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FriskyTanuki
10-22-2007, 07:52 PM
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6181493.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6181493

Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law needs some room to soar. That's the basic reasoning Capcom gave this weekend for delaying the release of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Wii until next year.

Capcom's senior director of strategic planning and research Christian Svensson responded to a message board post (http://www.capcom.com/BBS/showthread.php?t=21088) on Saturday asking why online retailers were listing the game with a 2008 launch date.

"The game is and has been finished, submitted and approved," Svensson wrote, "however we felt releasing the game on the same day 112 other SKUs released was not ideal for its chances. Retail buyers agreed."

"As such, we've opted to move the title out into a slightly cleaner release window. This will allow us to get on more shelves, do a bit more outreach to the media and hopefully get the fans in on the action a bit more."
Another game I was eager to play. :-(

PyroGamer
10-22-2007, 11:00 PM
Too bad. I'm fine when games get held back for some needed dev time, but not releasing a game that's ready is just unfortunate.

SL4IN
10-22-2007, 11:55 PM
well when you have 100+ other games you have to compete against on launch day, IMO that justifies the delay. you want your product to do well and sell, not get lost in the sea of games that also come out.

-Never4ever-
10-23-2007, 12:57 AM
Now if only more developers would do the same.

Gentlegamer
10-23-2007, 01:15 AM
Harvey Birdman is a winner.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.