If you were expecting to shoot up some crazed terrorists with the helpful and precise support of the PlayStation Move this fall, you best look elsewhere! SOCOM 4 just got new marching orders and is being delayed until 2011.
Developer Zipper Interactive broke the news today in a heartfelt letter to the devoted fans that SOCOM 4 will not be available this year. The team expressed that it simply doesn’t want to take shortcuts and deliver a rushed product, which is certainly understandable. You wouldn’t want a rushed game, would ya?
Check the official letter from the SOCOM blog below:
Dear SOCOM faithful,
Some of you may have heard through your favorite media outlets that SOCOM 4 is now a 2011 title, and we are writing this letter to you, our community, to confirm that SOCOM 4 is indeed scheduled for release in 2011.
While we’re certainly aware that you’ve been looking forward to playing SOCOM 4 this year, we don’t want to take any shortcuts. Instead, we want to deliver the best and most immersive SOCOM game we possibly can and we’re going to use our extra time to do just that.
Over the coming months, you can expect further updates on our 2011 release, in addition to other gameplay and feature announcements on the official SOCOM 4 blog , which can be found at blog.socom.com .
On behalf of everyone here at Zipper Interactive, we want to thank you for being patient and thank you for sticking with us — it will be worth the wait.
Sincerely,
The SOCOM 4 Team
So, does this have any effect on you buying a Move controller this fall? What are you expectations for SOCOM 4 now that it will have extended development time? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Why are developers so against releasing a game before Christmas these days? It’s pretty much saying “It’s okay, we don’t need to sell an extra 2 million copies. We’re fine breaking even.”
I’m hoping this is actually a reaction to the fact that the game no longer seems to play like the Zipper SOCOM of old and they are going back to fine tune the gameplay to appease to the faithful community who want a real SOCOM, instead of a Uncharted-esque third person shooter.