In July, we announced a release date for Gravity Rush 2 that we felt most appropriate for the title. Since then, though production is proceeding smoothly, the landscape for that release date has changed dramatically.
Gravity Rush 2 is the conclusion of Kat’s journey, so we want players to have enough time to dive deep into her story. In addition, as a lot of work went into online features that allow for asynchronous player interaction, we want as many people as possible playing the title at the same time. Thus, after careful deliberation, we have decided to change the release date. Gravity Rush 2 will now launch on January 20, 2017.
I would like to apologize to all those players anxiously awaiting Gravity Rush 2. After four years of development making a title we are very proud of, we want to release it at the very best time.
In exchange for the longer wait, we have decided to release the premium DLC planned for the title free of charge. This additional story will take place in the world of Gravity Rush 2 and we think fans will have a lot of fun playing through it.
As we move into the holiday season and the New Year, we have many more exciting things in store, including more information about the title and the special animated feature. Please keep an eye out for more on Gravity Rush 2, and thank you again for all your support.
Kudos. This is actually what I was hoping will be done. An adult and brave decision given the schedule and other releases this phenomenal IP was running up against.
Also, the decision to include the DLC is a way of showing that you are treating your loyal fans with utmost respect.
This made me very happy and reinforced my decision to purchase the game on release and not wait for the price drop.
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Perfectly fine. No matter when it comes out, it moves (or rushes, if you will) straight to the top of my to-play-immediately list.
Aw man. Bummer! This was the only game I have preordered. I try not to preorder in general, but I know publishers watch those numbers, and Sony needs to care about Gravity Rush 2 more.
But I guess I get it. Its definitely getting lost in the shuffle. Frankly, SCEA is doing a terrible job of showing it off despite GR2 looking fantastic (we didn’t need to see that stupid, brown, zombie turd “Days Gone” TWICE at the E3 presser, dummies). With PSVR being Sony’ big focus now and then the Last Guardian, GR 2 was going to get screwed. I just hope Sony actually takes advantage of the delay now and markets this better with the extra time. At the very least, putting out Remastered as a PS+ title for December would be smart, to make sure they expose this lovely series to as many people as possible in front of Gravity Rush 2.
Sony doesn’t do a great job of marketing multiple games at once. I really hate it when they dump good games out to retail unceremoniously – like with both the last Ratchet and Sly games; no marketing, just gave them a $40 price point “to move” and wished them luck. It really sucks. THIS is a game worth making buzz about, and treating like a major release. I hope Sony does it right with the extra time now.
With all that extra time, how about bringing in the Limited Edition from Asia to the West?
Definitely ain’t giving us no Kat statues.. Only delays, and dlc that should be in the game initially. And I’m positive I’m not jumping the gun, the first game, they dlc was made into the game initially, I know this because some of the tutorials in the game are missing and actually tied to the dlc making things more understandable with the dlc because it teaches you things you’re suppose to learn