Bandai Namco made the announcement today regarding a delay to the upcoming console release of its side-steppinâ 3D arcade fighting game, Tekken 7. Initially, it was slated for release during early 2017 but Bandai Namco just revealed that it is not the case. The new date now is â June 2, 2017.
Tekken 7 Project leader Katsuhiro Harada had this to say during a press event in Tokyo last week:
We were trying our best to get the game out at that time, to get it into the hands of users as early as possible, we saw some titlesâsome from our own company and some from othersâwhich didnât have a very good launch because of a lack of content, or whatever it was, that caused players to bash the product.
Harada and team clearly wanted to avoid a repeat of history, deciding to move ahead with its original content plan, âeven if that meant the game would come a little laterâ.
Further, talking about their decision to delay the launch of Tekken 7, he continued:
The decision wasnât an easy one. although this is the first time weâve actually announced a date, it wasnât always June. It came through a process and we made some hard decisions and that was the result. earlyâ was probably March or April from your average personâs perspective, so weâre not going to try and sugar-coat it. We realise itâs not âearly,â Iâm so sorry!
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