Mass Effect 3 Delayed into Early 2012

I love ME but this is a good thing. Can't say I'm surprised either.

Phew! This is probably good news considering the tide of games in 2011...    

There's so much Q4 stuff, I can't blame them. Even if I was gonna get the game this year anyway.

Good. It seems like they rushed DA2, and the result isn't spectacular.
Hopefully, this will give them time to finish out the series right.

" @mbk337 said:

" I think this is great news. "

Same. It needs time. The last game was very rushed feeling. So much shit was just thrown out the window, it felt like they just wanted to release it quickly. "

YAY

I've stopped being bothered by game delays.  I'm already ass-deep in a game queue, so another several months doesn't bother me at all.

EXCELLENT

I was sad at first :( (still am a bit ;_: ) but then I realised that it will give me more time for Skyrim and other releases near the end of the year :)

More time for skyrim

Thank God 

Needs more calibrating, no doubt.

This is good

good cause to many games are being released to fast

What ever time they need you know its going to be good anyways.

As long as it still comes out before Dec 21, 2012.

" Good, they rushed DA2 and i wont accept Bioware rushing my all time favourite franchise. "

that's okay with me as there are too many good games this November

Totally called it 4 seconds after they announced a 2011 date for it.

NOOOOOOOOOO.  But, hey, if more time equals an even better game then I'm all for it.  The original timeline seemed a little quick anyway. 

Oddly okay with this having just picked up a 360 I was hoping to get Mass Effect 1 and double dip on ME2 to take a character through all three games now I have time to do so especially after Platinuming ME2 on PS3 a few months ago left me wanting to take a break.

The first and second did okay numbers, nothing mega huge but a success. I reckon they saw the amount of games that are coming out this year and the amount of them that will not change their release date. They probably think they have a better chance in early 2012, which they do.

Expected ^^. I'm happy as long as they fulfil that goal.

More time for them to polish it and prevent a Dragon Age 2 disaster, and more time for me to play Skyrim

Called it (as did pretty much everybody else in that forum thread the other day). 

Even if they would be ready in time, it makes sense just to avoid Skyrim (not saying it would get destroyed or anything, but why risk splitting the audience?), and also so that EA aren't putting ME3 and Battlefield 3 out on top of each other.

Not a big deal. There are plenty of other games coming out this fall (as always), so I can wait. I'd prefer they take the time they need to deliver the best game they can rather than rushing it and leaving us with a product that's unpolished or unfinished.

I'd actually like the industry as a whole to space out the release dates more. They're getting better at it, but it still seems like the majority of big releases happen in the last four months or so of the year. I understand it's the holiday season and all that, but so many games come out around that time of the year that it starts to get overwhelming.

After Activision reveals that the next Call of Duty is coming out in September-November I'm sure Skyrim and most of the rest big profile games will be delayed to early 2012 as well. I know, it sucks.

I was putting money on this.
Oh well, more time for them to make it amazing. 

"This is great news. I don't want them to "Kirkwall" my mass effect, thank you! "

Sad but i kind of expected this.  Gives em more time to polish the game and make AWSOME!

Okay, good stuff. Where is this real news I'm waiting for, though?

I would this would be coming and I'm happy for it. I really loved Mass Effect 2, don't get me wrong, but I finished Arrival when it came out and have already played a tonne of Mass Effect. I would prefer a longer wait and enjoy the experience a bit more.

And it'll of course still be on the same engine since it's being made by EA.

FUCK!

I'm fine with this pushback, i's more realistic. But if it gets pushed back again Imma flip my shit.

I guess this is good news... I don't want ME3 to end up like DA2. Still. FUCK

Hahahahahahaha.

They're trying to add multiplayer, it seems. 

GOOD. I want them to take their time, do it right. Don't make the mistakes Dragon Age 2 made.

" They're trying to add multiplayer, it seems.  "

" And it'll of course still be on the same engine since it's being made by EA. "

Now it can actually win a Game of the Year award, this year was looking pretty dicey for it.

Boo!!!

As long as it is awesome, I don't care!

why do people think that releasing in 2011 will make it into a DA2? its a different group of people within bioware working on mass effect 3

Delays make me sad, but only in the short term. If Bioware/EA are delaying ME3, I think that bodes well for the quality of the game when it actually drops.* After the Dragon Age 2 rush job, I heartily approve.

Upon a little more consideration, I suppose any post-E3 avoidance of ME3 info is now shot. I would've been barely able to stay in the dark until October/November, never mind next year.

Oh, well. Hopefully they keep good on their promise of less spoiler-filled marketing. They did pretty okay with that aspect in terms of DA2, though the lack of info on that going up to release was for...different reasons, looking back on it.