again delayed.....

booo

man... team nin fswndgvlkznznznznznznznznznznznznznznznznznzn right?

My theory...
The initial launch of a popular title is when they tend to sell the most units, hype is high and anticipation is at it's peak...
The Xbox 360 is suffering from a shortage and many if not most of those that want one still can't find it, so at press time market penetration is low...
So...
I bet they're delaying bit by bit to by time until M$ makes good on their shipments and gets more consoles into the market. With so few 360's out there, a launch at this time would reflect dismal sales initially, and possibly hurt over all sales as the hype dies down and those that may have bought one initially let it pass in light of what more current when they get their 360. So my theory is that once market penetration reaches a decent level, I bet $10 well see DOA4 suddenly materialize.

lol......the developers should stop wasting so much time 'analyzing' the female characters

No-way can Tecmo get this out in 12 days. I'm thankful for that as this is the only game I want a 360 for.

Well, I just hope that it's full balanced when it comes out.. so if they need some extra time, so be it..

Well, Team Ninja, take your time, and make the online fighting part of the game as smooth as you can. Just don't delay it to March of next year like y'all did with Ninja Gaiden. If the date at EBgames or Gamestop is pushed back anymore, I'll know those guys don't actually have a date from Tecmo or Team Ninja. I'll just start taking all the dates I see at online retailers with a grain of salt from now on.

I don't think it will be releasing in 2005. But the game will be better for it. At least some developers actually care about releasing quality software, and not rushing products out just to have it at launch. *I'm looking at you EA*

january 2006 is more likely...

yeah wat ever they want to do hope thge game will be better and no problem

Honestly I was a lot more upset that Oblivion was pushed back so far. I think it will be released on the 28th, and that this last set back was to get people to buy the titles already out for Christmas. I'm expecting a number of delays on Halo 3 and the Ps3.

Not surprised

I hate it when game companies do this.

Take note pre-orderers: This is their fault, again, not GameStop's.

Oh Well. What Im really waiting for is Elder Scrolls VI

Can these people make their minds up already. Dont do the Halo thing delay it over and over...

Wow. There goes my boobtacular Christmas..... I kid, I kid ; )

I have it on great authority that Halo 3 and Dead or alive 4 will be released on the day the playstation 3 comes out with a announced price drop of the xbox 360 along with resident evil 4 and 5 for the xbox 360

After christmas? hmm that's a smart move...

Delayed again.......

Well Team Ninja NEVER gave a release date for this game. NOT ONCE. ALL they said was Holiday 2005. So its not delayed until it doesnt come out in Dec. Stop listening to sites like Eb and Gamestop. They post anything.

I'm getting pretty irritated with this, i like my 360, but the drought of new titles (which looks like it's going to be for a while) and overlapping in genres, i mean how many freaking racing games at launch did we need, come on M$ you rreally could have planned it better, GIVE ME A FREAKIN FIGHTING GAME ALREADY!!! (and an rpg too please, and saint's row) NOW!!

no big deal as long as they fix what ever is wrong with it before it comes out.

Yea , saw it in my computer at work the other day at december 28th... cried a little inside... but knew it was comming.

i am very disappointed

hahahhaha I'm happy its delayed that just means the end product will be THAT much better. Especially the online play. People just imagine how sick it'll be to play doa4 over xbox live. The people that actually own a 360 and have been on the improved xbox live know what an exciting thing this all is.

I just think it's funny. i mean, sure Billy has tons of cash but he can't keep bleeding money forever. He hasn't made any money from the first XBox yet and isn't going to from the XB3 for a long time if the past is any indication. With each delay, newbies like M$ put themselves in position to be sidestepped in the market. M$ is just showing their true nature: Incapable of delivering what it promised. But remember, Xbox fanboys, Peter Moore and J. Allard are "Psyched" about this and they predicted that high number of XB3s to be sold by sometime next year. Hahahaha....guess that lofty goal is out of reach at this point. :-)

WOW! Who cares?

IT WILL NO DOUBT BE THE BEST FIGHTING GAME OF ALL TIME !!! DOA HAS GREAT CONTROL UNLIKE BUTTON SMASHING GAMES LIKE SOUL CALIBER ( THEY COULD PROBABLY MAKE 3 OF THOSE EVERY YEAR )

This is the nly game that will lessen Microsoft's burdens in japan, so why do they keep delaying it?


It looks like we have another HL2 on our hands.

The moral of this story: Never depend on Microsoft's consoles to get anything. Good work Tecmo. Help kill XB3 a little more. DOA4 being delayed will just cause the few gamers in JP who actually bought the XB3 for games want to shelf it or return it or resell it. I can see Ebay becoming overpopulated with unwanted XB3s shortly. Nice! Die M$ Muahahahaha! >:-P

The best 360 game is still delayed, hehe, is god showing faith in the PS3? :p

The moral of this story? Never count your games until they are gold....

This is getting pretty sad.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say this game will come out on January.

Madden 06??......on the 360?
Dude, that game sucked. The Xbox and PS2 versions were way better....BUT that's what you get when someone Monopolizes a franchise.

$20 on it comes out febish

I can't wait any longer, but it's better than getting a game with glitches so it is better to wait. I just hate waiting! Thank god for Perfect Dark, Madden, and NBA 2k6! (not to mention Halo 2).

crap. not cool to delay it again

Patience, My guess is it will be the 28th, the delays have only been a few weeks if it were gonna be longer they'd say so. If not , oh well. It's done when it's done. I'd rather wait for a great finished game, than settle for a rushed to deadline glitchy game. Hats off to Team Ninja for taking the time to make it right the first time.

S H O C K E R!

Unless I hear that it's gone gold, I could care less what the retailers say. See you guys next week on the next delay.

Dang. The game looked like it was already finished. Just release it already.

Well that's dumb, December 28th? 3 days after Christmas.

Launch title for the Xbox 720 prolly.

This game will get delayed into 06.

This game will get delayed into 06.

It's all a conspiracy by MicroSoft and Team Ninja/TECMO. They knew that DOA4 would sell systems (especially in Japan) and deliberately lied about it coming as a launch title. They knew it would come in the spring of 2006 all along and their ploy worked. Don't believe me, just look at the sales of XBOX360 systems and XBOX360 games ratio in japan. It;s at .85% which means that most people bought the system and no games.....BECAUSE they want (drum roll....) DOA4!!!!!

SHAME ON YOU Microsoft for doing this to us and SHAME on you Team Ninja, for going along.

Ok, I'm getting sick of this. Yes, I want the game still, but this whole thing is getting irritating.

The head of Team NInja is a perfectionist and won't release the game 'til he thinks it's perfect. That's why Team Ninja always delays so much, but I bet it'll be here on the 28th.