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SIE Santa Monica Studio has announced a delay to “Laufey,” the latest entry in the “God of War” series. The title had already split opinion since its reveal, since it drops series mainstay Kratos as the protagonist. On 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board, posters were divided over the reason for the delay — some pointed to weak preorder numbers, while others saw it as a move to avoid clashing with other major titles releasing around the same time. Many also raised the more fundamental question of whether there’s even demand for a sequel without Kratos.
SIE Santa Monica Studio has announced that it is delaying the release of “God of War: Laufey.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
preorders were already a disaster to begin with
if it had been delayed into next year, it would've tied into the disc-drop debate and actually gotten interesting
Eh, nobody really cares about this game anyway
This is the classic "nobody preordered it" kind of delay
Granny 20 (this game itself, mocked for its older female lead)
PC Bank Heist (jab at a game seen as overly "politically correct")
Space Baldy (jab at a sci-fi title with a bald protagonist)
and that's already all that's left of the "Four Heavenly Kings"…
and on top of that it's "just" an action game
(/ω・＼) *peeks* (/ω・＼) *peeks*
Meanwhile Duskblood doesn't even have a projected delay length yet lol
Though I'm sure the gameplay itself will be fun as always
I won't spell it out, but the "bald" element (Kratos's shaved head) was beloved too
Now that charm point is gone, and this time being a PS exclusive is dragging it down even further
It's not even the PS brand's peak era anymore, so its survival is genuinely in question
is there seriously anyone who wants to play that? lol
I completely forgot the actual title lol
Once GTA6 is out, are we basically stuck pinning all our hopes on the PS6 after that?
Sorry, but there's no way a PS6 is happening
The console's price alone is already a sticking point
but bigger than that is the question of who's even going to develop games for it
Development costs keep climbing, and if a game flops it can sink a whole studio in one shot
Have you lost your mind?
PS6 will obviously come out eventually
it'd honestly be more surprising if it didn't
same goes for Space Baldy
ship it, it flops, and people get laid off
so of course developers will delay it as long as humanly possible
since you still get paid the whole time
That's wishful thinking talking, not reality
Honestly sounds plausible lol
First Wolverine, now this — Sony's games just keep stinking up the joint
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
The “God of War” series has always been built around protagonist Kratos, and sequels that drop a franchise’s signature character tend to spark debate even in past series entries. The thread split into two camps over the reason for the delay: one that saw it as “weak demand reflected in poor preorders,” and another that read it as “a move to avoid clashing with the cluster of major titles (GTA6, Forza, etc.) releasing around 2026.” Neither side backed its claim with confirmed figures, so both remain speculation. Readers should be careful not to jump to the easy conclusion that a delay automatically signals bad news — strategic delays meant to avoid release-date congestion aren’t unusual in the industry. That said, skepticism toward continuing a series without its signature character isn’t baseless either; similar cases in the past have genuinely affected sales.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Sad News] PS5’s “God of War: Laufey” Release Delayed.”
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