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[invert180]

Derek French of Bioware confirms it!

Good times.

[Deran2]

Nice. Now if only Impulse would offer a pre-load.

[BlacknBlue485]

not to sound stupid but does that mean I can play it on the 1st?

[PhogoX]

Woot!!!

[Fenn_]

No it just means you can download most of the game then it unlocks on the 3rd.

[Kinthalis ThornBlade]

No, it means you can start donwloading the game on the 1st so that it will be ready to play on the third at 10 am PST.

[Deran2]

BlacknBlue485 wrote...

not to sound stupid but does that mean I can play it on the 1st?

No. It means you can download the game on the 1st and as soon as it unlocks on the 3rd you can play it.

[ngen]

I like

[Pathalone]

Darn ya beat me to it



Nice of the word finally coming!

[PhogoX]

No BlacknBlue. It means you can start downloading the gigs on the 1st and play, if finished, on the 3rd.

[BlacknBlue485]

So what was it that Steam downloaded to me after I purchased it?

[PhogoX]

BlacknBlue485 wrote...

So what was it that Steam downloaded to me after I purchased it?

They download most of the assets.  They can leave out something important like the .exe which you do d/l on the 3rd.  Or like the L4D2 demo encrpyt files then open them on the 3rd.  Bottomline we are all saving time.

Modifié par PhogoX, 30 octobre 2009 - 11:02 .

[MrGOH]

This is excellent news.

[Syrellaris]

Wonder when EA will have it on Pre-load >< Hopefully the first aswell

[Necroe-]

awesome news!

[The_Odyssey]

BlacknBlue485 wrote...

not to sound stupid but does that mean I can play it on the 1st?

Did the term, pre load, completely pass over you or what? Actually, you know, I think I did hear something about Steam players getting the game two days before official release date.

[Lord Clocks]

< -- Vindicated

Thanks, Bioware and EA, much appreciated!

I hope the people who went from steam to D2D realize the folly of thier furry ways and return.  Steam > D2D crappiness

Modifié par Lord Clocks, 30 octobre 2009 - 11:24 .

[yuri102010]

thank god beacause i preorder it on steam as well...

[mulhollander]

Good to hear the negotiations between the two companies worked out. I had a bad feeling that valve and EA were going to screw each over on this one.

[JamesX]

Great News. Now if only it will unlock on Midnight

[Blackout62]

It's nice to see Steam and EA getting along like such good little boys.

[Tarufuin]

Hey, I might actually be able to play it on the 3rd now

[SilentCid]

It's not Valve's say it's EA about if a game can pre-load.

[fairandbalancedfan]

Blackout62 wrote...

It's nice to see Steam and EA getting along like such good little boys.

Don't you mean Valve ? I have to wonder how much monies Valve makes from games being distributed on Steam. Also would the problem be related to Valve's closing release date on L4D2 (it's having pre order numbers 3 times the original). I am really ignorant on digital distribuition, so.

[Vylan Antagonist]

Since I was one of the famous few fortunate enough to grab the DDE while it was 54.99 at Steam, I'm glad I didn't succumb to the temptation to cancel and go elsewhere to guarantee my immediate gratification on the 3rd.



Still, being the curious sort, I still can't help but wonder why the negotiations went as long as they did- From Derek's cryptic comments, it sounds like they had some sticking points they needed to work past on both sides. It probably doesn't matter, but I still wonder what went on between those two...