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So i have it here on my hard drive.. but can't play it yet due to the sony PSN time lock out thingy or whatever... someone please hack it soooooon!!!
 
It is the finished version, just encrypted. It went Gold a week ago. The extra time is needed to produce and distribute all the physical copies.
 
The game is finished and the developers can go on holiday. Going "gold" means the master disk has been pressed and no more changes can be made. A copy of that master is encrypted and made available to download services. Meanwhile, millions of physical copies have to be made and distributed. Once all the shops in the world have their copies, the game is officially released and the encrypted downloads are decrypted.

In a world of download-only distribution and no physical disks, release day would come several weeks sooner.
 
Crispy said:
The game is finished and the developers can go on holiday. Going "gold" means the master disk has been pressed and no more changes can be made. A copy of that master is encrypted and made available to download services. Meanwhile, millions of physical copies have to be made and distributed. Once all the shops in the world have their copies, the game is officially released and the encrypted downloads are decrypted.

In a world of download-only distribution and no physical disks, release day would come several weeks sooner.
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Thanks!

How do they prevent the occasional rogue shop from opening it up before the embargo finishes? Other than the threat of blacklisting I mean.
 
Not much they can do, but as I understand it, all the distribution apart from the "final mile" is done first, so the shops only get their games in the days leading up to launch.
 
normally Xbox version will hit the net 5-7 days before so will hang on for that, then midnight pickup for my real copy :D
 
Crispy said:
Not much they can do, but as I understand it, all the distribution apart from the "final mile" is done first, so the shops only get their games in the days leading up to launch.
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I'm very surprised that stacks of video (at least) isn't leaked ahead of time in that case...
 
how many shops do you think would risk it nowadays?
there would be a tweet with someone holding it in their sweaty palms in under a second :D
 
ddraig said:
how many shops do you think would risk it nowadays?
there would be a tweet with someone holding it in their sweaty palms in under a second :D
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Not anyone who wanted to continue, granted.

But it seriously relies on some sort of (in US terms) 'honour code'? Really? :hmm:

A pissed off minimum wage employee in GAME? An independent games shop about to go out of business anyway?
 
I think the last GTA I got was San Andreas for Mac a long time ago. I think if I'm going to do this, I need a console. From the quick look about I've taken, it's going to be available for Xbox 360 and PS3. Not much word on when it would be available for PS4. I think I'd prefer PlayStation to Xbox but am I better off going for the soon to be superceded PS3, wait for a version for PS4 or say fuck it and go for an Xbox?
 
It's not coming out on both next gen, Xbox 360's are going cheap now, but i think if you get it for PS3 it will play on PS4
 
B0B2oo9, post: 12514936, member: 27438"]well it's 18GB

what is it then?
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Sorry, I got my wires crossed and confused your post. :-P

All versions will be great. Later versions on all formats will run faster and have better graphics. Ps 3 will be faster than xbox.
 
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Crispy said:
The game is finished and the developers can go on holiday. Going "gold" means the master disk has been pressed and no more changes can be made. A copy of that master is encrypted and made available to download services. Meanwhile, millions of physical copies have to be made and distributed. Once all the shops in the world have their copies, the game is officially released and the encrypted downloads are decrypted.

In a world of download-only distribution and no physical disks, release day would come several weeks sooner.
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You're correct on everything but the fact the developers are going on holiday. Still plenty to do! ;)
 
It will be interesting to see if all the in game footage is actually as graphically good as it looks, if it is I might grab a second hand 360 or PS3 just for this game....:hmm:

Anyone know if they are actually showing footage from either platform or just the developers version which has been made on PC?
 
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7 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111one!!111 eleven!!!

well im picking up at midnight so 8 days for everyone else!!!!!1
 
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