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Good points all round.
I realize that Dec 13th is a mite late for a HUGE amount of sales, that is true, but sales are sales, and even two weeks of selling during the Christmas selling season is better than nothing at all (LOTS of last minute shoppers, and an increasing number of internet shoppers too!). This, for a company in dire financial straits would seem a tempting lure indeed, I would think (money's money, after all, and if you need more to stay alive, then you'll grasp at what sales you can get, I would think).
And I readily admit that my analysis of the situation is but one possibility...thus, the question posed....what else? What other possibilities could there be?
It's true that sales would be limited or that money might be tight, but to release now would at least be to snag those last minute shoppers, and the game could still be hyped in early January too.
Nz and Au might not be *enormous* software markets, but if the mechanism is in place, it seems silly NOT to sell....if you're financially sick, you need to get money, and in IG's case, they get that by selling product ASAP, not by sitting firm.
As I understood at least *part* of the delay release in Europe was due to translation delays (German and Italian versions), but my understanding is that the game will be released in English in both NZ and AU....so no such translation delay there).
-=Vel=-
I realize that Dec 13th is a mite late for a HUGE amount of sales, that is true, but sales are sales, and even two weeks of selling during the Christmas selling season is better than nothing at all (LOTS of last minute shoppers, and an increasing number of internet shoppers too!). This, for a company in dire financial straits would seem a tempting lure indeed, I would think (money's money, after all, and if you need more to stay alive, then you'll grasp at what sales you can get, I would think).
And I readily admit that my analysis of the situation is but one possibility...thus, the question posed....what else? What other possibilities could there be?
It's true that sales would be limited or that money might be tight, but to release now would at least be to snag those last minute shoppers, and the game could still be hyped in early January too.
Nz and Au might not be *enormous* software markets, but if the mechanism is in place, it seems silly NOT to sell....if you're financially sick, you need to get money, and in IG's case, they get that by selling product ASAP, not by sitting firm.
As I understood at least *part* of the delay release in Europe was due to translation delays (German and Italian versions), but my understanding is that the game will be released in English in both NZ and AU....so no such translation delay there).
-=Vel=-
, when you look at the stockexchange for firaxis you can see the ups and downs , ....... 
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