The delay was much needed, here’s why

✅ The delay takes shadows away from February, a month packed with BIG games including Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (RPG) - Avowed (RPG) - Monster Hunter Wilds & more.

March is rather empty in terms of games in the same genre, so Shadows will have all the time to shine. March 20th allows players to complete February’s games, at least the main story modes allowing them to think of buying something in march.

✅More polish, less Unity. We’ll get a more polished game, instead of getting small 3-5GB patches for bugs and so on, it’ll all come on release, providing a polished experience.

Unity 5 months after release was a way better game than release.

Outlaws just 3 months after release was polished up.

Valhalla just 3 months after release had its big bugs patched up.

Point is, usually we say “had they given it 3-5 months in the oven, it would’ve been polished”

This time it’ll come like that hopefully.

✅Marketing will continue as planned, as per investor call confirming previews next week, this will allow them to show us more in February, including most likely a deep dive and story trailer.

✅The gap between the DLC1 & initial release will likely be smaller.