No Man's Sky Coming to PC 3 Days Later Than PS4, Dev Confirms

Confirmed 2 days ago? We've known about this for a minimum of 2 weeks. Why are b*tches whining? It comes out on Friday and you don't have to try to fit it into your work week? THE HORROR!

Oh right none of you have real jobs and you probably work on the weekend.

Being in the software dev industry and an avid pc gamer,I totally understand this delay. The genres NMS covers are traditionally in the domain of pc gaming more than console,and I think the decision to delay is actually a response to the success of the pre orders. Hello Games probably looked at the count, considered what their load balancers can handle,and staggered the release so as to be responsible in regards to performance and connectivity. How many times have we seen a game release only to have tons of disappointed players because the servers overloaded? If hello games is opting to not be the next EA or UbiSoft, more power to them.

As an aside, this is also an effective way to prevent further leaks or software piracy; a global release discourages people who would have been slighted by the earlier North America release from obtaining pirated North American copies.

Guessing more do to with $$$ than "global PC release".

Who is stupid enough to buy this game on ps4 just because of the change of release date? The ps4 is just a huge bottleneck.

#pcmasterrace

I would still love for them to give a reason for this. The game was gold over a month ago, so even for last minute fixes they've had time to get that done, I know they're not going to be working on a day one patch down to the wire, you don't want to launch a game with a patch that you barely got to vet. So what exactly is the need for those 3 days? They might have a little less rage if they gave people a reason, hell they didn't even give a stupid reason that no one believes like most game companies tend to do.

I've been waiting for this game since the first day they showed it off at E3. Can't wait another three days, canceled my Steam pre-order and pre-ordered for PS4. I figure if it's that good i'll just buy it for PC as well.

I can't believe people actually think they did this to increase PS4 sales.

I thought gamers were supposed to be smart nerd types? Bunch of fucking morons in this comments section clearly disproves that.

Used my last chuck of PTO (just enough for sick time left) for this release. It ends the day the fuckin game comes out, instead of starting the day before like originally communicated. Kind of ticked that this wasn't sorted out until now, when it is way too late for me to change.

I'm okay with the PC version launching on Friday, so I can play it all weekend, instead of only playing it in the evenings during the week. Often when games are released on a Tuesday, I don't get around to playing them until the weekend anyway; or I play them for a few evenings, then something comes up and I never go back to play them again. I get the sense that NMS is the kind of game that's best to dive in deep with a weekend marathon.

I just hope No Man's Sky lives up to the hype. I had some reservations about the game, because I prefer games with stories and characters, whereas I usually get bored with open-world exploration games after a while. Despite that, I decided to take a chance and bought NMS on Steam. I hope I don't regret it.

well this is fucking bullshit I was waiting for the game to come out for so long thinking that it would be released the 9th but then I hear that its being released 3 days later than what I heard for PC that just should not be a thing release the fucking game the same day as fucking ps4 you fucking *** developers you guys are the fucking definition of bad fucking planning we have all been waiting forever then you have to tell us of your fucking stupid ass idea to release it later for the fucking PC

Gamer's are more selfish, greedy and brand loyal than the gaming corporations themselves. They also are better than corporations at playing the victim by pointing fingers in every direction but towards themselves. It's very fascinating. Gaming companies really need to monopolize on this more by making sure their marketing catalysts are vague and sparse enough to let the gamer's do all the work and advertisement for them.

Ib4 someone makes this a big deal ... Oh wait.

how many tards will buy a ps4 i wonder... your the reason the game industry sucks sometimes, you incentivize this type of bs.

Fucking A. I want a PS4 but damn if this will make me do it!

yup Sony did this on purpose i dare say sales of ps4s will go up because of it. and i said f0ck it and i bought a ps4 to play it earlier haha yeah (not as early as others i rather just play it on day one with the day one patch) but yeah plus i get little big planet 3 and the final fantasy 15 so no big deal. if you dont have a next gen console yet but thoughtt about it dont be afraid to get the ps4 for it.

This actually makes sense to do for this game. On PS4, they need the impulse buys to be strong because once people see that the game is nothing like Halo, most console gamers won't understand it and the hype will die quickly. PC gamers are more familiar with this type of game, and people will be more sure about whether they're interested before making a purchase.

It's too bad Nintendo doesn't have a console that could handle NMS, because Metroid fans might be more into this sort of thing.

This game has had an extremely messy launch... makes me worried about the quality of the PC port.

It's really funny how this site forgot to include the real reason why it's being delayed on pc, which is to add 21:9 aspect ratio support.

Ill wait 3 days for the better version.

Americas Aug.9

Europe Aug.10

(Physical retail copies to consider)

PC digital worldwide Aug.12

(simultaneous digital storefronts)

All the dumbass theories about "Sony paying them to delay" or "must be damage control" etc. etc. -- you guys are so bizarre.

Making shit up, hardcore.

Brace yourself: It's just software release logistics.

And it's just a couple days.