Response From Bethusdela>on Morro Date!
Ok, so I was tired of d i c k ing around with this damn release date stuff regarding the xbox morrowind. I decided to go straight to the source with an email. I DID get a response believe it or not. First here is what I emailed them:
To whom it may concern,
I work in a public relations department, let me state that right off the bat. I just felt the overwhelming need to tell you that there is a mountain of unwelcome press you are getting in ALL videogame related forums as far as Morrowind Xbox is concerned. You really have some angry people on your hands. Now I understand that you all have to tend to your needs as of present, fixing bugs and such.
But really, is it worth it to completely ignore a whole segment of the public that will be buying your software? Most of these people don't care if its delayed, they are just tired of being told a release date, and having it yanked over and over again. I can sympathize with this rational. If I don't meet a deadline with a project many people become quite unhappy with me needless to say.
What you need to understand is, you are ignoring a whole community out there. There is a thread on team xbox with over 300 replies on Morrowind with over 22,000 views! No joke. That is one site alone.
How many people have this game preordered? Quite a bit. Having already spent their money, it would be a good move on your part to at least provide a conservative release date. If you give a late date, then release it early, you will look good. If you keep pushing it back, you're going to loose people, and excitment generated by the PC version.
Your solution? 1) Provide a date, whatever. Something saying the Xbox version should be ready by so and so. 2) Tell WHY you are releasing it late. Make something up if you have to, just give people something.
Thats it. I just had to say something. It is too hard watching a good company ruin a good thing just by simply not speaking up.
Thank you for your time.
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Here is what I got as a response:
We do not have the final say when the Xbox version is released. We have to go through the same process as every other game that comes out on a console. This process takes time, and since we have a particularly large game, it takes even longer for us.
We aren't allowed to say anything about the process or the date, which is why we aren't saying anything. We aren't releasing it late. Both versions were completed at the same time. One just has to go through a process to be released, the other does not. Therefore, getting on forums to tell people that we aren't allowed to say anything really isn't going to make anyone LESS angry, if all that want is information.
I realize people are anxious for the game to come out. So are we. I can assure you that we are going above and beyond the norm to get this game out as fast as we can.
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I'm not going to give the name of the guy that responded simply because I don't think that would be appropriate. So I hope this helps you guys out a bit. Doesn't really say much, but at least its something.
Peace.
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