History Trivia / XRebirth

* ExecutiveMeddling: It has been argued that the broken state ''Rebirth'' shipped out in was a result of deadlines set by Deep Silver, though no direct evidence is available.

* TroubledProduction: X Rebirth went through major hassles in its development. The very game's existence was due to the fact Egosoft's former publisher, Deep Silver, forced them to release a product made with the new engine they had developed. The game also went through several iterations, one of which was supposed to be an Xbox 360 game. The current version of the game still bears some remnants of that version, the enhanced controller support and the big A in the interface menu being the most noticeable of them. The rocky launch and the ExecutiveMeddling ended up being the last straw for Egosoft, who went on to publish X4: Foundations themselves.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Storywise, the game was originally going to be set a thousand years after the gates shut down, instead of the 27 of the final game. Also, the Dark would've been caused by a supernova, instead of a firebreak by the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] to stop the Xenon from spreading further.

'''CBJ:''' The irony of this is that when we ''were'' posting weekly screenshots, people were complaining that it wasn't enough and demanded videos. When we provided a video they demanded gameplay information. The reality is that no matter what we provide, people will always want more, and this thread will run on regardless, with those people who are inclined to do so getting irate and impatient. Again, we know people ''want'' more information, but despite what some of those may people think, doing what they want isn't always the right course of action when the bigger picture is taken into account.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: X Rebirth went through major hassles in its development. The very game's existance was due to the fact Egosoft's former publisher, Deep Silver, forced them to release a product made with the new engine they had developed. The game also went through several iterations, one of which was supposed to be an Xbox 360 game. The current version of the game still bears some remnants of that version, the enhanced controller support and the big A in the interface menu being the most noticeable of them. The rocky launch and the ExecutiveMeddling ended up being the last straw for Egosoft, who went on to publisj X4: Foundations themselves.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: X Rebirth went through major hassles in its development. The very game's existance was due to the fact Egosoft's former publisher, Deep Silver, forced them to release a product made with the new engine they had developed. The game also went through several iterations, one of which was supposed to be an Xbox 360 game. The current version of the game still bears some remnants of that version, the enhanced controller support and the big A in the interface menu being the most noticeable of them.

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* ScheduleSlip: Originally set for release in fourth quarter 2011, now expected in mid-2013 or thereabouts. Some fans were half-convinced it had become {{vaporware}} due to a lack of information. (The devs and beta testers were barred from talking freely about it thanks to non-disclosure agreements.) CBJ, the one dev who post on the forum on a regular basis, consistently denied this to be the case, and on August 8 ''Rebirth'' was announced for a November 15, 2013 release.

* ScheduleSlip: Originally set for release in fourth quarter 2011, now expected in mid-2013 or thereabouts. Some fans are half-convinced it's become {{vaporware}} due to a lack of information. (The devs and beta testers are barred from talking freely about it thanks to non-disclosure agreements.) CBJ, the one dev who visits the forum on a regular basis, consistently denies this to be the case, and in late November 2012 confirmed it'll be out in 2013.

* ScheduleSlip: Originally set for release in fourth quarter 2011, now expected in mid-2013 or thereabouts. Some fans are half-convinced it's become {{vaporware}} due to a lack of information. (The devs and beta testers are barred from talking freely about it thanks to non-disclosure agreements.) CBJ, the one dev who visits the forum on a regular basis, consistently denies this to be the case.

* ScheduleSlip: Originally set for release in fall 2012, now expected in mid-2013 or thereabouts. Some fans are half-convinced it's become {{vaporware}} due to a lack of information. (The devs and beta testers are barred from talking freely about it thanks to non-disclosure agreements.) CBJ, the one dev who visits the forum on a regular basis, consistently denies this to be the case.

* ProductionNickname: ''TNBT'', short for "the next big thing".