The good news is that Tekken 7 has a confirmed PlayStation 4 release date - the bad news is that the game is no longer launching in early 2017. Now pegged for release on the 2nd June, the delay is admittedly a little hard to stomach since we've been waiting so long to begin with, but it's all for a good cause, according to director Katsuhiro Harada.
IGN reports that during a recent Tokyo event, Harada said he's keen to avoid a rushed launch. "We were trying to do everything we could to make that date happen… maybe to scale down on the content in order to make the master release, but in the end we came to the decision that [after] seeing releases from other companies, as well as some of the past of our own, where maybe things weren't working 100% at launch, or maybe it was missing some content, that's the kind of thing we wanted to avoid with Tekken 7, so we made a very difficult decision of moving it to June to include all of the original content that we'd originally planned," he explained.
And we reckon that's a fair stance. After the kerfuffle that Street Fighter V's release caused, we certainly wouldn't like to see Tekken 7 share the same fate. Here's hoping that Namco's latest delivers when it hits Sony's console this summer.
[source uk.ign.com]
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I like the delay. Not only I prefer my new games to be complete but also untill then there are lots of great new games to buy and play.
Good for both consumers and developers, as releasing it early this year would mean it would have to fight for attention in a packed couple of months.
I still believe their will be a rerelease for SF5.
Seems sensible to me given the state sf5 was in at launch (and arguably remains in to this day). I don't think there is ever an excuse to cut out planned master content to placate a small minority. Just get it out when it's done.
@Flaming_Kaiser I think your right, there will probably be a Super SFV with the season 1 & 2 fighters released at some point
I was initially confused by the title. "It just revealed the release date, and it's already delayed???" Said IdiotMeister.
Good on them for changing plans. And June isn't a bad date either. It gives me more time to master my characters, and avoids the Switch, Persona 5, and Injustice 2.
The delay would've been a bit easier to accept if I hadn't been already waiting on the game for 3 years. The only redeeming factor is that early 2017 looks amazing as per game releases. Also of note is that the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy is supposed to release mid-summer, there are quite a few nice classic PlayStation vibes there.
Great call Namco - then go and make the UHD Ridge Racer collection!
"Tekken 7 delayed to avoid mistakes of games like Street Fighter V" Shame they didn't avoid the WB and Netherealm mistake of putting characters behind a preorder pay wall though.
Could be great, depending on when Splatoon 2 hits. I like their integrity. It may have Akuma but it is not SFV.
Sf5 launch is a mess, that game needs at least another 6 months of dev time. I hope tekken 7 launch is not like that.
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