someone says it doesn’t get respect from me. Have you ever heard, “Believe none of what you hear, and only half of what you see” or “Think for yourself, question authority” ?
You’re giving a whole bunch of “maybe’s” and “probably’s” and again, proving my point by blindly accepting what they say….combined with maybe and probably….uncertainties…Well, I’ll tell you what’s certain….Sony has been lying to us and I don’t appreciate liars. And I PROBABLY won’t be picking up this game in protest…MAYBE…I’m that shallow…but hey, it saves me 80 bucks on a game.
SONY are you listening?
I went out in the cold in November and bought a PS3, hoping to play Heavenly Sword only to realize it was pushed back till March wait now September.
Fine I’ve played Resistance and Motor storm (which honestly I’m not very good at) until I’m beginning to see it in my sleep.
Fast forward to August, in eager anticipation of LAIR I went out and bought the Bravia set i finally was able to afford, now only to hear Lair has been pushed back b/c of bla bla bla.
Sony has been said to be more humble now with the media, I think its time they became humble with their consumers.
I really hope someone is listening, its not a sprint, it’s not a marathon, it’s waiting and A LOT of early adopters like myself are tired of it.
another delay. jesus, you guys suck…. at this rate i will be suprised if we get fifa o8 before 09!!!!
@brentos
To be honest, I think the PS3 is doing better in its first year than any of its two console competitors game wise. Just tell me a game I can buy for the Wii that is a good game or a AAA game, and while your at it tell me what game can I could purchase in Xbox360’s first year. The PS3 already has Sigma, Resistence, and Tekken.
Hey, a year hasn’t been completed yet since the console’s launch, the technology’s new, and devs are trying to get a handle on the console’s potential. Delays won’t happen in the next wave of titles Sony will release. Like Kedaro says relax:)
If any Sony ppl are reading this.
The new LAIR trailer 2 on the EU PS Store is corrupt.
I have dl’ed it twice and I get Corrupted Data.
Im also an early adopter, December 16th to be exact. I have waited patiently through the spring playing motorstorm and Resistance until I really couldnt stand it anymore. I eagerly anticipated Lair on July 31st. It got pushed back to the 14th… I said fine. Great, that gives me some time before warhawk comes out.
I was told by YOU that it went gold. GREAT! I thought, IT FINALLY IS COMING OUT!
Then I find out I was LIED to by YOU. Gold doesnt mean Q&A testing… it doesnt. So now you are going to release HS and LAIR on the same day? Or is HS going to be pushed back? By this consoles track record Im guessing it will.
@Ahh Bistro
Genius. Sony has everything to with EA making games.
@Violater
Get over yourself. You chose to wait in the cold. I don’t think you were forced at gunpoint to buy a PS3.
Sony: Thanks for keeping us updated. Now can you tell us what will be in the store a day or two before it’s on the store?
@TristanMike
Hey, I’m just being optimistic. Because the truth of the matter, you don’t know whats going on either. I’m not even sure of the delays your talking about.
I don’t believe everything I hear or everything I see. But, I have to go by what is consistent. What is consistent is that Sony’s PS3 is the best console in the entire world. They listen to their fan, they try to get third party exclusives, they try to cut price of a console that should cost 1500 dollars, they give us relevent updates (though we complain about that all the time, me included).
Listen up. Sony is doing all they can. They’ve let us down some. I am not denying that. But with that said, they’re trying to give us more bang for our buck over all. We should be happy. We own the best console, by the best company in the industry. Hail Sony.
hmm…. to update my comment gamestop has HS releasing on the 12th of september now.
I think is a bad move to have the same release of a exclusive title on the same day. 20 days apart seemed OK since you have time to save money.
I am guessing one of the two games will be re scheduled.
Sad.
@TheExecutive
I had not seen your comment when I sent mine. I was expecting that.
@thechosenfew
“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.”
Yeah they’re getting a lot of people who don’t know the situation and don’t research. Many people are getting the PS3 for Warhawk and HS which will probably going to get delayed since it happens to all PS3 games.
“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’re right. I don’t want a game like God of War all the time. But it’d be nice if they made a game which wasn’t a copy with nice cinematic scenes and a girl to fool people into thinking it’s something new.
“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?”
Gone like many others’ faith. These delays, the bait and switch, the bad ports, the drought of games, little to no PSN support(the Japan PSN is way better than U.S) are getting on everyone’s nerves. It’s been 9 months. Get it done or go to hell.
Another failure from Sony. Should we even be surprised anymore? This is pathetic. Sony either needs to fire it’s PR staff or it’s development staff. Are you guys at Sony drunk? Why announce it’s done when it’s not? Either Sony lied, or they are completely and totally incompetent. I know I couldn’t get away with such a massive failure at my job. Maybe you guys just need to take a vacation.
@awheathen
Stop kidding yourself. Sony are a bunch of people who want money just like any other company. They’re as bad as Microsoft is. They might even lie more than MS does. And I know everyone’s going to say “But it was the devloper who said the game was done”. Well whose blog is this? Factor 5’s? No Sony’s. They allowed Factor 5 to post these news and then allowed Factor 5 to contradict themselves and make Sony look bad. It’s their fault. Next time don’t let people post and contradict their earlier posts.
Heavenly Sword never officially had a release date.
Yeah it did. When they announce the date and don’t change it for a while, it’s announced. Sept 4th it is, for now anyways.
Seems almost to me like PS3 really is too hard to develop for… :/
Delay after delay plus a little more delay. 360 timed exclusive games galore.
Lair Aug. 4th nice. Heavenly Sword Aug. 12th nice. Will I have the time to beat Lair in eight days?
Also this looks more like a stock holder pleasing move to me. The 3rd quater starts in Aug. Hardware sales boosted the 2nd quater after the price drop. Gaming is still a buisness people.
oops i ment Sept 4th and Sept. 12th, my bad.
Man some of you guys are spoiled brats. Instead of complaining of Lair saying all this stuff and about school etc. Why don’t you save up because now you have more time to save your money for both games. Use you brain guys and if any of you guys have school before the game releases than sell candy or drinks to save up or save up some of your lunch money so you will have enough to buy Heavenly Sword and Lair. Man guys use your heads.
@Hatchetforce
Brilliantly put, sir.
I can’t wrap my mind around why Sony is sitting by idly while the 360 September storm has been forecast and is known to be coming. I mean, you can’t ignore Halo 3.
They need, no MUST have, more exclusive AAA content, whether it’s new PS3 disc games like LittleBigPlanet, REAL PSN games (as opposed to all of the quickly-becoming-stale Geometry Wars clones), a massive addition of rare but critically acclaimed PS1 downloadable titles compatible with the PSP as well as the PS3, or something completely unexpected and fantastic, like PERMANENT 1080p digital movie purchases and TV shows (as opposed to the 360’s ridiculous video rental system) or another huge price drop ($100 or more).
If something doesn’t happen very soon, there will be no coming back. I have already broken down and bought an elite because I wanted to play Gears of War, a superior version of Rainbow Six: Vegas, Dead Rising, and even Castlevania: SotN with improved graphics. Now it seems that I might be spending the majority of my disposable game income on Xbox 360 games this fall.
Time is running out, Sony. You need to build up your levy of good content, or Microsoft’s hurricane that’s on the horizon will wash you away.
Oh, and let’s not forget about Smash Bros. Brawl in December. (A.K.A. The only reason I will need to buy a Wii.) I had over 1000 hours total in Melee.
WOOT! Great update in the PS Store.
Heavenly sword is sept 4 what are you talking about?
@joel
Gamestop now has HS as a release date for Sept. 12…. Unfortunately.
Better be delayed than be released with failures.
keep up Sony you’re doing good!
and yes, when that game’s released, it’ll be brilliant.
GRAW 2 demo released already on the EU PSN. Can’t wait to see it on the NA PSN. If it comes!
Lair Aug. 4th nice. Heavenly Sword Aug. 12th nice. Will I have the time to beat Lair in eight days?
Also this looks more like a stock holder pleasing move to me. The 3rd quarter starts in Aug. Hardware sales boosted the 2nd quarter after the price drop. Gaming is still a business people.
Also looking a the business from a growth stand point the 80 gig Motorstorm bundle hits this week, so new customers are going to have to buy RFOM with Lair being absent.
This sucks for us but will increase revenue for Sony, and that will help us all out in the long run.
Sorry about the multiple posts I keep getting interrupted by phone calls. Working, always working.
Damn it. Still ment Sept not Aug. My bad again.
Devs, don’t listen to some of these mindless posts. Do what you have to do. I’m sure people can survive a few more weeks in order to resolve whatever problems need resolving.
There is a reason for the delay, like it or lump it. Sony can’t win it seems. There would be complaints if the game shipped now and was flawed / ridden with a bug. There would be complaints if the demo was too short / too large. There would be complaints if the analogue controls were implemented and ended up after all being inferior to the motion controls. Now there are complaints about there not being enough games now people complain they can’t decide between Warhawk, Heavenly Sword and Lair.
Can’t some people stop moaning and pressurising?
Developer confirms PS3 rumble in 2-3 months
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=127128
@ Hatchetforce
Yes I bought the ps2 hdd, with ffxi, and used it for ffxi for approx. 3-4 years and the socom maps, and I stored full game iso’s on it with hdloader before hdloader became discontinued due to legal reasons… hmmm I wonder why huh?
But point in fact the hdd for ps2 served me quite well, as where others who ended up not using it properly that’s their own fault for lack of technical know how…
What Sony needs to do… take everything they got going atm… tie it together into a nice little knot… and give it away to us. We need it now!!! not trying to be greedy but Sony owes us some serious gaming after following them into this mess they’ve made.
like YDL linux – Home – Worldwide Servers – Games – Downloadable content(PSN) – Movie/TV services – Music/Video Services – PS3 compatible software applications like video splicing/creating/editing software, User generated content(LBP), animation softwares… update their damn browser for once… damnit damnit damnit… update the damn browser so we can view more than 50% of the higher calibur sites we come across… update the firmware so that we can upload vids from the ps3 to places like youtube, atm when you go to upload a vid to youtube it sends you to your photos by default which is ridiculous… give us an open set of Chat rooms where tons of people can go and select a location/room# and just chat, video chat and voice chat is nice and all, but sometimes you just want that certain level of privacy when chatting and other people in your house are asleep or nosey… We want to be able to listen to our music while playing games from within the games actual sound settings or whatnot, I could still have fun with Oblivion if the repetative soundtrack didn’t put me to F’ing sleep… Motorstorm is a great game, too bad the actual game structure(tickets-timeattacks) ruins it’s perfect engine/graphics/level design, ATV Offroad Fury might not be as graphically or technically impressive, but it had waaaaaaay more game modes and inventive ways to have fun in the single player alone than Motorstorm has in it’s entirety.
Ok everyone seems to be bashing atm… and look how it’s wearing on me…
I’m starting to see things badly again, even after I got out of this rutt…
So here’s my down on Sony rant like the rest of you knuckle heads.
I SWEAR TO WHATEVER GODS MAY BE, THAT IF LAIR,WARHAWK,HEAVENLY SWORD, Don’t bring something next gen to the mix besides their visuals, and sixaxis support, you can count me out, I’ll be waiting for good games still… but I may not be waiting here.
Seriously it sounds like there are a lot of intelligent minds on this blog, Why don’t you find out where all of us live… come snatch us up in your black Sony vans, and put us in a building with a buncha’ professional videgame dev’s and give us directive lead of a series of games… we’ll take Microsoft by the horns… and rip that devil a new gate to hell…
Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo, Demo and I like to see a Demo.
Source: Future Xbox 360 games to require hard drive
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=127148
This is bad news for the 20% of people that spent money on the Core system and a memory card. Looks like it is time to waist some more money.
@ twinsdad and Jigsaw,
No need to attack me b/c of my opinion.
Just a quick question guys…
Why do you think Sony Representatives have stopped posting on these blogs with us, answering us etc…?
I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the level of dissapointment amongst fans atm, let’s take it back a notch and just relax, like i’d previously suggested, and someone may come and explain a little more to us.
@DaChinPin
Personally I don’t understand when you guy say Sony lied. When did Sony lie? When it can close for Lair to come out the game wasn’t read. If the game wasn’t ready, the game was ready. PERIOD.
OMG!!!! SONY BROUGHT A KILLZONE 2 DEMO ON THE PSNETWORK!!!! THIS GAME IS 100TIMES BETTER THAN RESISTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j/k..hehehe
About #363
Microsoft is screwed after Halo 3.
PGR 4 Data Too Much For DVD
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200707/N07.0731.1441.11281.htm
Now HDD space is required.
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=127148
Yeah Blu-Ray for games was the better idea.
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
Lair with Rumble!!!
I think that may be another reason why they might have delayed it as well, I heard some Sony developers got their hands on it already so I hope thats the case :D
Wow. Microsoft looks to be in trouble in the coming years.
PGR 4 Data Too Much For DVD
http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200707/N07.0731.1441.11281.htm
And now the HDD news!
Source: Future Xbox 360 games to require hard drive
http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=127148
Sony,
Win the format battle then license the format to Microsoft. Then for every game they sell you get paid too. $$$
@ new_age_soldier
That would be a dream come true