envelope91 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 They game may be released at 11/11/11, but then they have to make hundreds of thousands of CDs and stuff, right? Can that be done in 1 day? Not to mention how many shops that have to have it before it gets released(How do they manage that, by the way, it would be so easy for a person to rob the car that transfers the game!, is that how leaks are released?) Sorry for my lousy English but i've just throught about this a lot. Is the game already complete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoraNoxstella Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) That's what we call manufacturing and shipping ^_^ But more often then not, when a game is leaked, it is either an in-house leak, or someone at a game store takes a copy home to try it. Edited November 1, 2011 by Colonel_Ivan_Noble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahnzz Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 They game may be released at 11/11/11, but then they have to make hundreds of thousands of CDs and stuff, right? Can that be done in 1 day? Not to mention how many shops that have to have it before it gets released(How do they manage that, by the way, it would be so easy for a person to rob the car that transfers the game!, is that how leaks are released?) Sorry for my lousy English but i've just throught about this a lot. Is the game already complete? The game has definetely gone gold (industry term for final copy being sent to duplication). It was probably gold mid-last week as review copies started hitting desks on Thursday (??). As far as duplication, check out this youtube vid: About 1500 units per hour are generated so they've been running 24/7 for at least a week now and will continue running well past 11.11.11 to fulfill the demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberote Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Lol they don't manufacture and ship the game on the release date. That'd just be horrible. Of course they mass produce it about a week or two before the release date and it's then shipped to retailers about a week prior to release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valamyr Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) The game went gold last Tuesday, which means its been finished quite a bit before that. Before a game goes gold, there are testing phases to go through etc. We cant know when the last real change was put in, but we can definitely know no changes have taken place for at least a week. The game is done, essentially. Retailers are already starting to see copies (which they of course cant distribute), and the Xbox version is already on private trackers and at least one semi-public tracker. By tomorrow, Skyrim for Xbox 360 will be hitting mainstream public trackers, more than one week ahead of it's street date. Thats how fast data moves nowadays. :/ Edited November 1, 2011 by Valamyr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban122 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Latest the game will arrive is usually the Tuesday of/prior to release day. To be honest most games are released on a Tuesday. this is unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweetybird Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Unusual but 11-11-11 only rolls around once :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envelope91 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Wow thank you for all these great responses! I have learned so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b11a2 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 (edited) Game stores will start receiving it sometime between this weekend and Tuesday. Most of them obviously won't be selling it that early, but if you have a local mom and pop store, you could always ask. Edited November 2, 2011 by b11a2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimembrain Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Game stores will start receiving it sometime between this weekend and Tuesday. Most of them obviously won't be selling it that early, but if you have a local mom and pop store, you could always ask. Thats true .. it only takes one ignorant employee to get a game early .. I got the sims3 three days before launch by asking an old lady working at a local videostore/bookstore/gamestore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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