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<blockquote data-quote="The Ghost" data-source="post: 4685839" data-attributes="member: 60281">True. We don't know. That is why we leave ourselves room to maneuver by not being specific about when a product will be ready until we are absolutely certain of that date. Had WotC done that initially we would not be have these debates. Or, at the very least, they would not be as frequent.I say this as someone who is a business owner. Commercial real estate development to be specific. I have built a number of buildings, I know that contractors often cannot complete a project within the quoted time frame. There are way too many problems that can arise. So I protect myself when dealing with future tenants by using phrases like &quot;coming soon&quot; or &quot;late summer/early fall 2009&quot;, etc. It allows me the flexibility to get it done right without the pressures of people complaining about the delays. I can defend &quot;late summer/early fall&quot; in September easier than I can defend &quot;a June release&quot; in September.Had WotC originally said &quot;We will be releasing 4e in June 2008 and then coming soon we will have Dungeon/Dragon/Compendium/Character Builder/Game Table/etc.&quot; many (most?) of us would be more understandable about the delays. I stand by my position that it was a mistake by management and marketing at WotC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Ghost, post: 4685839, member: 60281"] True. We don't know. That is why we leave ourselves room to maneuver by not being specific about when a product will be ready until we are absolutely certain of that date. Had WotC done that initially we would not be have these debates. Or, at the very least, they would not be as frequent. I say this as someone who is a business owner. Commercial real estate development to be specific. I have built a number of buildings, I know that contractors often cannot complete a project within the quoted time frame. There are way too many problems that can arise. So I protect myself when dealing with future tenants by using phrases like "coming soon" or "late summer/early fall 2009", etc. It allows me the flexibility to get it done right without the pressures of people complaining about the delays. I can defend "late summer/early fall" in September easier than I can defend "a June release" in September. Had WotC originally said "We will be releasing 4e in June 2008 and then coming soon we will have Dungeon/Dragon/Compendium/Character Builder/Game Table/etc." many (most?) of us would be more understandable about the delays. I stand by my position that it was a mistake by management and marketing at WotC. [/QUOTE]

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