Rumor: Xbox One Exclusive Quantum Break Delayed Due To “Time” Problems Instead Of Crowded Line-Up?

A lot has been said about Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break. Earlier this month Microsoft and developer Remedy officially announced that the time-bending game would be delayed due to a crowded holiday line-up for the Xbox One. Recent tweets from Remedy's writer Sam Like might imply a different reason though.

[DarkOcelet]

Remedy are known for delaying their games until they think its ready and polished. They should take their time and hopefully they bring Alan Wake 2 after this game.

A current gen Alan Wake would be sick!

[BartMoons]

Yea I know same happened with Alan Wake but Microsoft stated the game was released due to a crowded line-up but that might not be the case.

[DarkOcelet]

It will most likely be release in the spring 2016.

[4Sh0w]

^^^^Headline is click-bait^^^^^

-lol, talk about reaching, the author is making a mountain out of a molehill, its a f**king tweet with Sam Lake is responding to a fan that he is too busy working on QB to write a mystery novel the fan requested, the second tweet he responds QB is a metaphor about not having enough time. Nothing said here changes previous reasons given for the delay???

Now that said it doesn't really matter "why" fact is its delayed, delays are almost always to make improvements & Remedy doesn't release broken games, so as long as they continuing working hard to make QB the best it can be then we just have to wait until its ready....also the fall lineup IS crowded so either way that wouldn't have been the best time to release this new IP.

[XanderZane]

Dude the headline is click-bait. There's nothing in the article that says the game was delayed due to some "time" issue with the game. Every developer who makes games say they never have enough time to do everything they want in a game. We don't know what else Sam Lake is working on besides Quantum Break. Remedy has gotten extra time to make Quantum Break even better then what it already is. Hopefully they are moving the game to DX12 so it will run even better.

[UKmilitia]

kinda expected this.
be good if they did a full redo with dx12 on it.

next delay will be scalebound.

[TheSaint]

Microsoft telling lies, surely not. /s

[Nirvana31591]

Yea but I'd be real pissed if Microsoft pushed it because they had "too many games" which is utter BS cuz I haven't touched my Xbox since MCC and I probably won't until Halo 5

[TheCommentator]

If they push it until spring, there won't be as much "gaming drought" next year, which is what you're complaining about already. I don't get it.

[Brisco]

Lol you again... cry baby :)

[modelgod]

@nirvana " I haven't touched my x1 since MCC came out and probably won't until halo 5". Hmm....so I tr
ake it you didn't play the beta if that's the case. No Ori and the blind Forrest or free to play Neverwinter?

[lelo2play]

It's smart. Microsoft need to learn to spread their exclusives along the year... instead of releasing them all in the same quarter.

[XanderZane]

It's very smart, because unlike this year, Microsoft would have a slew of exclusive for the beginning of 2016 and not just for the holiday months. Quantum Break and Gear of War would kick off 2016 with a bang. If they included Phantom Dust as well, that would be a huge bonus. They really need to have at least 1-2 new exclusives for every month of the year.

[mcstorm]

I would rather them do this too. I know the big sales windows is the last few months of the year due to Christmas but I have now found my self missing some big games as I was always a day one buyer of games but as time has gone on I have less and less time to play games and I have Horizon, Forza 5, halo mcc, bf4, Mario kart 8, splinter cell, dk, pikmin 3, Mario 3d world, Zelda wind weaker and more to still finish. I'm now just buying games when I get through my back log and if Ms spread them out I would probably miss less games too.

[Magicite]

I only played Alan Wake and Max Payne 3 on PC and both games were great, I have faith in Remedy, also hope that QB will come to PC eventually.

[DarkOcelet]

Max Payne 3 was R* game not Remedy. It was great but a far cry from the masterpiece Max Payne 1 and the awesome Max Payne 2. You really should play those.

[BiggerBoss]

Like DarkOcelet said, Remedy was only involved in Max Payne 1 and 2. MP3 was still awesome though.

[vega275]

@ Magicite

Unless MS Allows for a PC version to be made. it may not go to PC. since MS owns the trademark for the game. so if you want to play it, you will have to buy a X1

https://trademarks.justia.c...

[VealParmHero]

"The game was delayed due to a large amphibious beast storming through the studio and wrecking our work"

"The game was delayed because aliens stole our files and we had to start over"

They can say what ever they want...it's all valid in my book so long as this game is solid and worthy of the hype once it does come out...and I'm not really doubting it will.

[metatronx]

If they decide to release it in the spring, do they want to go against UC4. MS should release it by early 2016, March would be ideal.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

Polished? Alan Wake is screen tear city.

[ThePresentIsAgift]

Try playing with V sync enabled, or upgrading your pc. Perhaps both.

[DLConspiracy]

If this game gets supported well enough I am sure Alan awake 2 would happen.

[gbonez]

it's funny. games get delayed so much but you never see movies get delayed. They should only reveal games when they are released within that year. I think it's ridiculous we see the same games at E3 for 3 - 4 years in a row. that is not acceptable.

[badz149]

Batman: Do you bleed?
Superman: I don't know...you have to wait for it next year!

[hello12]

Its not coming out 2015 its April now they probably got another year to polish the game maybe 10 months?

After E3 we will know for sure if Microsoft was right.

Uncharted delay changed everything Microsoft needs a game around that time to challenge it Tombraider is now gone. Scalebound and crackdown, Gears 4, Phantom dust are all 2016 games, but have know release time.

Sony is not going to have anything big for the holidays huge tripleAAA games have to be shown first after that they take at least a couple of years to come out to the public.

Microsoft will win holidays they will have more AAA exclusives of their own again

Sony and Microsoft will likely have a remaster or two for the Holidays and they will show off new games for late 2016- 2017 (2018) at E3

[WeAreLegion]

I'm sorry. What's this about Tomb Raider being gone?

[kurruptor]

I think he meant Tomb Raider is gone ad a challenger to UC4 since they will be released months apart.

Though poorly worded.

[lelo2play]

Quantum Break is going to challenge Uncharted PS4. I bet they will get released more or less at the same time. My guess would be Feb/Mar/Apr 2016.

[Silly gameAr]

If MS has all of these games, why would they need to delay games to compete with games on other consoles? Not a good strategy imo.

[hells_supernova]

A new ip will get crushed by uncharted 4.in saying that I really want quantum break it looks so good and remedy are fantastic

[buttcheeks]

Im sorry since when did games need years to come out once being announced lbp3 and blood borne arrived in under a year.....so why coundnt they show some triple a games at e3 for fall

[Jayszen]

"Sony is not going to have anything big for the holidays" - why drag Sony into a discussion about the delay of an Xbone game? And gamers do not just play during the holidays, I and most others would rather have releases that are spread throughout the year as there are plenty third-party games that will be available come the holidays.

[hells_supernova]

Also Sony could have a unknown game so many studios have said nothing for years. Plus who needs a game for the holidays. We have star wars battlefront, fallout 3, assassins creed, batman, the witcher, and more it is crowded with so much advertising etc your game would get lost. Oh and call of duty

[Utalkin2me]

Well i think it is smart for Sony not to release a bunch exclusives around holiday season, due to the fact you always have the big 2 around that time BF and COD. Which people put in alot of time into those games during those few months. I would much rather have my games spread through the year instead of having them in those 2 months with other 3rd party AAA titles.

[jackanderson1985]

They did also say to polish the game up. Maybe cuz of the delay they realised they had more content they could ram in day one rather than dlc it later.

[BartMoons]

What I think they said that following the delay that MS announced they have indeed more time to polish up.

[BlackTar187]

lol at jamming more content in instead of DLC. So that's funny but really remedy is awesome and at least i would have some hope they would have that mindset . BUt the reality is that is just not how it works.

[rainslacker]

Any time given to a dev they can use to polish a game. Doesn't matter why they get that time. Sometimes it's because the publisher feels it needs it(TLOU for instance). Other times it's so games don't have to compete with another game...I firmly believe Bloodborne was delayed so it wouldn't be competing with Sony's own The Order in the same month. And still other times it's because a game simply isn't ready to release(Driveclub for instance).

When it comes to development, most developers would love to have more time to get their game more polished. It's really up to the publisher and producer to decide if they'll get it or not.

[Transistor]

You need something for preseason. Quantum Break will benefit from missing the playoffs.

[Eonjay]

The playoffs never end. There is no preseason.

[Transistor]

I know, I'm joking.

But I am glad Quantum Break isn't releasing this holiday, it could get overshadowed.

[Jag-T1000]

Crowded holiday? Halo and tomb raider? That's a crowded holiday?

[Transistor]

There are Third party titles too. Trust me, this holiday in crowded for everyone. Excluding the Wii U obviously.

[Nekroo91]

Yes its a crowded holiday, halo, forza and tomb raider in september, october and november. If they launch another exclusive in the same month it affects sales, everyone in the industry understands that.

And you also have The Division, Battlefront, COD, new Assassins Creed at the same time so yes its crowded

[Viryu]

Wait, what? They're releasing new AC this year? Didn't Ubi learn their lesson? Even the fans demanded a 2 years break after Unity. Sigh.

[gamer1138]

Plus Forza 6, Fable Legends. Add the massive third party titles and yeah, it is crowded.

[Trekster_Gamer]

He'll ya, halo alone would crowd the field.

[badz149]

You kinda overestimated Halo too much over there. As big as Halo might be for the Xbone, The declining CoD is still going to outsell it regardless.

[ScorpiusX]

Just get it all nice and ready so I can pre-order my copy.

[EvilWay]

time problems? I'm glad it got delayed then. Let Remedy take their time and give us a badass game

[die_fiend]

Alan Wake took many years of delay to end up as a mediocre game. This will be no different. When did MS ever put out anything quality? Halo? lol

[coolbeans]

"Alan Wake took many years of delay to end up as a mediocre game."

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/...

:P

[OpieWinston]

Forza?
AoE?
Ori?
Mass Effect?
Jade Empire?
Gears?
Rise of Nations?
AoM?
Viva Pinata?
Etc...

I mean I must've imagined all these quality titles that MS has funded and published.

[StrayaKNT]

Alan wake is one of the best games of last gen dude

[gangsta_red]

"Alan Wake took many years of delay to end up as a mediocre game. This will be no different."

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z...

[rainslacker]

It wasn't a mediocre game, it just wasn't a huge seller. Most of it's fame came well after it's release.

[MadLad]

Nice singular bubble you have there, mate.

[MilkMan]

What else is new?
Hey take 7 years man.
Or better yet come out at the end of the Xbone life Cycle. Kinda like a last minute save or swan song for the system.

[headblackman]

a delay to make a product is a good thing. i don't care why, i only care that it's a properly functioning game and that it's fun.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I think the reason is actually one in the same. Remedy was feeling like they may have to rush the game and MS said let's not rush it since we already have a pretty full line up and games like Uncharted 4 already pushed to 2016.

[mhunterjr]

I think the author of this article is reading WAAAY too much into these tweets...

The guy was asked why he doesn't write a novels... His answer was that he's too busy developing a game to worry about other ventures...

That doesn't mean that the game could not have been finished. It just means that the delay hasn't freed up his time to focus on things other that QB.

[spicelicka]

Wtf kind of rumour is this LOL, that's such a far-fetched assumption based on a couple of tweets.