release date OCTOBER 17!!!??

[Fredric Drum]

Hi all!

I traced my order at amazon.com 1 minute ago, and the info that came up was this:


Item Availability: 1 to be released: October 31, 2001
Expected Ship Date: Oct 18, 2001
Estimated Delivery: Oct 25, 2001 - Oct 31, 2001


Which means it will be shipped on oct 18 and received in my moist hands on oct 25, which is great news!!


Fred

[dainbramaged13]

dude this sux... i might nto be the first one to get it after all...the retailer i reserved my copy from isa smaller game software company called Babbages - I'll have to cal them when i get home.

[Fidel]

uh, this screwes up my little scheme completely. argh, too much combinatorics....
i can't believe they are moving it forward....impressive. i expected it to be shipped a couple of days before oct 31....

[Th0mas]

For all you Brits out there...

I am going down RIGHT NOW to HMV in Oxford Street (London) to see if it is on sale!!

[iannac]

civ3.com, has a countdown on their splash page that says 13 days until release, so i'm doubting that stores will have civ3 today. but that might not stop me from going to compusa today anyway.

[Fredric Drum]

As long as I'm the first to get the game in the mighty kingdom of Norway, I'm happy! Anyway, it seems that I'll get it around it's actual US release date... which still is oct 31 as far as I understand. Fortunately I work on a freelance basis, so I can stay up all night playing Sid Meier's CIVILIZATION III!!!


Fred

[Th0mas]

Re: For all you Brits out there...

Originally posted by Th0mas
I am going down RIGHT NOW to HMV in Oxford Street (London) to see if it is on sale!!

I was met with blank faces - so they checked their list and.......

it said the 16th November


This is at odds with the press release that stated the release date for the UK and the US was the 30th October

...so I am still going to expect to get my copy on the 30th

(blind faith and a total disregard of the facts will get me through )

[Fidel]

whoever gets the copy before me is a dead meat. moderator or not, emperor or schmemperor

[connorkimbro]

hmmmm, it's possible. .

i'll call EB during lunch today. . .

[Gryphon]

Yeap, but more like stupid Yankees. this is a classic and truly insulting considering your from finland!

[wal35]

Re: Re: For all you Brits out there...

Originally posted by Th0mas


I was met with blank faces - so they checked their list and.......

it said the 16th November


This is at odds with the press release that stated the release date for the UK and the US was the 30th October

...so I am still going to expect to get my copy on the 30th

(blind faith and a total disregard of the facts will get me through )

Apart from amazon with their bizarre 28th Dec every other UK online retailer has the 16th Nov too which is very worrying as not only do they all agree but that is a Friday - games are *always* released in the UK on Friday.

So what is happening to all those precious Civ3 CDs between arriving in the UK on the 30th Oct (according to Firaxis) and arriving on UK shop shelves on the 16th Nov ??

Maybe it takes 16 days to put them in to the UK box?

[knott]

It´s 16th November in Sweden.

[Pembleton]

You people are wasting time and fooling yourselves. The earliest the game will be released will be the 31st.

The 17th date was an old projection that was changed over a month ago to the 31st.

[Dugrik]

Hmmm, no news from Simpleton. Think he's playing the game?

[Dugrik]

Originally posted by Pembleton
You people are wasting time and fooling yourselves. The earliest the game will be released will be the 31st.

The 17th date was an old projection that was changed over a month ago to the 31st.

This doesn't mean that a few retailers here and there don't get the latest word and sell it early. I'm not sure if they face penalties for selling early, but most managers would rather have new merchandise out on the floor and not cluttering up the storeroom.