Kingpin
You're the first person to even consider/suggest that as an issue, and only after the delay possibility surfaced… Nobody seemed to mind the possibility of ‘oversaturating the market’ when it was still a concrete October release.

Frankly, that suggestion just sounds like poor justification:

“Oh, they could've released the game in October, but releasing it in June means they're not oversaturating the market.”

And I know you're better than resorting to that, Ron.

You are not looking at it from the corporate “let's maxamize profits” point of view. It's not poor justification, it's a tried and true marketing strategy.

I sense that you are taking my posts in the wrong way. I'm not saying this is how I may or may not feel, but playing Devil's Advocate to try and explain why some of these things may come to pass.

I mean, it makes perfect sense for Activision to not publish now if they have another title that is targeted to the same demographic. People will be torn about which to buy, and both capture less sales overall. A lot of the facts behind this are all pretty non-existant though. No one even has a clue when this thing is coming out yet, but everyone is already in an uproar ready to behead companies - but no one is interested in thinking that maybe something good will come of all this.

Are we that pessimistic? I refrain from all the Ghostbusters II references I could insert here about bad vibes. But seriously guys, can't we just hope for the best?

i think everyone is hoping for the best - it's just frustrating. Frustration is a killer to reconcile, it niggles away, y'know.

I don't see three items (the game, DVD and comic) as oversaturation of the market, and I bet Time Life and IDW are disappointed though, cause personally, had the game not have been made, we probably would not have had the DVD of the cartoon or a new comic due to Sony's complete ineptness concerning the GB IP.

Honestly, this is just a huge disappointment to me, but well, with Sony, I can't say I'm surprised, but I'm really disappointed in Activision if they do drop the publishing scene, especially since they're the ones who published all the bad Ghostbusters games back way when.

TokyoPop Manga
Time Life DVD of RGB
IDW Comic
Kubrick Figures
New NECA figure

Throw in BluRay and the Video Game, as well as the Video Game Strategy Guide and the market is a bit saturated. It's more than just three items.

Looking at strictly the video game market, the Ghostbusters launch window is heavily saturated with heavy hitters that sadly Ghostbusters will not be able to stand up too. Gears of War 2, etc. Thats going to hurt sales across multiple demographics.

And what of the possibility that they get an extra few months to work on the game? Are you seriously going to be mad that they improved gameplay and graphics?

And what of the possibility that they get an extra few months to work on the game? Are you seriously going to be mad that they improved gameplay and graphics?

Both me and Kingpin said it once, and I'll say it again, this has been in development since 2006, I don't think that the graphics and gameplay is going to get anymore improved.

Besides, you want them to work on the graphics more, it could turn into a Duke Nukem Forever thing and they'd never get the game out.

They didn't get outside testors until the last couple of months, gameplay can still be tweaked and improved vis a vis testor feedback.

Besides, I didn't advocate they do anything to alter the game. I simply posed a question. Duke Nukem Forever is a wonderful example of a game that keeps getting postponed and delayed, but I really don't think it's compairable in this situation.

I know it's easy to bash and hate on Sony around these parts, and yes they have in my opinion have goofed on things involving the IP in the past. But they want to make money. They know Ghostbusters is famous. They will use this to make money. We just have to be patient, is that too much to ask?

I understand the reasoning behind everything you guys are saying, but it almost seems if I am out of the loop or something. Do we know why Activision does not want to publish this? Is it possible that they just don't want to work with Sony? It's like some of you guys got ahold of something that claimed some suit in Activision hated Ghostbusters and you've been pissed off ever since.

All I'm saying is that I'm not going to get all ancy until I start seeing something concrete. Like why they don't want to publish. Or a set street date. I mean it's still an assumption that it won't be released this fall.

I just think that a delay is probably going to hurt the game more then help it, and personally, I think that Ghostbusters could compete with alot of the games coming out, I for one am not getting Gears of War 2, haven't even gotten the first, and I'm sure alot of fans here would be getting GB as well.

And I looked at your list, 5 things to me still doesn't seem like saturating the market, heh, come back to me about that when they start selling Ghostbusters coffee mugs and balloons (c wht I did thar?) and that sort of stuff, then I might agree.

Personally, I just wish that Activision or Sony would just come out and say if the games going to get postponed or not instead of letting people like Verity and stuff post annoying articles.

Fans here don't matter though.

See thats the thing, we are all pretty much going to buy the game. They aren't worried about us. They need to reach the crowd that will buy Gears of War 2 and get them to buy their game as well.

These guys are running a company, not a fan give out non-profit group.

Let me put it this way, are you going to buy the game when it does come out even if that is a year from now?

Yes, but the better question is, how many people are likely to buy it, excluding hardcore fans, in ten month's time compared to how many might've bought it in October?

How many non-hardcore fan customers might lose interest in buying it with the notification about the game's been delayed?


I understand now that you're trying to show us the Sony/Activision/company mindset… but I don't think trying to do that does you favours as with me, it might lead to people just getting irked at you instead of the people deserving of ridicule.




Regardless, Sony suggesting delaying it to next June as some weak attempt to mark the first film's quarter-century anniversary is a pretty lame idea, no matter how commercial sense it might make.

Jesusfreak
Fans here don't matter though.

See thats the thing, we are all pretty much going to buy the game. They aren't worried about us. They need to reach the crowd that will buy Gears of War 2 and get them to buy their game as well.

These guys are running a company, not a fan give out non-profit group.

Let me put it this way, are you going to buy the game when it does come out even if that is a year from now?

Yeah, we're going to buy the games no matter what, even if Sony and Activision delays it, but Kingpin pretty much pointed out the flaw in those plans.

Non hardcore Ghostbusters fans will probably not buy it if it gets delayed, and granted, yeah, its got some pretty stiff competition this year, but I also think that it'd sell better in October then I would next June.