So I found a website of a guy already receiving his DA:I in the mail. Of course he is a journalist, but why are we waiting the extra 3 weeks for our copy if you are already completed the game and pressed the CDs?
http://blog.chron.co...a-care-package/
I think those are review copies, coul be a false thing too.....
To heck with reviews, I do not care what others opinions are of the game; I will judge for myself.
if it is for press, they need time to play and review it by the time the game comes out to do a day one or week one review. I honestly assumed they had their copies already.
I imagine its a time constraint thing. The game is "done" but they haven't had time to put it all on disc and then mass produce it to make it available to the public. The first few copies made would logically get shipped to reviewers who can get a handle on the game and get the word out there, though not always immediately, while at the same time they can properly focus on getting the 100,000+ copies created and shipped. Its not that there making you wait for three weeks, its that it will take three weeks to get it all shipped out and ready for everyone, reviewers are just getting early access to the few copies that are already done.
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Do you get mad that the people who write the blurbs on the covers of novels get to read the book first, too?
It it just how things are done.
Far Cry 4 comes out on the same day as DA:I and was confirmed gold yesterday.
Games have to go gold and then be sent through a process to be published and distributed. They generally do this 3 weeks or so prior to launch. Review copies commonly go out somewhere in this time. There are a variety of production reasons, and sometimes there are even discrepancies between Review copies (which are considered "finished" but sometimes do miss a small tweak here or there) and patched, final versions of games as devs continue to look at last-minute issues.
Is this the first time you've been through a video game release?
Is this the first time you've been through a video game release?
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It's purely marketing strategy. You don't release a product as soon as you want to or as soon as it's done, you build hype. You tease it. You release little bits of information, show comments from reviewers or staff who express how good it is. This is always the case with big releases in the video game industry. Hype + Teasing = More sales.
Mark Darrah just tweeted a while ago saying DAI has gone gold - it is finished.
So yes, people would be receiving review copies in order to get their reviews out before release.
So I found a website of a guy already receiving his DA:I in the mail. Of course he is a journalist, but why are we waiting the extra 3 weeks for our copy if you are already completed the game and pressed the CDs?
Hey there. So Dragon Age Inquisition has 'Gone Gold' as they say. Here's what that means.
The game is feature complete, and in its final form. The team is effectively 'done' on this project, and most of them are probably taking time off to recover from the crunch time that precedes this.
Why do they do this? Well, if you want to sell millions of copies of a game, then you need to actually produce those copies. You need to stamp them to disk, package them, print out the inserts that go in the cases, handle the logistics of shipping and selling them, etc. Its not really 'for the press to play it' or 'for marketing' at all. Its because it takes time - usually two to four weeks, depending on the developer and how they do things - to actually produce the game and get it out to merchants.
They do also utilize this time for press reviews, and to push marketing, mind - but those are secondary, and would simply be moved backward if the game released earlier. This is now the window where the game is done and the Devs can only wait to hear what people think of it.
I'm not worried about it. I'll get my copy on Nov 18th.
showoff 21st over here.
Game is complete from what I know.They are just working on bugs and glitches they noticed before release.
So only people I know that are getting early copies are journalists so they can make reviews about game.
quick pretend we are jornalists AnneLady you go marry Superman i'll see is i can find a yellow jumpsute.
You know what's even more annoying? Pre-load. You can actually download the entire game on your PC and not be allowed to play it. That is silly.
Better than not being able to download it on the day though.
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