Re: Battlefield 2042 Delayed - New Release Date (November 19)

All I can say is I have a friend who was part of one of the play tests and he was running the game on a i7 10700k with a rtx2080 at 1080p and he stated it was a complete cluster #### and he couldn’t even maintain 50fps…….. Good luck 

well poo. The writing has been on the wall for a month now. That PS5 bug worried me. I have a feeling this is main issue. No way its just polishing. Remember the extra year CD Projeckt Red took for polishing?

Get it right ladies and gentlemen, we will wait. I dont even know what to think about the beta. have a feeling beta will be old release date.

I also want to add.

EA/DICE thank you for communicating with us. its all we ask really. Just talk to us and let us know you are having issues. We want a good game and we know you want to make a good game. Just talk to us.

@ghinavirus  So we just need a leaker to wipe of a few billion in share prices for them to chat. I have to have my tin foil hat on but if the stocks never dropped would EA responded today?

I mean it sucks but a month is better than 2022. I have Back 4 Blood, Age Of Empires 4 and Vanguard to keep me busy. Now I can change my time off request. 

@1Hairy-GorillaI believe that is why the stock gapped down this morning when the market opened. Insiders who are traders knew yesterday. What concerns me is thats a large drop for a delay which makes me question the 30 day delay. I hate to say it but it may be 2022. Pure speculation on my part.

Remember the stock market prices in the future of the underlying. The underlying is EA stock. So thats Q4 revenue that will be missing. And that comes from Andrew Wilson speaking to investors at the end of Q3 earnings call. Some investors may see this delayed beyond Q4 so the market is pricing the stock accordingly which is missing revenue stream that was promised by the CEO. And down we went today.

I will feel better about the November release if they give us beta still this month or by mid October. We shall see.

@ghinavirusI suspect it is just some hedging against the forecasted earnings as you mentioned.

If Q4 revenue shifts to Q1'22, then there could be some speculation they will miss their forecasts for the quarter / year.  - 6% is alarming, but not when considered with extended trading, which halved it after the delay announcement.

I suspect the stock will continue to rebound IF the communication and positive PR continues and EA DICE can publish a new, coherent timetable.

Dammit, We were so close. 

Let's be patient soldiers, we all want a great game not a spoiled one. In the meantime let's get our weapons, bayonets and snacks ready.

@1Hairy-GorillaI don't think enough people realize, but DICE/EA's communication was literally non existent with the community. Their only communication was a few trailers that were mostly cinematic. Besides that, their own store pages keep shifting around. I would hardly say Exodus counts as communication as it does little to instill confidence in the actual game.

They absolutely need to step up their communication with the community.

It is absolutely saddening, that most of the information known about the game came from sources that is not DICE/EA!

Regards

SeSSioN

When I give a deadline for projects I try not to overpromise and give a longer deadline to the client than I need. They are generally impressed if the project comes in early. Imagine how we'd feel about Dice if they did that!

@ghinavirus  They are doing a Titanfall 2 though with that release date and I don't expect them to keep it. 2 weeks After CoD, same week as Warzone revamp, and 2 weeks before F2P Halo. Someone is going to lose out in that trio.

Hoping the game will be finished in Nov and not pushed out by EA for Xmas sales it was going to me my first proper PS5 game lol 

We’ve only seen a few seconds of gameplay so far, and unlike previous editions of Battlefield, BF2042 wasn’t displayed on Gamescon etc.

And now the release has been postponed.

I’m getting a bad feeling.

This ain’t a good sign.

@ninjapenquinukI believe the Hell Let Loose beta starts today, don't quote on me on that lol. But it's a fairly small dl like 5-6GB. You might want to give it a try and it tide you over until 2042, it releases the 5th of October on PS5.

@TankerFlankerwill be downloading it when i finish work and having a quick blast whilst the better half does the bedtime routine.  The more hardcore games definitely take a bit of getting used to after Battlefield type games. I remember it took me a little while to get into the Red Orchestra games back in the day.

@1Hairy-Gorilla @ninjapenquinuk I've had a PS5 since around Feb, and I've played a lot of stuff on it.  But I like action games more than shooters.  I've played Sackboy, Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank, and PS5 versions of Control and Avengers.  Control Ultimate Edition in particular was amazing on PS5.  Deathloop just released with Kena Bridge of Spirits up next week, but again those are action games.

BF2042 was going to be my first next gen multiplayer game.

Hell Let Loose seems interesting.  I watched a stream on Twitch.  Definitely a much slower, more "tactical" version of Battlefield.

Planetside 2 is a great stand in while waiting for BF2042.  PS4 often struggled to run it, but it's smooth on PS5.  I've seen graphics and effects that never showed up on PS4.  Besides, the game is basically "what if Battlefield did an MMO" with large scale battles and massive continents.  And its F2P

COD is COD, nothing really new and the same players will be playing regardless. Impo, the new Halo has been looking ROUGH since it was announced so I'm not at all worried about it being 'competition'.

2042 itself can be whatever but I'm really hoping they knock Portal out of the park

@ghinavirusSimilar sentiments about Portal. I have serious doubts about its real capabilities.

Perhaps it will launch at smaller scale / with more constraints on it, but as you said, who knows? Information, of any kind really, would be nice.