Civ3.com Countdown

[Crouchback]

Everytime I visit civ3.com there is that stupid countdown to release mocking me and every non-US customer. Why in an age of globalisation and mass marketing do US game companies still think they can ignore and belittle us poor suckers in the rest of the world?

Ideally I'd like a second non-US countdown on the official game site as well, how hard would that be?

Oh, and don't give me the old "Firaxis say Civ 3 will be out everywhere on the same day." They know less than we do of what Infogrames is planning.

David

[Jason Beaudoin]

I got to tell you Crouchback, my heart goes out to all you non-North Americans who won't be getting the game at the same time as us.

[Pembleton]

I don't feel sorry at all. Computer game snobs who look down upon console games may not care about this, but I have to wait *many* months before a release of a Japanese game gets translated into English and it's not that big of a deal to me.

[Pembleton]

And besides, according to Civ3.com, I thought it was going to be released in the U.K. and U.S. at the same time anyway.

[Crouchback]

Originally posted by Pembleton
I don't feel sorry at all. Computer game snobs who look down upon console games may not care about this, but I have to wait *many* months before a release of a Japanese game gets translated into English and it's not that big of a deal to me.

Yeah, but they have to be translated. There is some doubt that we may see a non-US English version of Civ 3 before spring of next year, Infogrames is saying they only plan to release the same version on 16/11.

And anyway, I'll live with the release date so long as it's not to long. It's the mocking US-centric countdown that is driving me up the wall.

And besides, according to Civ3.com, I thought it was going to be released in the U.K. and U.S. at the same time anyway.

I told you not to say that.

David

[Earthling7]

This countdown is very real. It indicates when our pre-orders get mailed and Civ3 becomes available to downloaders. I ordered my copy, but if non-Americans need to wait weeks and months, they will pirate. Maybe they'll buy it as it becomes available, maybe not. But the game will become available on 30 Oct.

[StratAll]

You know, that makes it so sad. It's just not fair that (non-American) people who are really looking forward to actually holding the box in their hands (and playing of course) will not be able to do so until the evil software-pirateers have already played it for weeks.

Sniff...

[Nikolai]

I'd say, don't care so much about that!
We will get reviews anyway on that date, so I'm interwested in the release date wherew it is released first, then here in Norway!

[Adagio]

Originally posted by StratAll
...until the evil software-pirateers have already played it for weeks.

Hey...take that evil word out of there, we're not evil, we're only defending ourselfes from the waiting time til games comes out in Europe

If I can't find the game in the stores October 30th I will surely use every means possible to get the pirated version. And if the game isn't released within 2 weeks of the US release date I don't have any money to buy the game (From that time I have to spend all my money on christmas/birtday presents ), this means I can't get the game before Christmas if they release it that late

[Fredric Drum]

I disagree! I will refuse to read ANY reviews of CIV 3... I don't want my game spoiled... I've already read too many PREviews. I want to open the box, install the game and just play it. Reviews will probably be positive, but there's always some moaners and whiners and I don't wanna hear anything bad about CIV3...


Fred

[MarkG]

there is the release date and the availiability date.

civ3 will be released one time and it will be on october 30.

the availiability is a different issue

even in the US, it wont be everywhere on all cities and all stores....

[Asesino_Virtual]

Hahaha, suckers! i will get it 3-4 days after the release, hahaha!.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Why are all you Europe people complaining.

I live in the US, but have to wait till the mac version comes out. So, its gonna be more than a few months wait. More like a year. Imagin that. Everyone in the world gets to play civ3 and all I get are screenshots and strats which I wont even understand since I wont get the game till like next year.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
Why are all you Europe people complaining.

I live in the US, but have to wait till the mac version comes out. So, its gonna be more than a few months wait. More like a year. Imagin that. Everyone in the world gets to play civ3 and all I get are screenshots and strats which I wont even understand since I wont get the game till like next year.

I feel very sorry for you, Lawrence. My advice is to get a real computer

[Mars]

Feel sorry for you guys but hey i need that countdown. Its like a way to aliveate the anixety of waiting for it. Just 9 more days, 9 more days.

I feel very sorry for you, Lawrence. My advice is to get a real computer