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We have enjoyed Frostpunk 2, although it did not have good sales figures and would have plunged the studio into a small crisis. One of many, but again we find that a game changes its release date, since it has been confirmed that The Alters is delayed to 2025. Originally planned for release in November 2024, it finally looks like its release will be produced on Xbox Game Pass consoles, Playstation 5 and PC.
The objective of 11bit Studios is giving itself more time to improve the quality of the game and work on marketing plans. Arguing that the current plan was too fast, they want to take the necessary time to do things right. And this project is an ambitious project that, given the circumstances, You need to perform well in sales.
The Alters is delayed to 2025 to be able to give itself more time and better plan its marketing
In an interview the president of 11bit Studios, Przemyslaw Marszal, commented that “The Alters' production schedule was very tight”which confirms that “There was uncertainty about whether the developers would have enough time to complete all the work to the quality we all expected”. The current situation of the studio, having had to lower the expectations they had with their latest release, has indicated that “After so many years of production, the risk of the game having deficiencies is unnecessary for us”.
The new launch window is located, like many other games delayed this year, in the first quarter of 2025. And we know that in this launch window we find games that raise great expectations, such as another game that will come to Game Pass as Avowed, the always interesting Civilization VII, or the controversial Assassin's Creed Shadows, as well as Monster Hunter Wilds. None of those come close to the style, or genre, that The Alters will offer. This may be the reason why you still have a high performance forecast.
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Or we could find ourselves with a new future delay to free ourselves from that pressure that could generate reaching the market with so much giant. After the situation that have lived with Frostpunk 2, that without being a game that has been broken and with a fairly high reception, it has not managed to find that audience that has supported its launch with sales. Its performance, as seen on Steam, It is not in the figures that were presumed, it should be.