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When a company doesn't give a release date, and as such the development time for the product could be finished between now and the end of time with very little specifics. The reason for this is usually so that the developer has no time constraints, so they can take as much time as necessary to deliver a good product. Similar to Vapor Ware, except in this case there is no doubt that the product is actually going to be finished. It's just that the majority of the fanbase realizes that it will take an absurdly long time. Comparable to a continued delaying of the product so that the developer can properly make the game. In most cases, the quality of the finished product turns out to be very high, so the company's actions can be somewhat justified. Creators who actually want to invoke this use a few standard stock phrases. "Soon" means "we're foolish enough to hope it will actually be soon." "Real Soon Now," possibly with ™ appended, means they really don't know themselves, and it'll probably be a while. "When It's Done" means don't hold your breath. Compare Schedule Slip. |
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. | |
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Occasionally, the developers of Double Homework haven’t been able to release updates on time. After Palmer’s death, the rest of the team released the final chapter as soon as they could, but without making any time commitments. | |
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They also usually respond this way in World of Warcraft blogs. When are rogues going to be balanced? Soon. When are Shadow Priests and frost mages getting buffed? Soon. When are new battlegrounds being released? Soon. | |
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The Fallout: New Vegas DLC, Honest Hearts, had been "real soon now" from February to May 2011. It was finally announced for May 17th on May 3rd, 2011. | |
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Other (infamous) examples include Starcraft II (eventually released... kinda) and Starcraft: Ghost (Vapor Ware). | |
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Billy vs. SNAKEMAN has a half dozen announced game areas stuck in this state, including two (Reaper's Game, and Pirates) that further the running plot of the game. Hero's Quest has been finished now so we'll see how long it takes for the rest to be finished. | |
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During the development of Them's Fightin' Herds, the Mane 6 team was fond of using exactly this phrase in developmental updates when the team encountered setbacks, a favorite being "X will be done Soon™". | |
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X: Rebirth was initially announced for a fall 2011 release. Then Egosoft realized, "oops, it's not ready" and had only given vague estimates ("Q3 2012"), until it was finally announced that the release date was set in stone as November 15th 2013. Since it's going to be Steam-exclusive, the occasional joke has popped up that Egosoft is running on Valve time (see above). Egosoft actually own the domain Soon.TM. | |
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The wait for the sixth A Song of Ice and Fire novel, The Winds of Winter, has been a long one. George R.R. Martin has been claiming the book is "months" away since 2016. | |
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EverQuest forums are famous for having the developers state that something will be done "Soon(tm)". | |
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Back in the day, Apogee/3D Realms was notorious for this. Duke Nukem Forever languished for many of its twelve years as Vapor Ware, with the company saying that it would be released "When it's done". Interestingly, the company had claimed several solid release dates, before going for the Orwellian Retcon and claiming that it had always been "When it's done". | |
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Peter Tosh's "Soon Come", recorded both with The Wailers and solo. This is about a woman who is wasting his time by constantly promising to do something by a certain time but making excuses when it hasn't been done by then. The phrase 'Soon Come' is commonly used in Jamaica and is typical of their laidback 'no rush' attitude. | |
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Certain incidents with the authors of Star Wars Legends can leave books deep into Vapor Ware, such as the X-Wing Series. | |
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The developers of Katawa Shoujo "promised" to release it in 2011. Eventually they announced it for and released it on January 4, 2012. | |
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