Yep sorry to hear Heavy Rain is being delayed until 2010 to get out of the busy pre-christmas release. Honestly I don’t blame them when Uncharted 2 and Modern Warfare 2 as well as MAG are all coming out at about the same time your game is not gonna get as much attention.
We’ve always known that we had a window to release the game, and it’s important for us to finish it the right way. We’ve got some margin either way, to some degree, but again I think there’s a responsibility, and we don’t want to deceive – so it’s important for the game to be polished up until the last minute.
Also, purely from my perspective, most publishers today realise that it’s not ideal to release a new IP or a new genre just before Christmas. It’s a very crowded place to be, and certain games need more space to live their life. Everybody at working on the project, both at Quantic and Sony, believe this is the right time.
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