For many games launched this year, motion capture and audio work will have been done before the pandemic. However, for the games to be released in early 2021 or later, the quarantine meant that work on these items simply had to be postponed indefinitely.
Spencer points to sports games like Madden and FIFA to find out where we might see interruptions. While these games are launched annually, the lockdown months in 2020 could have a big impact on their 2021 release calendars.
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However, there is more hope for games that have already completed the work of mo-cap and audio, which includes many games that will be released this year. "During the summer, early fall? I feel pretty good with these games," said Spencer. "Games that have been aimed for a year or more? Will there be some impact , but they can react. "
While the status of the games that will be released beyond this year is not known at this time, Spencer is confident that the Xbox Series X will not be delayed and will launch Holiday 2020 as planned. Sony also has similar confidence in its own console, saying the PS5 is still on its way to release for Holiday 2020.
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Matt Purslow is the British news and entertainment writer for Heaven32. You can follow him on Twitter.