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🤷♂️ Even Grinding Gear Games is afraid to release Path of Exile 2 next to GTA.
"GTA 6 is a problem. If there's a release to avoid, it's this one. They'll literally buy up every media space they can. Anything they can spend money on, they'll spend it on. So releasing on the same weekend as them isn't a good idea."
You might think that the game director of the project, Jonathan Rogers, is simply laying out straws for the transfer to 2027.These games can hardly be called competitors, and PoE2 is primarily a PC thing, and, as we remember, GTA 6 will definitely not be released on PC in the fall.In addition, PoE2 will be free at release.How can they interfere with each other?A simultaneous release with a Rockstar Games hit will greatly complicate the task of attracting a new audience, because the media field will only be noisy about it.One thing that doesn’t play into PoE2’s favor is that it will be difficult to call it a new game after a long early access.Some have already played enough.
In the meantime, the release of Path of Exile 2 from early access is planned for the period after ExileCon, which will be held on November 7–8 of this year.One or two mini-leagues may be released before the release, along with balance changes, but the team’s main efforts are focused on version 1.0.Then the remaining 2 acts of the campaign will appear, but the promised new classes will not be ready for version 1.0.The addition of swords at release also remains in question.The community is most worried about the latter. #game #PC
"GTA 6 is a problem. If there's a release to avoid, it's this one. They'll literally buy up every media space they can. Anything they can spend money on, they'll spend it on. So releasing on the same weekend as them isn't a good idea."
You might think that the game director of the project, Jonathan Rogers, is simply laying out straws for the transfer to 2027.These games can hardly be called competitors, and PoE2 is primarily a PC thing, and, as we remember, GTA 6 will definitely not be released on PC in the fall.In addition, PoE2 will be free at release.How can they interfere with each other?A simultaneous release with a Rockstar Games hit will greatly complicate the task of attracting a new audience, because the media field will only be noisy about it.One thing that doesn’t play into PoE2’s favor is that it will be difficult to call it a new game after a long early access.Some have already played enough.
In the meantime, the release of Path of Exile 2 from early access is planned for the period after ExileCon, which will be held on November 7–8 of this year.One or two mini-leagues may be released before the release, along with balance changes, but the team’s main efforts are focused on version 1.0.Then the remaining 2 acts of the campaign will appear, but the promised new classes will not be ready for version 1.0.The addition of swords at release also remains in question.The community is most worried about the latter. #game #PC
