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Darthkevuk
Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:35 am
#1
Hello guys i just thought i would say how fed up i am that jtls still has'nt been relesed in the shops yet.
on the 27th oct i went to my local computer game shop thinking hmmmm great its been relesed then DOH its been put back to
5th nov.
so i went last night and supprise supprise put back to the 12th of nov.
i just think that it is shocking that its been relesed every were apart from us very dissapointing.
how do u feel about it ?
LithiumCommando
Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:50 am
#2
I've been hearing rumours it'll be pushed back to the end of the year. Just rumours, mind...
Dismarum
Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:00 am
#3
I'm just wondering how many copies of JTL will actually sell in Europe when it is released. Most have ordered from DLGamer.com and Gamestop.
If they leave it much longer everyone will haveimported North American copies, and printing Euro copies will have been a waste of plastic and trees. 
DomMantell
Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:35 am
#4
This, sadly, will only back up Activision's decision to delay the publication.
By the time it actually gets released in the UK shops a huge proportion of the UK's SWG players will have already bought the game from overseas. Either through sites like dlgamer.com (as I did) or they'll have bought the actual disk and had it shipped from overseas.
Activision & SOE will look at these figures and say "well no one bought the game from UK shops so obviously no one wanted it here". This will be used as a complete justification for all the delays.
This type of poor planning in having split release dates across the world actually encourages piracy (though in the case of SWG its a moot point since it requires a subscription). I've been told by the manager of a Game store here in the UK that "games only get released in the UK on a friday", even when there are world-wide releases the game only gets to UK shelves on a friday.
Another long expected game is due out shortly - Half-Life 2. Currently this is expected to be released on the 16th of this month, a tuesday. If UK games distributors hold to their normal plan this won't appear in UK stores until friday 19th. I can almost guarantee that by wednesday 17th this game will be available from pirates for all those people who cannot wait the extra 2 days.
By the time it actually gets released in the UK shops a huge proportion of the UK's SWG players will have already bought the game from overseas. Either through sites like dlgamer.com (as I did) or they'll have bought the actual disk and had it shipped from overseas.
Activision & SOE will look at these figures and say "well no one bought the game from UK shops so obviously no one wanted it here". This will be used as a complete justification for all the delays.
This type of poor planning in having split release dates across the world actually encourages piracy (though in the case of SWG its a moot point since it requires a subscription). I've been told by the manager of a Game store here in the UK that "games only get released in the UK on a friday", even when there are world-wide releases the game only gets to UK shelves on a friday.
Another long expected game is due out shortly - Half-Life 2. Currently this is expected to be released on the 16th of this month, a tuesday. If UK games distributors hold to their normal plan this won't appear in UK stores until friday 19th. I can almost guarantee that by wednesday 17th this game will be available from pirates for all those people who cannot wait the extra 2 days.
mrEnasni
Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:42 am
#5
waiting 2 extra days for a game does'nt bother me...the thing that does bother me is having to wait 2 weeks for a game that is already out in the US...i mean..
am 15...with no credit card..and do not have the options like dlgamer.com ..or anything else...i am relying on dutch sites that deliver me the game to my doorstep
and for the one who made the post....dude..the britts arent the only one in the world being screwed...its europe all together...
akd23
Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:42 am
#6
mrEnasni wrote:
waiting 2 extra days for a game does'nt bother me...the thing that does bother me is having to wait 2 weeks for a game that is already out in the US...i mean..
am 15...with no credit card..and do not have the options like dlgamer.com ..or anything else...i am relying on dutch sites that deliver me the game to my doorstep
and for the one who made the post....dude..the britts arent the only one in the world being screwed...its europe all together...
JTL is out in a lot of Europe, including France and Germany. I got JTLS from DLgamer, which is a French company. it's just the UK distrubution in Europe thats screwed up
Sepiroth_Valegar
Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:46 am
#7
Im in the UK too, and the fact some of Europe have the game, is pretty shocking.
On the SWG page, i see no sign of any UK release dates, when it was coming out in US, they hyped it up for weeks. We're not even getting an official date.
They need to realise theres customers in the UK!
Jubilee64
Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:50 am
#8
I finally got bored waiting today and ordered a key from an online retailer (dlgamer), which arrived 40 seconds later.
Virtually every British member of my guild now has JTL from either a US or European online source.
It's no great shakes to me, I care little for boxes, butthe whole saga must be a hugeembarassement for Activision, who must've lost the majority of their sales by now.
That dlgamer.com must be rolling it in, and fair play to them.
Jubilee Jones
Master Doc, Farstar
JoNusi
Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:03 am
#9
I do think someone should issue a joint statement atleast to try to justify the situation, but as thats seems unlikely the way this fiascos been handled, I'm assuming, SOE, LucasArts are just hoping this is just a dream and will be over soon.....But your right about sales being bad when its finally been released, I was just looking at Gameplay.com and JTLS has gone from number 2 most wanted pre-order to number 14 in less than a day who knows where it will be in a few days. Hopefully LucasArts will soon transfer handling of the star wars licences over to UbiSoft which they've done with several star wars games.
MrNicklebee
Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:21 am
#10
well i'm bored of waiting for weeks for my amazon order to come, so for DLgamer.com do i select download the files and the serial and i jsut simply downlaod the whole thnig in a couple of horus and thats it or is there some complicated bit cos i dont live in france where they are based?
Netcore
Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:51 am
#11
I live in central europe and got my copy at my favorite stor at the 29th of September...they really screwed up the UK release
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