Speculation regarding the Release Date

[Caliban113]

....and not trying to be negative....I want to see this thing out as much as anybody - it's just that if Blizz says something like, 'out in 3-6' months....they mean six months......and then it'll end up being eight.

[Santrega]

....and not trying to be negative....I want to see this thing out as much as anybody - it's just that if Blizz says something like, 'out in 3-6' months....they mean six months......and then it'll end up being eight.

I'm fine with you believing whatever you want. It just isnt going to happen. The game has been worked on far too long and obviously top management are the ones pushing this to be out, not the sc2 team. I'm sure they want to get the sc2 team working on the expansion, and from that point of view, they need to get them off WoL.

Beta will be done by june... I don't believe dustin browder and his team really have a choice in the matter...

Unless they completely break the game, theres no way they wait until the game is perfect before releasing it. Like all games before it, it will be patched many times before they find a sufficiently balanced game.

[Norfindel]

They delayed the game a whole year, why would they be pressed like that now?

[Gifted]

I understand what you are saying, but in blizzcast 13, they said they want only a 3 month beta. That is February 23(?) - May 23rd. That would give them a little over a month of additional testing if anything goes wrong and still some time to prepare the game for release before July 4th.

I highly doubt this game is such an "anomaly" that blizzard would plan for second quarter after all of the previous issues that caused the delay were worked out and then not be able to meet that mark.

I believe with a combination of the blizzcast 13 and blizzards previous history; this date is pretty damn close to an accurate absolute latest date the game will be released.

If anything, blizzard may release it early, but I seriously doubt it will be released after july 4th(Without an unforeseen catastrophe, like a giant octopus that climbs onto land, pulls itself to blizzard HQ and eats everyone and everything inside). Since we can't really know about catastrophes, I don't think this date is mere speculation but rather a guess supported by fact. (I believe i've had this debate with gifted before)

Yeah, I think this is a different beast than the conversation we had. In this case, I felt the OP was trying to say it was factual information. I was merely putting it into perspective with the facts we have at our disposal, and ensuring that the portions of his post that were speculation were understood to be speculation.

This is different than saying he's right or wrong. He could very well be right, but at this point he's only speculating he's right, not informing us factual information. That's all ^_^

....and not trying to be negative....I want to see this thing out as much as anybody - it's just that if Blizz says something like, 'out in 3-6' months....they mean six months......and then it'll end up being eight.

If you listen to Blizzcast 13, you will no longer hear "three to six" You will hear "three". For that reason and by the nature of what you're saying, this is the most up to date information and should explain why many people may not agree with your skepticism. Not trying to dissuade you, but merely trying to present you with the most up to date information provided by us from Blizzard.

[Crazy_Jonny]

If you listen to Blizzcast 13, you will no longer hear "three to six" You will hear "three". For that reason and by the nature of what you're saying, this is the most up to date information and should explain why many people may not agree with your skepticism. Not trying to dissuade you, but merely trying to present you with the most up to date information provided by us from Blizzard.

I heard/read 3-5 months.

Chris S. says around the 21 minute mark:

We were targeting three to five months for the beta

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/communi...episode13.html

[Santrega]

I heard/read 3-5 months.

Chris S. says around the 21 minute mark:

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/communi...episode13.html

Wtf? If you read just one more sentence he goes on to say "We are now looking at 3 months". That's a bit more important than whether or not they were thinking 3-6 or 3-5.

[SinsWage]

Blizzard never, ever, makes good on their time frames. I hope they do, but they don't have a great track record.