Battlefield 1943 PC Delayed 'til 2010

[garandx]

Re: Battlefield 1943 PC Delayed 'til 2010

BF1943 is a fairly buggy game. That never stopped it from becoming the top seller on XBLA and PSN. BF2 and BF2142, despite their legendary collection of bugs, glitches, and annoyances, still sold well and got high ratings on review sites.

2010 is going to be an interesting year for Battlefield. BFBC2 for PC will undoubtedly be delayed into the fall, now it's a race between BFBC2 on consoles and BF1943 on PC to see which they manage to release first.

And With BC2 obviously getting more attention and dedication from the dev teams, i fully expect BC2 to beat 1943.

And yeah, Dice Gets the title for Worst Release Date setting.

[The_Eliminator]

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Well there isnt really a point to getting this now is there? BFBC2 looks on track to be released 5th March and if thats the case it will probably be released BEFORE 1943 and all the people who were going to buy this game will overlook it.

I can quite honestly see the development for this not going ahead now as DICE themselves must know thats its simply not going to do well anymore.

[Minmaster]

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TRUST ME. BC2 it won't be released in march. i know that's what they said but it won't happen. another 1/2 year for the PC version, just like 1943 would be the wise guess.

[Col.Bunwhacker]

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When they make something similar in size and scope as BF1942, infact bigger and better even, i'll consider buying it. Everything since BF1942 has been a let down. I'm not buying anything that doesnt measure up again from these guys. And BF1943 aint measuring up by a long shot! So i dont care if they ever release it.

As far as im concerned they should be working on a proper BF1942 sequel that includes air, naval, vehicle and infantry combat, all rolled into one. And I wont be buying anything that's less than that!

[Mavrik347]

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Well cover me in eggs and flower and bake me for 40 minutes - isn't this a surprise.

[ThatEvilGuy]

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At this point I wish they'd just drop it,

Release it just for the consoles, I don't want a crippled port of a game, Bad Company 2, we will see, I'm still skeptical about it.

[stilla-killa]

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Well hopefully they will port some if not all of the older 1942 maps to 1943. It would seem they could easily do this since they have 6 months to perfect the game for us PC players. I would pay more for the game if they did that.

[TheEn|gma]

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Ditching 1943 for PC would be best. Though they are pretty screwed either way now.

Obviously if they cancel the community will feel as if DICE have turned their back on the PC. If they don't cancel it is scheduled to come about just before BC2 which most people will buy instead of 1943 I would thought and it will fail. Which will look like the PC is not such a viable platform anymore.

:dead:

[=98=]

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DICE is in a lose, lose situation at the moment. There isn't much they can do really.

[WolfAlmighty]

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Ditching 1943 for PC would be best. Though they are pretty screwed either way now.

Obviously if they cancel the community will feel as if DICE have turned their back on the PC. If they don't cancel it is scheduled to come about just before BC2 which most people will buy instead of 1943 I would thought and it will fail. Which will look like the PC is not such a viable platform anymore.

:dead:

Agree. I was actually starting to really look forward to playing BF1943 and figured it would be a good holdover for a few months until BC2 was released, but since it's not going to be out anytime soon, they may as well just can the idea. At this point they're going to be spending manpower on a game that will be largely overlooked. If they're still tweaking the bugs out of a PC Frostbite game, then do so with BC2 (unless that's not using Frostbite) or just let the BC2 people do their thing and move the 1943 people over to BF3 (or hell, even the BF2 1.5 patch :p ). As much as I'd like to have played 1943, I'd be more than willing to let it go in favour of a better (and perhaps sooner) release of BC2 and/or BF3.

Then again, I'm inclined to agree with Minmaster about BC2 being pushed back another 3-6 months, at least for PC. It would make sense in some ways if 1943 is to be successful on PC, but like Alex said, it's basically a no-win scenario for DICE at this point.

Oh well, back to BF2 I go. At least it's still an enjoyable game (hopefully the patch helps the hitreg like some people claim :thumbsup: ).

[Indecisi0n]

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In my mind EA will not drop BF1943 because thats just another chance to get a few more bucks out of us.

[imported_Master Shake]

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No, I have a slightly better view of what goes on behind the scenes as I talk to some people at DICE, but i'm not affiliated with them!

My opinion is actually one spawned of University education and experience of real world IT businesses. We learn exactly what goes on behind the scenes, everything from motivation to maximising sales.

To understand how businesses operate is to have a realistic view on the world :p

Hahahaha....you also left out that at a mere 20 years old you are already an egotistical, self centered, know it all that has a closed mind,wishes to dominate people in a "forum" and refuses to accept that anyone else knows more than you do about anything.

A little clue for you Alex98UK, some people in here are also "university educated", have life experience far beyond your 20 years and are in the IT field as well as various other business disciplines, some have even run there own business.

I would suggest that if you are refusing to let the community speak there mind without correction from the all knowing all seeing "university educated" Alex98UK that maybe this should just be your own blog?

By the way did you not learn in "university" that "maximising" is spelled "maximizing" or is that being to petty and throwing my 35+ years of life experience and "university education", business management,marketing, sales, and general knowledge of how things work in the "real world" in your face?

DICE/EA have brought the fair criticisms upon themselves, they have a real history and it is getting old for the BF community, the PC in particular.
It's obvious that over the last 4 years DICE/EA have ignored the PC community. Pushing out another date because they can't get there latest game engine to run the game on the PC in a timely fashion confirms this. If that lack of a patch for BF2 a year in the making has not confirmed it already.

Also Gordo van D.mentions "quality" .......they still do not know how to fix the red/blue tag glitch in there own engines since 1942.

PC BF gamer, we got a long way to go to get a legit follow up to BF2.....2011,2012,2013???Who knows, I would guess DICE/EA do not know either.

[=98=]

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DICE/EA have brought the fair criticisms upon themselves, they have a real history and it is getting old for the BF community, the PC in particular.
It's obvious that over the last 4 years DICE/EA have ignored the PC community. Pushing out another date because they can't get there latest game engine to run the game on the PC in a timely fashion confirms this. If that lack of a patch for BF2 a year in the making has not confirmed it already.

Also Gordo van D.mentions "quality" .......they still do not know how to fix the red/blue tag glitch in there own engines since 1942.

PC BF gamer, we got a long way to go to get a legit follow up to BF2.....2011,2012,2013???Who knows, I would guess DICE/EA do not know either.

Yes, you are free to voice your opinion. I simply am giving my thoughts on what is a hotly debated topic, through my own eyes.

I completely understand the rage that gamers have, but, sometimes you have to face the cold truth. Of course I think i'm right, so would everyone if they wrote in regards to what they believe. However, that doesn't mean I might, contrary to what I think, actually be wrong!

EDIT:

"Maximising" is also a common alternative spelling, one mainly used in Britain where "S" is used rather than "Z" (E.g. "industrialization" vs "industrialisation")

[Minmaster]

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i wouldn't actually mind if they canned 1943 for PC. it's gotten pretty ridiculous first with them asking for more time for a PC version, and then now just outright delaying until next year. they're only getting negative pub with the PC crowd, leaving a bad taste in their mouths.

if a small download game like 1943 gets 1/2 year delay for PC, then can you imagine for actual full release games? maybe 1 year or more delay!

[Dronetek]

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i wouldn't actually mind if they canned 1943 for PC. it's gotten pretty ridiculous first with them asking for more time for a PC version, and then now just outright delaying until next year. they're only getting negative pub with the PC crowd, leaving a bad taste in their mouths.

if a small download game like 1943 gets 1/2 year delay for PC, then can you imagine for actual full release games? maybe 1 year or more delay!

Either can it, or make it a true sequel to 1942. Nobody in the PC market is interested in that dumbed down crap they're putting out on console. Even my console loving friends cant stand the game!