Morgan Jaffit puts some rationality on the latest L.A Noire delay

The recent news of an additional release date delay for L.A Noire has fueled much discussion and speculation on the development status and commercial viability of the Team Bondi's long-in-development detective thriller game on many websites, including tsumea.

Morgan Jaffit felt compelled to write a response to the criticisms towards L.A Noire, particularly to some of the comments posted on tsumea, providing some of rationality to counter the concerns on what the delay means, why Team Bondi is unlikely facing studio closure any time soon, and whether being delivered overtime and overbudget necessarily means the game is in dire trouble. From Morgan's article...

(Morgan) The thing about going over budget is that it's actually a statement of support of the project – in order to get more money, you need to convince people that it's worthwhile to continue. In this case, Team Bondi seem to have the support of Rockstar – a company that understands that one of the biggest obstacles to greatness in open world games is releasing too early. That has to be seen as a good sign, not a portent of disaster.

Morgan also discusses the issues of crunch time and what even a mild success for L.A Noire could mean for the local industry, and ends with a sentiment that is very much worth repeating again here.

What I don't understand is why everyone in Australia seems to be wishing for their failure, when with the limited knowledge we have to hand we could as easily anticipate success.

Here, here.

You can read Morgan's complete write up at the following link...