Splinter Cell Conviction: Delayed

In a surprise to absolutely nobody after no showing E3, Ubisoft has announced that Splinter Cell: Conviction has been pushed back to their 2009-2010 fiscal year plans. In a conference call with investors Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot explained the decision as being due to Splinter Cell being dubbed a "risky" venture for the company. Basically this means that the cost to produce the game is higher then some of their other titles, and they expect higher returns. Basically what all of this means is that they're reworking part of the game in order to make it better then whatever it was that they had already completed in order to provide something which will at least live up to the expectations that Ubisoft has for the title. When this is taken into consideration with the news that Ubisoft's first quarter fiscal returns were 29% higher then expectations this year you have to at least assume that they know what they're doing. This is a big blow to Sam Fisher fans though who have been waiting patiently for this title to come out.