TS3 L&P
Zazazu:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 February 08, 22:03:37
Quote from: MidnightVoyager on 2009 February 08, 21:13:06
I know someone who works retail. She didn't even know about the delay yet. In fact, they have it in their back room, just waiting to be put on shelves.
If this is true, and not a mistake or simply bullshit, it would be a massive DISASTER, because there is only so long it can sit in the back room before someone pirates it, and a pirate version *4 MONTHS* before the release of the actual game would DESTROY sales.
This would be awesome. I'd laugh harder than when I watch Bill Cosby: Himself Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Jeffrey!.
MaryH:
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I know someone who works retail. She didn't even know about the delay yet. In fact, they have it in their back room, just waiting to be put on shelves.
If stores already have it... I doubt it's for any game-changing purpose, unless they want a patch on release.
In the game manufacturer's world, isn't there such a thing as "going gold", which indicates the game being released is about to get pressed into DVD or CD format?
EA would undoubtedly advertise that fact.
I think your friend might be mistaken, and is confusing another game for the Sims 3 game-which has not been manufactured yet-by even EA's sloppy standards.
It would truly be a disaster if this was the case-as Pescado pointed out, a pirated copy of it available four months before the actual release would swamp EA's sales under the water.
I'm sure that the master copies are very safely tucked away in a vault somewhere-and nobody but senior people even get to look at it.
They're guarding the crown jewels very carefully, I daresay. They can't afford anything less.
Sigmund:
Quote from: theresatv on 2009 February 08, 22:53:33
If it's to "come up with an innovative marketing strategy," who in the Sims world is unaware of the game, and who else would they reach in four months that they haven't already reached?
To be fair, the advertising for TS3 has been kind of shoddy compared to what they did for TS2. The television commercials in particular come to mind, since I haven't seen anything that widespread for TS3 yet. Maybe that's what they're aiming for between now and June. *shrug*
Lorelei:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2009 February 08, 23:14:52
Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Jeffrey!.
LOL!
That's the name of the Best Toy Ever Discovered By Ferretkind.
A portrait:
A short sample of the sound that drives them wild with glee:
http://www.4shared.com/file/85142142/cf52c596/Jeffrey_Toy.html
You're the first person I've met who might have figured out the reference from whence Jeffrey the Toy's moniker came.
MidnightVoyager:
I kinda hope she is wrong. I haven't had a chance to ask for clarification/pics yet, but I'll be doing so the next chance I get.
She works at a Wal-Mart in the electronics section, so... She's in the right spot to look out for it. And part of her job would be stocking it. I admit that I was extremely surprised when she said that she hadn't even heard of the delay and that they had it ready to do.
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