Like bioshock, Halo 3, Rock Band, Mass effect. Alll 360 games, and they all had a store release them early
but not Nintendo games, not even SMG.
Do you think Microsoft ships ahead of time and Nintendo ships the night before?
Broken dates have nothing to do with Nintendo, MS, sony, EA, etc. It's the stores.
And SMG's date has been broken.
My friend got Diamond early. ::)
Quote from: Drybones5 on November 11, 2007, 08:57:51 PM
Do you think Microsoft ships ahead of time and Nintendo ships the night before?
No, Nintendo ships ahead of time, they just won't let retailers sell. I believe that some stores had retail copies of Super Mario Galaxy like a week ago.
Quote from: Blaziken on November 11, 2007, 08:59:33 PM
My friend got Diamond early. ::)
I got it in December '06 ::)
Quote from: bluaki on November 11, 2007, 09:00:17 PM
Quote from: Drybones5 on November 11, 2007, 08:57:51 PM
Do you think Microsoft ships ahead of time and Nintendo ships the night before?
No, Nintendo ships ahead of time, they just won't let retailers sell. I believe that some stores had retail copies of Super Mario Galaxy like a week ago.
Best Buy started selling it like a week ago :-\
Most street-dated games have broken release dates. ::)
Quote from: bluaki on November 11, 2007, 09:00:17 PM
Quote from: Drybones5 on November 11, 2007, 08:57:51 PM
Do you think Microsoft ships ahead of time and Nintendo ships the night before?
No, Nintendo ships ahead of time, they just won't let retailers sell. I believe that some stores had retail copies of Super Mario Galaxy like a week ago.
Um, so does Microsoft. That's the whole purpose of embargoes.
If I were running a video game store, I wouldn't even respect street dates. Why even have street dates? If it's available, people should be able to reasonably have it.
Quote from: Raving Rabbid on November 11, 2007, 09:10:08 PM
If I were running a video game store, I wouldn't even respect street dates. Why even have street dates? If it's available, people should be able to reasonably have it.
If you break it too much, I don't think that the company will continue to give you games.
Quote from: Raving Rabbid on November 11, 2007, 09:10:08 PM
If I were running a video game store, I wouldn't even respect street dates. Why even have street dates? If it's available, people should be able to reasonably have it.
Marketing, my dear. Which is sure to make more money: A much hyped about release date, or buy it as it comes operation? The companies want big release date numbers to persuade investors, consumers, analysts, etc.
Quote from: bluaki on November 11, 2007, 09:13:26 PM
Quote from: Raving Rabbid on November 11, 2007, 09:10:08 PM
If I were running a video game store, I wouldn't even respect street dates. Why even have street dates? If it's available, people should be able to reasonably have it.
If you break it too much, I don't think that the company will continue to give you games.
Oh well.
I might as well write to every gaming company and publisher: street dates are superfluous.
i wish they would release brawl early
Quote from: Ludwig3 on November 11, 2007, 09:27:09 PM
i wish they would release brawl early
They are still making it. Why do you think they delayed it?
Microsoft ships ahead of time yes. Nintendo is stupid :)
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on November 11, 2007, 09:28:22 PM
Quote from: Ludwig3 on November 11, 2007, 09:27:09 PM
i wish they would release brawl early
They are still making it. Why do you think they delayed it?
piss us of like they did with tp,
look how much of a let down tp was