SE5 release is only 3 weeks away!

[Kamog]

Hmm, you're right, now instead of August 2006 it's Winter 2006. That's disappointing, but not entirely unexpected.

[Aiken]

Oh, sure, marketing deps and their genious realease strategies. This Christamas-day obsession is getting really annoying.
I'd prefer summer '06 with monthly patches (like HoMM5).

/me dreams about public beta now.

[Captain Kwok]

I don't think it has anything to do with wanting to release it for December as a marketing ploy. It's just not going to be done until Fall etc.

[Raapys]

Hasn't the beta testing period lasted for an unusual long time? I once beta tested a game, Stronghold 1, and I don't think we were going on for much more than 3-4 months or so.

[Suicide Junkie]

Did that game:
A) Have more than one coder?
B) Have lots of in-house testing done beforehand?
C) Have non-moddable gameplay/physics?
D) Lack fanatical beta testers?

[Raapys]

The testers were pretty dedicated, but the game was, of course, rushed out the door long before beta testing was done. I'd just think the same would have happened to SEV, being a small company at the mercy of big developers, etc.

[Fyron]

The only developer involved is MM. S1st isn't exactly a "big publisher" compared to something like EA or Atari.