Fable Director Reveals That The Game Was Ready For An October Launch, But He Delayed It To February 2027 Entirely To Avoid GTA 6
https://www.ign.com/articles/fable-was-previously-aiming-for-an-october-launch-director-reveals-insisting-that-the-games-delay-wasnt-due-to-being-scared-of-other-big-games
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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 30 pts · 5d
Funny, I'll be skipping GTA6 until it's the GOTY edition on sale for $10.
content_educator_94@thelemmy.club · 15 pts · 5d
I'm more excited to see how Fable turns out than the new Grand Theft Auto
Fable is sick
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 5d
The amount of shifting that has had to be done for GTA6 just makes me weep, especially with Rock Star shifting the GTA6 date back a few times. I understand those devs that make the decision, it just sucks for everyone not Rock Star.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 9 pts · 5d
Those Fable devs got a 4 month stay of execution from MicroSlop™ layoffs. This is great for them. Maybe bad for an executive's Christmas bonus, but let's be real, they're still getting one anyways.
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 5d
Grind until your game comes out to then lay you off doesn't sound great either.
wangaBanga@feddit.online · 10 pts · 5d
Wow, in 2026 I don't give a fuck about either game. Ten years ago I would have been salivating. All this corpo-hype shit sucks the joy out of the room.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 5d
The second game studio set to release a game in Q3-4 that's postponing due to GTA6. Pretty lame considering a whole audience is waiting on these games, so what if GTA takes the thunder right away? Oh, right... money. Not about passion anymore.
rollerbang@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 5d
I mean... Yes, but you can't feed family with passion.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 5d
I can feed them with passion fruit. 😌
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 5d
It's not like they won't make enough to make that happen. They just want to make maximum as fast as possible.
twinnie@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 5d
Of course they do, half the time these studios have their entire future riding on their latest release.
albbi@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 5d
Oh lookit that. Hades 3 coming out in February. (I would love it if that were true)
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5d
Looking forward to this game, it looks like a nice return to form for the series from all the preview content I have seen. It’ll be interesting to see how playground does with a non-racing game.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 4d
Fable: The Lost Chapters is the best game in the series.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 5d
Is there really that much of an overlap audience wise for this to make sense, I thought gta6 was supposed to flop anyways
tyranny@crazypeople.online · -14 pts · 5d
cowardly and putrid. if you want your games played, release them. if not, don't.
tekdeb@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 5d
It's a very common publishing strategy. Publishers often try to avoid other launches they expect will negatively impact their sales. GTA 6 will be quite expensive and probably very popular, so trying to avoid that makes a lot of sense.