Half-Life 2 Delayed [Sep 23, 2003, 11:59 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Shacknews has finally
received official word that Half-Life 2 will not be making its planned release
date of September 30, something a quick glance at the calendar can confirm.
Here's the quote from Valve's Doug Lombardi:
The previously announced September 30th release date for Half-Life 2 is being pushed back. We are currently targeting a holiday release, but do not have a specific "in-store" date to share at this time. We will release that information as soon as we have confirmed a new date.
Which wouldn't be necessary if all the damn hardware manufacturers would just adhere to a standard...
If they all did that, then all the great diversity of technology choices available to the PC consumer would be gone. Might as well switch to the Mac. Look, you can't have your cake and eat it too. PC's are very tough to develop for, because of all the hardware diversity. But that same hardware diversity is what makes owning a PC so cool. You can customize your box in so many ways. This diversity also lends itself to constant technology innovations, which leads to ground-breaking games like HL2.
As for the release date (is it delayed or not?), it IS DELAYED. Check Yahoo Technology News. Valve has confirmed an unspecified "holiday release".
And I agree...Valve has handled this poorly. They should not have stuck to the 30th for so long. So what's going to happen to the release party on Alcatraz? I was getting my rowboat prepared...
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