2016 sounds likely but I can't imagine it's going to be an acceptable product even then. Dean Hall left and now the rest of his team has to clean up his mess. He took the money and ran and I see him as an immensely selfish coward. He's a quitter that set a shitty precedent for all of these types of games to come. Why finish it when you can make so much money with trash and then leave?
I don't really think it matters when it comes out on PS4 because no one should buy it anyways. There's no chance it comes out this year.
Yeah man, what a selfish quitter. He made a free mod that almost single-handedly lifted Bohemia out of relative obscurity and into the spotlight, where it made exponentially more money than it had with its primary product, Arma, while simultaneously becoming the face of the company (though he was only a programmer) and the DayZ product itself. He maintained an available internet presence, issuing updates and remaining present on the forums on a near-daily basis, until the project likely grew to become something much larger, frankly, than he was trained or has the experience to handle, simply because it was a gaming experience so unique it was (and still is) more hotly desired than anyone could have imagined. What a selfish prick. Bohemia really fucked up, giving the necessary resources to one of it's Dean so that he may realize this idea, thereby incurring personal costs and easing those costs by charging a modest price - something that Dean surely decided to do singlehandedly, of course. Dean selfishly let the idea grow beyond anything that the studio itself, let alone the individual who thought it up, is really able to fully develop in the timetable that gamers expect, by virtue of the fact that development has been fully visible and interactive since day one, and the infrastructure for a game of this size is more complex than most games. Couple this with the gaming public's ravenous desire to play such a game that, to this day, still has not been duplicated in full by any game development studio in the world and released as a stable, finished product, and you're right, Dean Hall is a total prick who just took the money and ran.
This is how I see it: Let's say you had a good idea you've been tinkering with. You go to your boss and tell him about it - maybe it's a way to do things a little differently around the office. Your boss says, "Great idea! I'm calling an architect, we're going to build an entirely new office building that maximizes your idea to its absolute fullest!" You are stunned. He goes on: "On top of that, you are now the lead of this construction project! You are now in charge of half of your staff, most of whom are your peers, and some of whom worked above you until now!" You have no managerial skills. But, he seems very enthusiastic, and your idea is really good after all. Then you find out construction is slated to take three years or more - really, as long as YOU take to get it done. The architect and contractors call same-day and demand direction - they are getting paid until this is finished, and you are responsible for making wise use of your boss' money. How long would you last before you simply admitted you didn't have the experience, knowledge, or constitution for such a task?
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