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The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

that's not true. games can absolutely get fucked by release dates coinciding with big names. and have.

[โ€“] deadfatquarterzip@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

The two Horizon games picked really shitty weeks to release on lol. I think that's done significant damage to the player base. They're not groundbreaking games, but still extremely well done (imo)