Pushed Survey

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Pushed Survey

Thank you for taking the time to answer some questions on the topic of why games push. The goal of this survey is to gain insights from game development and publishing professionals on why video games push.

All information will remain anonymous.

In your experience, what percentage of the video games you've worked on have not made their scheduled release date?

0-10%

11-20%

21-30%

31-40%

41-50%

51-60%

61-70%

71-80%

More than 80%

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Thinking about the games you worked on that pushed, on average approximately how many months were the games delayed?

0-3 months

4-6 months

7-9 months

10-12 months

More than 12 months

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Which game or games have you worked on that suffered a significant (more than 6 months) schedule slip?

In your experience, where in the development process do the wheels typically fall off? *

Pre-production

Vertical Slice

Alpha

Beta

Release (or very close to the finish line)

Other:

Only thinking about the games you worked on, which of the following are the main reasons the game/s pushed? (Please select no more than three) *

Scope to large from the outset

Too many creative or feature changes internally

Company didn’t have the necessary skills to create what was agreed to

Too many creative or feature changes by publisher/1st party

Overall production/development management issues (blocking, no coordination, poor scheduling, etc.)

No clear direction or leadership from the start

Developers time split across too many other projects.

The game review wasn’t positive and changes had to be made.

New platform opportunity (i.e. additional platforms added, or new platform like Switch coming)

Other:

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Which software tool/s have you or the company you work at used to manage the overall production schedule?

Do you (or did you) find the production management tools effective?

Yes

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