Delayed to 2021 Confirmed

This is a good thing. The game just didn’t look ready for release. Like Miyamoto said, “A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.”

Ken2379 wrote:

UnheardCARNAGE wrote:

Pushed to 2021To be honest I didn’t think it would get delayed, they seemed pretty adamant on the launch date release.

I'm surprised too, this is very disheartening.

Starting to think XSX and PS5 may end up being delayed into 2021 now too. Unless Xbox can announce something half decent for launch, it looks like PS5 will have a superior start and I'll have to side with Sony on this one.

I’m pretty curious of this as well. I wonder if later today MS will make a statement regarding the Series X.

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well time to wait and see then.

I doubt those with inflated expectations are gonna change their view much even when it does release.

I was a bit upset when I read the tweet. But, this is really one of the best things 343i has ever done. Being honest and delaying a game due to quality concerns tells me 343i is committed to releasing a complete and polished game. It must be doubly difficult for 343i to make this decision since Infinite was supposed to be a launch title for Series X. All the Halo games released on Xbox One could have benefited from a nice delay.

Perhaps 343i took another page out of id’s book as DOOM Eternal was delayed and incredibly good on day 1. This delay gives me a good feeling and I’m looking forward to Infinite, frustrating though the wait may be.

I’m honestly kinda surprised too but I think it’s the right choice if they truly wanted to deliver a fully fleshed out game at launch. Not to say we won’t get some things that’ll come post launch. This will allow them additional time to polish and whatnot. Perhaps there will be style changes or redesigns of visuals or maybe not, but I can’t see this as being a bad thing. Hopefully this will give us ray tracing at launch as well. Overall, I think it was the right choice. I don’t want them to kill themselves trying to push to meet a very close ship date. I’d rather give them the time needed to fulfill their vision as well as ensure they’re work isn’t dominating their lives.

Good. They have time to remove sprint now.

I like how Chris say's he knows many fan will be disappointed. It's like dude we totally understand the challenges COVID brings, all of us as fans would rather more game companies adopt the "when it's ready" policy rather then releasing half finished games. Gaming should be about art and story telling, not money. I'm glad they chose to delay. We'll receive a better product. Stoked for 2021!

Now I'm wondering what the full game would've looked like if it launched as scheduled.

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