They need to be more responsible when giving out release dates. They should not say "the game will be out September of 2003" unless they are absolutely sure about that. Obviously, they weren't, and that's their fault.
That's why I like ID so much, they didn't bullshit anyone, they never gave any valid or concrete dates, the closest they came was saying "we hope it will be done by this time, but we can't be sure, it will be done when it's done".
It's just being irresponsible on Valves part. They need to get their shit together.
True. But also hate it when the company says this "date", releases on that date and the game turns out to be crap because of it.
This happens with movies, music and pretty much anything else. Eventually it gets released and people still buy the product.
And i really dont think that the reason for its delay is because they're disorganized. It happened with the original, and look how that game turned out.
Here:
For the website: http://www.halflife2.net/
For Gabe's Newell post: http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6610&st=0&#entry121781
Second source: http://www.planethalflife.com/
- this also tells people who dont know how a game gets released.
So it should be in the next month. Hopefully.