Delay of Game

Why do games get delayed? Its simple games get delayed due to technical problems that must be solved in order to deliver the experience the creators envisioned when they started. I wanna talk about two games in particular, Platinum Game's "Scalebound" and Nintendo's "Legend of Zelda Wii U." These two games have were shown at E3 2014 almost two years ago and have suffered massive delays and detail changes that have greatly impacted fan response for both games

Starting with what I believe is the lesser of the two evils, Scalebound, Platinum games dub stepping, dragon taming, and super fighting RPG which I have been in love with ever since its original trailer in 2014. See the key feature of Scalebound is teaming up with your super awesome dragon that is fully customisable from armor to abilities. I love dragons they are the coolest thing ever and what made Scalebound's dragons so amazing was their AI that made them go into combat in multiple ways from spitting fire at a platoon of enemy soldiers  or stomping the enemy soldiers into pancakes of armor and soldier.you also get to have your dragon fight giant monsters which is another amazing feature because its like watching a godzilla movie you can be a part of. Now Scalebound's incredibly ambitious AI and game design has got to have unseen hiccups in production that I understand  and the delay may be a full year or it could now it was changed from holiday 2016 to a 2017 date to be announced.

Now lets move on to the game that has really rustled some jimmies The Legend of Zeld Wii U. Oh boy has this game been around the block. Much like Scalebound LoZWU debuted at E3 2014 to everyone's expected elated excitement (heh heh alliteration) but due to difficulties was delayed. After some dissappointment and a lack of updates there was an announcement a few days ago on the Nintendo twitter it was explained that the Wii U part of Legend of Zelda Wii U was getting the addition of +NX or from LoZWU to LoZWUNX if you're in a hurry. Now what comes next is speculation but what this appears to be is a ploy to push NX sales. As the release of the NX draws closer and closer Nintendo has to find new games to sell this console that is coming up that isnt even replacing an outdated console because the Wii U holds its own against other modern consoles. In the end this delay seems more based on marketing and business strategy rather than technical improvements. Especially since the second version delays the other.

Honestly there is nothing wrong with delays sometimes they are a healthy part of a game that can make it great. The only problem with with delays is ulterior motives for pure monetary game and affects the previous product that shouldn't have been changed in any way.