I think it would help if companies just put out the street date, instead of the fucking ship date.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
On dvd's and music, they put the street date, there's none of this shipping date garbage.
I think it would help if companies just put out the street date, instead of the fucking ship date.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
On dvd's and music, they put the street date, there's none of this shipping date garbage.
Could you imagine if the movie industry acted like the game industry? You go to a movie theater on Friday night.
You: Yea, Id like to get a ticket for GutFucker 3.
Cashier: Sorry, today was the ship date. We'll have it up and running tomorrow. But give us a call beforehand just to make sure.
You: Hmm... okay. What about Blue Rhapsody? Can I get a ticket for that?
Cashier: Well... there was a problem with shipping. The courier's plane got delayed, so we wont have it up and running for another 5 hours or so. Youre free to wait around.
You: What about Resident Evil: Suckage?
Cashier: We dont have it yet, either. But I heard the theater on the other side of town is playing it.
GARBAGE!
Don't forget when the movie comes to DVD, make sure you have the proper DVD player to play it and the DVD player manufacturer has properly censored and approved it for release. Just buy all three types of machines to make sure you can run it.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
Fact #1, and I agree.Quote:
Because the gaming industry should be professional,
Fact #2.Quote:
and large entertainment industries in this country all have a set day in which all their products come out. The music industry has Tuesday, and the movie industry has Tuesday and Friday.
The problem is you just said the equivalent of "the sky is blue and oranges are round", the two don't actually have anything to do with each other.
The professionalism I want to see in the gaming industry is in regards to the people working in it, not the homogenization of release dates. The industry growing up in regards to the people working in it is a good thing but maturity has its downsides too, and I think the regulating of releases would be just another way to dull things down.
-edit- You're bringing up points faster than I can reply! Gah!
You: Yea, Id like to get a ticket for GutFucker 3.
Cashier: Sorry, today was the ship date. We'll have it up and running tomorrow. But give us a call beforehand just to make sure.
Been over that once, we're in agreement on ship date/release date.
You: Hmm... okay. What about Blue Rhapsody? Can I get a ticket for that?
Cashier: Well... there was a problem with shipping. The courier's plane got delayed, so we wont have it up and running for another 5 hours or so. Youre free to wait around.
Shipping issue, and pretty rare. I usually tell people to come in at noon-ish on day of arrival and it (usually) works just fine.
You: What about Resident Evil: Suckage?
Cashier: We dont have it yet, either. But I heard the theater on the other side of town is playing it.
The theater on the other side of town paid shipping to get it earlier. Also the theater on the other side of town is run by a competing chain that got the rights to the movie for that area.
James
Dull things down how? Like, what is it now, the guess-when-you-can-buy-the-game is a fucking game to you? Its an adventure that you derive enjoyment from?Quote:
I think the regulating of releases would be just another way to dull things down.
I want to be able to go into a store on Tuesday and see all the releases of the week, for all platforms, and for all DVDs and music. I dont want to make 2 or 3 trips to the mall just to get a game. I want to go once. I dont want to call/harass the poor sales associates at EB with constant inquiries about when a game will be on the shelf. I want to be able to wake up Tuesday morning (or whatever day) with the full knowledge and confidence that the game I want that was scheduled to come in on Tuesday will be there when I go to the mall.
Anything less is just poor customer service.
Not getting a game in on the promised delivery date is unprofessional. Making all games come out on the exact same day of the week is just over-regulation for what seems to be minimal gain at best, especially when the game could have been selling for a few days prior to its now-artificial on-shelf time.
James
What's even worse than this is the games that slip out of their release date for no damn reason, like Gungrave OD and Guilty Gear XX did.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
Companies shouldn't set a release date unless it's 100% sure it's going to hit, but I guess stores like EB need a release date a year in advance just to sell preorders.
It sure was fun going in last week to get Gungrave OD and see that it slipped to next week, for apparently no reason.
So if they all came out Tuesday, which is the same date or earlier then the dates we have at this very moment, will be a bad thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by James
I'm not quite following this one, stores won't stock on Sunday, and the truck leaves on Monday, so Tuesday is the earliest date, and it works for movies and games so I honestly don't see why we need games coming out every single day of the week when it could be one single day.
If anything it'll make games come out sooner on Tuesday, instead of waiting for Thursday / Friday for no reason.
At this point I'd just like to say that anything that makes games come out sooner is a bad thing. I've got enough bugs to work around as-is, I'd rather not encourage them to come up with a new way to justify more.
James
So a game coming out Tuesday, instead of Friday (like Burnout 3), is bad?Quote:
Originally Posted by James
Ok.... :wtf:
Burnout 3 was Wednesday.
James