release date OCTOBER 17!!!??

[Moral Hazard]

I should emphasize the may part of may not include legal ... Because I'm conjecturing this from what I know of the industry as well as past products which have been available before official release dates.

Concerning Fallout 1 & 2, they're my favorite games of all time probably heresy on these boards. I wanted to use the Karma Sutra Master pic but when I tried the screen capture it turned up all black.

[Falconius]

Well, SH*T! It's the 17th NOW! I'm heading to the local software outlet and wait for them to open!

My Best Buy box also says the 18th, so it's worth a shot.

[Falconius]

Re: release date OCTOBER 17!!!??

Originally posted by Simpleton
I'm in the local computer super store checking things out. As I am walking to the front door I see THE BOX!!!

Is the name of the store a chain we would recognize?

[Grunthex]

Must admit, I'm interested in what store it is too. Mostly because almost all the software chains in Edmonton are in Calgary as well, and they're likely to have similar release policies. And heck, even if they don't, what's a 3 hour drive each way, and $50 of gas compared to a 2 week headstart on Civ?

[Chuckles]

I am guessing (and hoping) that it is EB. But that is just a guess.

[Chuckles]

Perhaps my little city of Edmonton way in the middle of the Canadian prairies has been blessed by Sid/Firaxis as some sort of test bed???

Followed by:

do u live in USA?

Man I've got to chuckle at that. Avatar says Canada too. How many references you need? Silly settlers.

[The Templar]

Alright! Only a few more hours now

[The Templar]

Huh! I just checked out the Best Buy web site, and they say release will be on the 18 (but subject to change). See here.

[fanatic civver]

agrees with d4rkl0rd



I reckon game stores purposely tell people early release dates that they know is wrong just to keep people interested and make them to come back to THEIR store every day until it is actually released. Obviously this works.

When the game comes out on the 31st buy it from a shop that had the real date to start with!

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by Chuckles

Silly settlers.

Yeap, but more like stupid Yankees.

[Fidel]

Hm, I guess I better check when 60 bucks are deducted from my credit card, because CB says they will charge only when shipped. Did not happen yet.
Also, CB shipment info is still 'not shipped' so I guess that we have to wait until Oct 30.

[Simpleton]

Re: Re: release date OCTOBER 17!!!??

Originally posted by Falconius


Is the name of the store a chain we would recognize?

Probably not. It's Compusmart. They're a big chain in Western Canada but I don't think they are in the US.
Sorry.


By the way I say a need screenshot of the city view on the box. It had a city centre clustered with skyscrapers and a sprawling city around them. Various city improvements were scattered in the surrounding area. It looked pretty neat!

[Simpleton]

Originally posted by Grunthex
Must admit, I'm interested in what store it is too. Mostly because almost all the software chains in Edmonton are in Calgary as well, and they're likely to have similar release policies. And heck, even if they don't, what's a 3 hour drive each way, and $50 of gas compared to a 2 week headstart on Civ?

By the way the store I saw it in was Compusmart. I think they have one in Calgary if memory serves me correct. If not the store I saw it in was the one in west Edmonton just north of the MALL on 170th street. FYI

[gardd]

I have been checking the big high-res pictures at

http://www.multiplayer.it/articoli.php3?id=1500&page=2

and they are just so cool.

The release date will be much earlier than the street date for Civilization III I think. Just check
www.isonews.com -> Releases -> Games
every now and then and see when it appears.

Piracy is not good. But for the curiousity, it is cool to see how soon it gets online in the "darker areas" of the world.

I will buy the game of course since it is soo good!!!!!
You should do it as well!!!!!!

[Akaoz]

It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen...

When the game went gold I mailed my local store (Akersmic, Oslo, Norway) to check their release date. They said 30th November on their site, and confirmed this by mail.

I just checked it now and it says 15th November...

I have never seen a release date move that way before...

What can it all mean? We (Norway) usually get games about a month after release in the US.

-Alech