Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida casually mentioned back at PlayStation Experience last month that Days Gone is scheduled to release this year, but now the game’s popped up as part of an official ‘What to Look Forward to in 2018’ newsletter. The platform holder’s been sending out play time statistics to fans in North America, and Sony Bend’s open world title is listed bold as brass at the bottom of the email.
To be fair, there are multiple PlayStation 4 exclusives scheduled to release this year – including Detroit: Become Human, Spider-Man, and God of War – but none of them have firm dates. This is because, after various delays earlier in the generation, the manufacturer’s been opting to hold that information back until the last minute. It means that Days Gone could still ship next year, but it certainly seems like the company’s targeting 2018 right now.
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It's their late September/October game I think.
GOW: March
Spidey: May
Detroit: June-ish
Days Gone: late summer/early autumn
@DLB3 Fair! They're clearly targeting 2018, though.
@Kidfried Good question. Whenever it's ready I suppose
can't wait for this game.word up son
@Octane Detroit could be in April
@PS4fan Possibly. But if GOW is March, and Spidey is May (that's when the new Avengers comes out, right?), I think Detroit is June. But I could be wrong! We shall see.
@JoeBlogs They will?? I have never said that and MS don't always release their 'big' games hen either. Granted Forza is always September and te newest Gears/Halo have released in the holiday season but other games like Quantum Break, Titanfall, Halo Wars 2 etc all arrived in the early part of the year and Sea of Thieves will release in early 2018 too (March)
Anyway, on to this game, I can't wait!! If I have to wait until the holiday season, so be it but I want it sooner (only if its ready of course) and preferably now. Its a day 1 purchase regardless!
@Octane yeah i think you are right but we will see what happen when we are in February or March
@JoeBlogs Maybe some - like the PS4 owners going on about 1080p at the start being more important than exclusives and now 'exclusives' matter' LOL.
Point I am making is not against PS4 owners but that it seems 'fanboys', regardless of which 'tribe' they belong to, always seem to target something that is 'currently' better than the others but equally will change their opinion if the roles reverse. Its amazing how it becomes 'ALL' Xbox or PS4 owners share the same mentality as the vocal minority 'fanboy' when in truth, the majority couldn't care less either way and 'happy' they can play games as and when they come and at what ever level their hardware plays them.
I bet half (if not more) of the Xbox fanboys who are now going on about more power and Exclusives no longer mattering (when they did 2-4yrs ago more than power) don't even own an Xbox X and have the 'weakest' of the 4 consoles. However it doesn't suit there argument to go on about 'power being more important'. Its the same as those PS4 fanboys going on about power mattering most until the X came out and now Sony has got its act together and the investment into game development is paying dividends with a lot of exclusives due - I bet most only play CoD, Fifa and other 'big name' multi-platform releases - not interested in 'most' of the releases. Its telling when you look at sales figures and see how many fanboys cite games like Nioh, Gravity Rush 2 etc yet these hardly sold in the numbers you expect if they were so 'important' to PS4 owners. Not saying they are bad but hardly shifted in massive numbers.
Some Xbox fanboys may have been vocal about the Holiday season releases because its something that Xbox had more of that particular year or two but it isn't the mentality of the majority of Xbox gamers. I am sure many would be happier if they released earlier in the year because its too busy with all the big multi-plats releasing....
Playstation game delayed another year, standard.
@BAMozzy Sony delivers more games and during the entire year, i think it's a great strategy to not release their exclusives on holiday season. There are too many games and big franchises coming during that season: Call of Duty, Fifa, Madden, Battlefield, Assassin's Creed, etc.
Btw, Sony gamers always praised the exclusives, this is our trademark, lol. It's complete normal to wait for the best games and not have already the biggest exclusives on the release of the console. I bet that the many people who complained about the lack of releases started their gaming life only on the last generation. This is complete normal since PS1.
Just look at how many games Sony released in the end of PS3, talking about 2013 only: The Last of Us, Sly Cooper, Beyond, Puppeteer, Ni no Kuni 2.
MOST anticipated game this year
@Octane delay the game! it aint ready yet so no forcing......
@PS_Nation I couldn't care LESS!!! It was a discussion between me and someone else, someone who claimed Xbox owners said it was always abut the 'holiday' season - not something I agree with or did I express my personal viewpoint!!
I have always owned both systems and therefore have access to even more exclusives to play than anyone who only sticks to one platform. I couldn't care when exclusives release from either as long as I have a steady stream of games to play. I am perfectly happy with NO exclusives in a year I want as long as there is a plethora of games I want to play. I don't care who has the 'biggest' library either, what matters is how many of the games appeal to me personally and owning both, I get to play both Sony's and MS's that appeal without getting into fanboy arguments about Forza vs GT, Halo vs Killzone etc or who has the biggest library when it works out that I buy roughly similar numbers of exclusives for both in a year (although MS doesn't have much on my radar this year where as Sony has 2 I will buy for sure and a maybe) Not interested in Detroit, Yakuza, Ni No Kuni, Dreams, any 'indie' or 'arty/pretencious' exclusives, etc - God ow War is a maybe - like Crackdown 3 not saying these are 'equal' but potential games I may buy but waiting until I see a review. Looking at my games on PS4/XB1, I can see I buy around 2-3 exclusives a year on BOTH platforms on average. I have a similar number on both systems. I can see Sony may well end up being closer to 3 and MS dropping down a bit to 2 avg by the end of the year but I don't care because I can play BOTH regardless and I have more 'exclusives' to play because I own both but also a plethora of multi-platform releases too.
@Kiloman74 Wait, what? How do you know when it's done?
@Octane lol don't listen to Kiloman74, he know nothing about Days Gone getting delay.. President Yoshida said Sony Bend studio just began tweaking and polishing Days Gone right now. they will announce more details info about it later in coming months
@PS4fan That's what I thought. It's been in development for ages, so I don't think they're rushing anything at all.
@Octane we all now know it ain’t. Or nearly. Or just rounding out, ironing out bugs? It’ll be up against crackdown 3 too. Battle of the sales and bragging right for the fanboys! Lol
@Kiloman74 Well, that's easy to say in hindsight. But I don't think was delayed because it wasn't ready, it simply has a better chance of being more successful in a quieter month.
@Octane er? Bit confused mate. Of course I don’t know if or when it’s done! But, release the game in their own time and make it the best game that they possibly can. And y’knoW, not only is there competition between Sony developers thanks in part to god of war, now they want all or most of these developers for a dinner and a chat all on video? (And the discussion being when to finish and release their games when they are ready!) lol have patience and use the time to save up, lots of top notch games on the PlayStation coming up........👍
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