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Twisted Metal lead designer David Jaffe has hit out at people who are questioning the reason given for the game’s move into 2012. On Twitter Jaffe posted a lengthy rebuttal to claims that the forthcoming PS3 exclusive was moved due to the busy release window it was launching into.
“Regarding the peeps thinking we delayed TM to get away from mega games like CALL OF DU, UNCHARTED 3, & BATTLEFIELD 3: amazing how the world has conditioned them2B so cynical. I get it-you don’t respond that way unless u’ve had xperiences that bear out your world view but when u R the guy on the other end of it- as I am now-it’s amazing how little trust there is in the world when companies issue a statement. It makes me question my own cynical views of politicians and wonder if I’ve been too black/white in how I think about this stuff,” said Jaffe.
“For what it’s worth I would have no problem admitting moving TM to early 2012 was only to better our chances at sales. Why NOT admit that? Admitting we need more time than we promised doesn’t HELP us look good as developers, so why offer that up if it were not true? Admitting we wanted to better more strategically position our game makes us look like we are doing good biz, so why not admit that? What, you think we don’t know and are afraid to acknowledge MW3 and Unch3 and BF3 are staggeringly larger and more successfully franchises than Twisted Metal?” he continued.
“It’s all so fu**ing Win/lose with people. What have we been conditioned into?!? It’s like the gamers and the biz folks have been so trained to only care about who wins and who gets their ass kicked that there is no room to appreciate a game can do well enough to turn a profit and please many fans But doesn’t have to win awards like ‘most money made in a weekend by an entertainment product’. Sure we all want that success but it’s not the only definition of financial, social, creative, or execution success. There ARE still some shades of grey…”
Last week Jaffe said the extra time will be used “to polish our demented baby until it shines”.
If there’s one thing better than a demented baby, it’s a shiny demented baby.
