Another Alpha Protocol Delay

Alpha Protocol is now expected in summer of this year, as SEGA explains to MTV Multiplayer that they have pushed back Obsidian's espionage-themed action/RPG to "give the consumer a very polished game," and bring "the whole quality level up." Alpha Protocol is a repeat offender when it comes to delays: In January 2009 a Q1 2009 release window was announced, but just a couple of months later this was pushed back to October 2009, which was later pinned down to precisely October 6. Precision notwithstanding, in late September retail listings surfaced showing a June 2010 release date for the game, which was later confirmed by SEGA, who said the game was expected in spring of this year. So after all that, Alpha Protocol is expected this summer. For now at least.
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Feb 6, 2010, 20:50
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Jerykk wrote on Feb 6, 2010, 20:21:
On the one hand, these repeated delays will only result in a more polished game, something that Obsidian isn't known for. On the other, repeated delays often means the game is something of a mess.

Yeah. Games don't get "delayed for more polish" unless they are in seriously bad shape. If it just needed polishing, then they wouldn't bother delaying it multiple times, they'd just shove it out the door and patch the kinks out.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
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