Nobody likes to wait for their favorite things, and the postponement of No Man's Sky was set to raise some eyebrows at the least.
The game has been in development for a long period of time, and some passionate (read: fanatic) gamers went as far as making death threats to members of the Hello Games team after they announced that the title will land in August instead of June.
The much-expected PlayStation 4 and PC game features a procedurally generated open-world universe with a sense of wonder and scope never attempted before.
Previews of the game were met with moderate to high enthusiasm, as No Man's Sky promises to be so large that two distinct players will have a hard time meeting each other during their ongoing space exploration adventures.
It may be that the ambitious nature of the game led the developers to push No Man's Sky launch for Aug. 9 in North America, making gamers wait for about two months extra.
That is why a number of fans jumped the shark and started to spew death threats to the team behind the sci-fi title.
Sean Murray, who is the co-founder of Hello Games, posted the information on Twitter.
I have received loads of death threats this week, but don't worry, Hello Games now looks like the house from Home Alone #pillowfort
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) May 28, 2016
In good humor, he adds that the marbles and oil from the stairs have to go.
"It's getting really cumbersome, and I need the toilet," he jokes.
The news about the delay landed on the PlayStation blog, which quickly transformed into a cocktail of support and hatred.
"I was beyond excited ... when I saw [No Man's Sky] two years ago but that energy is long gone now and you won't see a cent from me for it," a user underlines.
"You've waited this long, in an extra few weeks REALLY that much of a hardship," another user tries to put things in perspective.
He goes on to add that a game of this size has a great change to be glitchy, so it is expected of the developing team to polish as much as they can prior to the rollout.
On the bright side, the vast majority of the gaming community understands that it is better to wait a few more months and see the release of a stable title than get a broken game at the scheduled date.
