Coronavirus may start a new wave of game transfer – review

The film industry, in addition to many other areas, suffers huge losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it was believed that such a situation only helps games – many popular titles even update their own attendance records.
Of course, everything is not so simple. Although many gaming companies like EA, GSC Game World, Rockstar and CD Projekt RED send their employees to work from home, many new products may still be delayed.
About it directly informs news editor Kotaku Jason Schreyer

Now this is not the most important news, but soon because of the coronavirus they will start to postpone games. March and, possibly, April news are still out of the risk zone, but after that there can be anything.

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Moreover, from a conversation between a journalist and readers, it became clear that not only large retail releases like The Last of Us: Part IIcopies of which must be printed at the factories, but also only digital innovations, especially for indies – they need to go through console certification.

Yes, and the transition to remote work is unlikely to be given to all companies seamlessly: many developers may simply not be ready for such a production. Do not forget about the need to get an age rating, which can also cause problems.

The reporter is sure that the next news will show crazy sales at all – especially he notes Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch, which received from the press more than 90 points on aggregators.

Speaking about the potential delay in launching a new generation of consoles, Schreyer said that while everyone is reading the coffee grounds, the situation with nekstgen will become clearer by the summer.

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