Ladies and Gentlemen of Europe

[Provost Harrison]

Well thankyou Snapcase for the news and now this seems to be almost a confirmation that we, as Europeans, are second class citizens, or treated as such, by not ensuring a simultaneous release date across the world. I am sickened by this as all other companies seem to have grown beyond this laziness.

Vote with your feet people, download from warez.

Richard 'Provost' Harrison.

[Dauphin]

How long is the delay?

[General Ludd]

Mid november, no big deal, nothing new.

[Provost Harrison]

Read the article BC. 2-3 weeks!

[Dauphin]

2-3 weeks after US isn't that bad.

I can think of other things to complain about, like the cost of car insurance....

[mark13]

Bummer. Not only do we have to suffer the Yanks' eternal ramblings about Bush, we also have to listen to how fantastic civ3 is

Oh well - suppose it gives me an extra three weeks to buy my new computer

[Provost Harrison]

Damn, the title has been edited. I considered it to be a lot more eloquent with the extra bit on the end

Well considering Infogrames, the publisher IS A EUROPEAN COMPANY, I expect a lot better!

[MarkG]

lets see if civ3 actually ships in october first....

[Dauphin]

Read the article BC

He he, I never bother reading the news, I just read reactions on threads, it saves time.

[tniem]

And this is from an European publishing company. Can't blame the US for this one.

[Ralf]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Read the article BC. 2-3 weeks!

Only 2-3 weeks? Are you sure? Thats absolutely great! For a while I suspected at least 4-8 weeks.

2-3 weeks delay is just about exactly right. It give you time to read important mag-reviews and Civ fan-site reactions. The 3-4 weeks delay of CTP-2, for example, saved me from the mistake of buying yet another fullpriced disappointment. I dont think that will happen with Civ-3 though, but since they wont pre-release a demo, I cant make my own judgement.

[Colonâ„¢]

It takes time to produce the boxes and it costs money to store everything until you’ve got enough copies to release it everywhere simultaneously.
And since US is a bigger market I don’t think you can blame them for releasing it there first. (While producing the rest of the boxes for sales elsewhere)

Besides, 2-3 weeks doesn’t seem all too bad, I'd feared 2-3 months.

[SerapisIV]

Originally posted by mark13
Bummer. Not only do we have to suffer the Yanks' eternal ramblings about Bush, we also have to listen to how fantastic civ3 is

Ramblings? More like bltching. Besides, with work and grad school, it'll be the holidays before I find time to play Civ3 which means that even though I will be able to get a hold of Civ3, I sure as hell won't be able to play.

I think my fate is even worse...to actually be able to own the game, and still not be able to play it. Though by waiting a bit I'll probably be able to get at least a few bucks off the initial release price.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Colon
It takes time to produce the boxes and it costs money to store everything until you’ve got enough copies to release it everywhere simultaneously.
And since US is a bigger market I don’t think you can blame them for releasing it there first. (While producing the rest of the boxes for sales elsewhere)

Besides, 2-3 weeks doesn’t seem all too bad, I'd feared 2-3 months.

Oh come on, if other games companies can manage a simultaneous release, I am sure a company the size of Infogrames can more than comfortably manage it. As I have stated, there were never any problems with SMAC. Why is Civ3 any different, especially for a European company!!!

[Bereta_Eder]

Re: Ladies and Gentlemen of Europe

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
we, as Europeans, are second class citizens, or treated as such, by not ensuring a simultaneous release date across the world. I am sickened by this as all other companies seem to have grown beyond this laziness.

Oh, give it a rest Provost! It's not like the future of the free world (sic) is HANGING from it