Q1 games to slip further into 2010 - Ubisoft CEO

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Sep 16, 2009 2:51 pm PT

Yves Guillemot says "some publishers" will likely move releases out of "crazy" first quarter, does not name names.

The past few months have seen 2009's once-dense game herd drastically thinned by the delays of MAG, Starcraft II, Singularity, BioShock 2, Mafia II, Red Dead Redemption, Bayonetta, Dead to Rights: Retribution, Dark Void, and now Super Mario Galaxy 2 into next year. Now, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is saying 2010 itself is becoming overcrowded.

Splinter Cell: Conviction hasn't been pinned to a specific release date yet.

"Well, we now have a situation where there are a lot of good games due for release in the first half of next year, but I think some publishers will move again," Guillemot told British Magazine MCV. "The first quarter of 2010 is looking pretty crazy. So I expect some movement from the other players--some of those delayed games will be moved again.”

Guillemot knows a thing or two about high-profile delays. Four of his company's top 2009 releases--Red Steel 2, I Am Alive, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and the next Ghost Recon--were moved into 2010. And although he didn't address the prospect of his own company's games being pushed back further, he did explain why one--the long-awaited Conviction--didn't make this year's cut.

"The game itself still would have been good, even a great game. But we want it to be an excellent game, because the other games coming out are getting better all the time," explained the executive. "So we said: why not? If we can delay it and benefit then that's a good thing. Plus there are loads of great games coming out this side of Christmas. ... But the truth is, Splinter Cell wasn't at the point we wanted."

70 Comments

  • wiidsduelpack

    Posted Sep 19, 2009 5:11 pm PT

    Doesn't surprise me Nintendo will delay their games. Just look at their supply with the Wii and the ds lite when they debuted. Nintendo is the #1 company, but other companies changing their release dates is just plain awful.

  • awais2005

    Posted Sep 18, 2009 3:37 am PT

    they r as****** it is already more than 2 years now
    i want it now

  • mrvercetti91

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 6:53 pm PT

    yeah for real woods0419, i've been waiting for splinter cell for YEARS...

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 3:00 pm PT

    january. february, march

  • Wwfl

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:23 pm PT

    @kvan33
    wats q1

  • woods0419

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 12:32 pm PT

    They certainly don't need to delay Splinter Cell again.... enough is enough. When was that game first supposed to come out? I know at least 2 years ago...

  • kvan33

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 11:25 am PT

    As long as Mass Effect 2 comes out in Q1 I'm good.

  • guled29

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 11:05 am PT

    awesome game ! can wait 4 it

  • pete_merlin

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 10:07 am PT

    just gimmie either splinter cell or bioshock 2 in Q1 and i wont complain

  • Commando6382

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 9:14 am PT

    star craft 2 is going to take forever! and then you have to pay 60 bucks! for the first one game rip off! theres like twelve units in each faction!

  • Argle

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 8:57 am PT

    long as Bioshock 2 and Mass effect 2 are ready come Q1 2010 and dont get delayed again, im happy

  • Valen_Ca

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 7:45 am PT

    Hey, maybe this means that there will be a decent amount good late spring and summer releases this year.

  • blkstr89

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 7:34 am PT

    i swear if AC2 is delayed.....modern warfare 2 is gonna meet my fist

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 6:23 am PT

    blame COD

  • Rummy500

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 3:33 am PT

    Please not Mass effect 2, Please not Mass effect 2, Please not Mass effect 2, AH! I know it will make it better but nooo!

  • cocomacoco

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 2:14 am PT

    Guillermot is a nice guy, he really recognizes the competition and the good IPs coming up, unlikely some delussional Dark Fright from a company Called Actifiction, is that what is called?, lol

  • CTR360

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 12:51 am PT

    i hate delayed games conviction alan wake this games are finished not coming this year because developers dont have good marketing

  • Xobeee

    Posted Sep 17, 2009 12:27 am PT

    yea i dont mind the delays as it gives me time to save up for the next batch of great games..............plus i can finish the games coming out

  • usmannaseer

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 11:54 pm PT

    i dont mind the delays if they do it to improve on the game.......but as a gamer i am so far dissappointed in 2009 because only a handful of games came out this year which were actually worth buying.......

  • Korrupt_Soul

    Posted Sep 16, 2009 9:59 pm PT

    This makes sense.. Just look at all the great games coming out in Q1 alone. It's Too much all at once. Some of the games I'm looking forward to in Q1 are..
    MAG,Dante's Inferno,Heavy Rain, GOW3, and Bonk. If one or two games gets pushed back I figure all the better. At least I'll have something to look forward to!

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