IMPORTANT!! - Xbox 360 players read!! [Archive]

tyler2zelda

Oct 1, 2006, 04:43 PM

On 2006-10-01 14:39, CpwninOBrien wrote:
thats prolly accurite as me sayin nasa will make it to mars in 2012

They actually might. Their rovers that shoulda lasted 90 days have now been up there for 900+ because wind made their solar panels clear. They're now planning to send shipments of solar panels and materials and the such and trying to find any source of water and they'll test if it is suitable.

ON TOPIC: I doubt they'll release the guide before the game... the price is right, but the date is just weird. Everone check their Wal-Mart on the 16th-18th to see if it arrived ^_^

Saner

Oct 1, 2006, 04:45 PM

it might be possible. that store has been know to sell games like 1-2 days before.

mattdude

Oct 1, 2006, 04:47 PM

ah thats cool, won't matter for me....PSU for pc, and PS2 is on same servers not xbox360!!!! I am getting the PC version it would be cool to see how the one on the xbox 360 is http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

Xx3of19xX

Oct 1, 2006, 05:00 PM

DVDBoxoffice.com also lists the date for the 360 version as October 16th, while the PS2 is listed for the 26th and PC for the 30th.
I'm not getting my hopes up, but if indeed it does come out earlier, I'll be thrilled http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

StanleyPain

Oct 1, 2006, 05:06 PM

Guides almost always come out before the game, especially for bigger titles.

phunk

Oct 1, 2006, 05:09 PM

Even if it is released, I doubt NA servers will be up for players to connect.

Natrokos

Oct 1, 2006, 05:14 PM

^ Very true. Doesn't hurt to go to walmart on the 16th anyway.

Xx3of19xX

Oct 1, 2006, 05:16 PM

Actually it wouldn't be too bad if the servers weren't up yet. Would give time to plow through offline story in the meantime http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Phantom42

Oct 1, 2006, 05:16 PM

it would be sweet but i dont think it will be out then

Shye

Oct 1, 2006, 05:17 PM

I think I'll preorder it at Walmart and then if it doesn't come in on the 17th like it says, cancel my order. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

Natrokos

Oct 1, 2006, 05:21 PM

^ I'll just go in on the 16th and look, doubt it will be sold out or anything.....Besides there's no place on earth without a walmart within a 20mile vicinity (sarcasm....a little bit anyway). Hell, even Antarctica probably has a Wal-mart.

Shye

Oct 1, 2006, 05:29 PM

Does anyone remember if it said the 16th before this? I remember looking to see if it had it a few weeks ago but I don't remember what the release date was then.

It makes me wonder if it was changed. If so, then it seems a bit more reliable. If it was the 16th all along it could've just been a presumptuous error that hasn't been corrected yet.

Xx3of19xX

Oct 1, 2006, 05:44 PM

I recall seeing this on DVDBoxoffice.com some weeks ago. Just figured they had the date wrong back then. Still think it is bogus because I don't want to get my hopes up only to be disappointed.

ProfessorZ

Oct 1, 2006, 05:49 PM

Is it only at these two sites?

EDIT: HOLY SHIT!!! I JUST CALLED MY GAMESTORE AND THEY SAY ITS SHIPPING OUT ON THE 17TH FOR THEM!!!!! I'm gonna call another store and see.

2nd EDIT: I called the other gamestore and they didn't have release date for me

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xzeekzx

Oct 1, 2006, 05:56 PM

Thats really weird, i mean its cool, but whats the point?

StanleyPain

Oct 1, 2006, 06:13 PM

What game store would that be?

ProfessorZ

Oct 1, 2006, 06:14 PM

Its a local gamestore. Its called video game headquarters. The second store I called was hastings

StanleyPain

Oct 1, 2006, 06:19 PM

I work at Hastings, and I can tell you you will not be able to get any details on the release, except for the PS2 version. our system still has not been updated with an ISBN on the Xbox360 or PC versions. This is typical of Hastings, whose game buyers are really not at all with it.

Vetto

Oct 1, 2006, 06:20 PM

if does that cool if it doesn't im still good.

Just checked ign,gamespot and game stop site. they all say oct/24th,

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ProfessorZ

Oct 1, 2006, 06:26 PM

I just got a lot of credit at hastings http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

EDIT: Anyways you guys on the 360 should call some gamestores and make sure

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Vetto

Oct 1, 2006, 06:29 PM

Meh Ill believe the online sites, Info can get mixed up far to easily threw individual stores.

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HyperShot-X-

Oct 1, 2006, 06:40 PM

...checked the official release date for PSU X360 on SEGA site,

http://www.sega.com/games/game_temp.php?game=psu&lid=gp_psu&lpos=nav_pldwnlst

end of thread.

Vetto

Oct 1, 2006, 06:46 PM

o.o; Hypershot you wouldn't of happen of gone to a Megaman forum at one time?

ProfessorZ

Oct 1, 2006, 06:46 PM

On 2006-10-01 16:40, HyperShot-X- wrote:
...checked the official release date for PSU X360 on SEGA site,

http://www.sega.com/games/game_temp.php?game=psu&lid=gp_psu&lpos=nav_pldwnlst

end of thread.

And you think you're the only one who checked? We can only hope come the 17th

Spectre316

Oct 1, 2006, 10:10 PM

ill be checking walmart on the 16th for sure if they do have it ill hafta cancel my preorder with eb http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif

Tystys

Oct 1, 2006, 10:20 PM

On 2006-10-01 14:43, tyler2zelda wrote:

On 2006-10-01 14:39, CpwninOBrien wrote:
thats prolly accurite as me sayin nasa will make it to mars in 2012

ON TOPIC: I doubt they'll release the guide before the game... the price is right, but the date is just weird. Everone check their Wal-Mart on the 16th-18th to see if it arrived ^_^

Excuse me but do you live under a rock? They've done that "Release a guide before the game" thing for quite some time now.

galaxy

Oct 1, 2006, 10:40 PM

http://www.gamestop.com/comingsoon.asp?platform=32&sortby=eta&imageFlag=show

go to the bottom of the page. strategy guide on the 17th. the next page shows psu being released on the 24th. wallmart just mixed up their dates.

ChemicalO

Oct 1, 2006, 10:41 PM

we will see

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Shye

Oct 1, 2006, 10:54 PM

Well, regardless of how unlikely this all is, it was hardly an inconvenience to order it... and it will hardly be an inconvenience to cancel the order if it isn't right.

I'd much rather remain open-minded to the possibility than miss out on an opportunity, especially when it doesn't cost me anything.

I'd like to prove I'm also open-minded to the thought of the date being wrong, but that's much harder to do.

LiqourSiCC

Oct 1, 2006, 11:12 PM

I havent been on the site for ever and i wanted to know if anyone knew an official release date yet for the 360

ProfessorZ

Oct 1, 2006, 11:20 PM

Walmart and my local gamestore have it slated for the 17th.

Nuclearranger

Oct 1, 2006, 11:22 PM

october 24th..

LiqourSiCC

Oct 1, 2006, 11:28 PM

hella tight, so i guess since i got two octobers, that means its not coming out in november then!! hella sicc

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Sevenfold

Oct 1, 2006, 11:32 PM

Its been officially announced, across ALL platforms. October 24th. Period.

Vetto

Oct 1, 2006, 11:38 PM

Yes it the 24th, As it says on the OFFICAL SITE! ((You think they know.))

ProfessorZ

Oct 1, 2006, 11:39 PM

Come the 17th we'll see. My local video game store are a bunch of nerds and they would know if it that date didn't click

Vetto

Oct 1, 2006, 11:41 PM

Just case a bunch of "Nerds" say it so doesn't mean it's so ign, gamespot and even gamestop say oct/24th. Wal-Mart is HORRIBLE with release dates.

Sevenfold

Oct 1, 2006, 11:43 PM

The game hasnt even been officially annoucned to have gone gold yet, I highly doubt seeing it out in 2 weeks prior to any gold status.

darthplagis

Oct 1, 2006, 11:44 PM

well EU is 24/nov BOOOOOO a full month after NA that sucks! ah well just have to play my PS2 version till then

Tystys

Oct 1, 2006, 11:51 PM

Just go ahead and import the US version, O_O

darthplagis

Oct 1, 2006, 11:54 PM

dunno if region coding will be in effect on the NA version tho. as soon as its out if someone with a pal console would like to check?

Tystys

Oct 2, 2006, 12:18 AM

You confined to only getting the PS2 version? If so, than yeah, you're going to have to wait, http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

trunkszero

Oct 2, 2006, 01:34 AM

gamestop at a local mall told me the 20th for pc and ps2

Eclypse

Oct 2, 2006, 01:39 AM

You people make it seem like it's impossible for that to happen, hell the EU release for FIFA 07 was 09/27 but there were plenty of people on the official boards for FIFA 07 that had the game a week before it came out and I'm talking retail not internet.

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 02:00 AM

Damn it sucks I have to wait for the 360 version of FIFA 07

Xx3of19xX

Oct 2, 2006, 02:57 AM

On 2006-10-01 21:54, darthplagis wrote:
dunno if region coding will be in effect on the NA version tho. as soon as its out if someone with a pal console would like to check?

I have the US verison pre-ordered and it is going to be shipped here to Denmark with express service.
I'll post here to report if the game works right away.

Marik

Oct 2, 2006, 04:31 AM

Would be nice if it came out early, but I doubt it will.

Tystys

Oct 2, 2006, 04:39 AM

I believe it's to get the server ultimately ready. I don't think they want to make the same mistake they did with the JP Version,

Vetto

Oct 2, 2006, 05:12 AM

I wish people stop feeding False info i mean for god sakes it say the 24th on the front page of THIS SITE as well.

Forever Zero

Oct 2, 2006, 06:25 AM

On 2006-10-02 03:12, Vetto wrote:
I wish people stop feeding False info i mean for god sakes it say the 24th on the front page of THIS SITE as well.

Exactly... I was gonna say, don't people read the front page news of pso-world anymore?

http://www.pso-world.com/article.php?sid=1609&mode=&order=0&thold=0

and:

http://www.sega.com/games/game_temp.php?game=psu&lid=gp_psu&lpos=hp_gamelist#

This topic shouldn't even still be going on.

Valkayree

Oct 2, 2006, 08:34 AM

On 2006-10-01 14:29, tyler2zelda wrote:
According to Wal-Mart, in the link below, PSU will be released on 10/16/2006 at $59.82 for the X360, while the others are released on 10/24/2006, at $49.82.

Info can be found at http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=2636&search_query=Phantasy+Star&Continue.x=0&Continue.y=0&Continue=Find&ic=20_0

Wal-Mart has never released a game before release date. As a matter of fact, unless the game is declared by the mouthbreathing masses to be high profile (Devil May Cry, Madden, etc) they usually release it a week afterwards. I only check them when I am looking for consoles. I would stick with preordering at Gamestop, EB, etc. if you want to get a game early.

Shye

Oct 2, 2006, 12:24 PM

The people that got Saints Row a week ahead of the official website date were just hallucinating.

Obviously things like that never happen. Ever. It's inconceivable. Impossible.

Still, gambling $0.00 on the chance at having it a week early doesn't sound too bad. I appreciate that someone posted this information, regardless of whether it's right or not. Investment: 0, Payoff: 1 week of time not wasted waiting.

Even if Walmart IS wrong, again... I lost nothing. At all. So claim it's a huge mistake all you want but please don't berate people for following through with acting on this information if it doesn't cost anything to anyone.

Also, there's nothing fake about the information. It may be misinformation, or wrong, but it was not used to purposefully deceive others. It may be a mistake, but that's Walmart's fault not the person who brought it to attention.

Pacpunk

Oct 2, 2006, 12:36 PM

i hope so that would frikin rule!

ghaleonreborn

Oct 2, 2006, 01:44 PM

16th would be cool....i can get an early start if the servers are up and if not theres always story mode!

DraginHikari

Oct 2, 2006, 02:47 PM

The thing which makes this seems fake is that Sega, the game developers have already stated an October 24 release.

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 03:00 PM

On 2006-10-02 10:24, Shye wrote:
The people that got Saints Row a week ahead of the official website date were just hallucinating.

Obviously things like that never happen. Ever. It's inconceivable. Impossible.

Still, gambling $0.00 on the chance at having it a week early doesn't sound too bad. I appreciate that someone posted this information, regardless of whether it's right or not. Investment: 0, Payoff: 1 week of time not wasted waiting.

Even if Walmart IS wrong, again... I lost nothing. At all. So claim it's a huge mistake all you want but please don't berate people for following through with acting on this information if it doesn't cost anything to anyone.

Also, there's nothing fake about the information. It may be misinformation, or wrong, but it was not used to purposefully deceive others. It may be a mistake, but that's Walmart's fault not the person who brought it to attention.

Well I must be one of the few who was hallucinating when I got saints row 4 days before release

Sevenfold

Oct 2, 2006, 03:14 PM

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 03:24 PM

HAHA its funny how you act like you know what you're talking about. The servers where up and running and I was playing with reporters and reviewers who also had gotten a copy early. So know what you're talking about before you do ok.

And gee thanks for stating the obvious you know about it being illegal getting released early.

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Sevenfold

Oct 2, 2006, 03:26 PM

You can get rude all you want, and what if reporters and reviewers get it early, they ALWAYS get games early, thats in their JOB DESCRIPTION. LoL talk about obvious.

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 03:32 PM

I like how you are actually helping me prove that I got Saints Row early

Sevenfold

Oct 2, 2006, 03:35 PM

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

-Crokar-

Oct 2, 2006, 03:50 PM

i know about 30 people who got saints row early and the real question is who really cares. woopdedoo you get games early. does that make you feel special? does it make your mommy love you more?

Cross

Oct 2, 2006, 03:55 PM

On 2006-10-02 13:14, Sevenfold wrote:
For one, its illegal to release a game prior to the companies designated date. Two, even if your "theory" is correct, the servers will not support you until the actual game release date.

It's not illegal to break the street date (at least in North America); I don't know what your source is on that, but it's wrong.

Game publishers don't like stores that break the street date, and if it's done wantonly then there's the chance that those publishers simply won't deliver orders to that particular branch of stores, but a store can't get into legal trouble unless the company explicitly signs a contract for a particular game saying they'll wait until the street date or something.

Vetto

Oct 2, 2006, 04:09 PM

Cross That not 100% True, Game store have been on the verg of getting sued for breaking the street date. And probly some have.

Shye

Oct 2, 2006, 04:09 PM

On 2006-10-02 02:31, Marik wrote:
Would be nice if it came out early, but I doubt it will.

I think you summed up the whole thing perfectly.

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 04:11 PM

Yea they get fined

Valkayree

Oct 2, 2006, 04:12 PM

On 2006-10-02 13:00, ProfessorZ wrote:

On 2006-10-02 10:24, Shye wrote:
The people that got Saints Row a week ahead of the official website date were just hallucinating.

Obviously things like that never happen. Ever. It's inconceivable. Impossible.

Still, gambling $0.00 on the chance at having it a week early doesn't sound too bad. I appreciate that someone posted this information, regardless of whether it's right or not. Investment: 0, Payoff: 1 week of time not wasted waiting.

Even if Walmart IS wrong, again... I lost nothing. At all. So claim it's a huge mistake all you want but please don't berate people for following through with acting on this information if it doesn't cost anything to anyone.

Also, there's nothing fake about the information. It may be misinformation, or wrong, but it was not used to purposefully deceive others. It may be a mistake, but that's Walmart's fault not the person who brought it to attention.

Well I must be one of the few who was hallucinating when I got saints row 4 days before release

A friend of mine from Jersey got Saint's Row a full 2 days early (the night before the shipping date). Forgot the name of the place he got it, but he said it was in the hood and he knew the owner. He told me the name, but I had never heard of the store before, but he said that they get most games on the shipping date, which is odd. So I can back up your confirmation. Wal-Mart however, bleh, I went in to get Ninety Nine Nights on release date, and they told me that they wouldn't get low profile new releases until a week afterward. I prompted a discussion with the clearly misinformed individual behind the counter discussing the definition of high profile, and came up with the conclusion that Wal-Mart is run by idiots. So, back on point, the devs may be shipping the games to some stores a little early in some cases to make sure they get there on time. Who knows...

Vetto

Oct 2, 2006, 04:14 PM

On 2006-10-02 14:11, ProfessorZ wrote:
Yea they get fined

Probly more then a simple Fine, more of LARGE sum.

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 04:28 PM

On 2006-10-02 14:14, Vetto wrote:

On 2006-10-02 14:11, ProfessorZ wrote:
Yea they get fined

Probly more then a simple Fine, more of LARGE sum.

Like $25,000 I know

Cross

Oct 2, 2006, 05:20 PM

On 2006-10-02 14:09, Vetto wrote:
Cross That not 100% True, Game store have been on the verg of getting sued for breaking the street date. And probly some have.

As I said, there's no law against it. There are damages clauses in contracts - a store breaking a street date can potentially be fined a certain amount per game sold, they can be fined one lump sum, or the contract can be that they won't receive any early shipments of the company's next big game. There's no industry-wide regulation, though (this isn't true for music and movies), and the chances of a store being punished for breaking street date are directly proportional to how much the publisher cares about the game having a definite release date.

If you sell a guaranteed-blockbuster (think Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Madden, or even Half-Life and Final Fantasy) before you're supposed to, the publisher is going to ream your store for it. If you put Atlus McGenericRPG out on the shelves as soon as you get the shipment, the chance that anything is going to happen is fairly low.

Look at Gears of War. The street date is November 12, but it's creators have been very public about not caring whether stores sell it before that (the ship date is November 7). Nobody is going to be fined for selling it on the 7th, because there isn't a contract saying that they can't, and if there were, it probably just wouldn't be enforced.

Could a store be fined for breaking the street date on PSU? Yeah. Will they be? It's probably a 50-50 chance, but I honestly wouldn't really expect that.

Edit: I should note, though, that this varies by country. I'm not up to date on European law or anything, but as I understand it there actually is a law in a lot of EU countries for shops that sell games before they're supposed to.

[ This Message was edited by: Cross on 2006-10-02 15:21 ]

Tystys

Oct 2, 2006, 05:27 PM

I agree with Cross, I find it highly unlikely that SEGA will take legal actions against any store if they sell it before the street date. I have no idea what the shipping date is, but I believe it's somwhere around the 24th, meaning that if the stores get them early enough, they'll probably start selling immediately. The only reason people are saying that the 25th could be the street date is because for places on the Eastern coast, where it takes an extra day for stuff to get over here.

TheStoicOne

Oct 2, 2006, 05:39 PM

Especially if the store is Wal-MArt. Wal-Mart owns the world. It is actually Oprah.

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Tahldon

Oct 2, 2006, 07:25 PM

How do people get tangible facts mixed up like this? It's been clearly said for a long time that it's going to come out on the 24th, but still some people want to believe that it's going to come out on the 16th. You're going to believe walmart over the gamestores?

That's like saying "That blind man saw the accident too! He said it's the first car's fault" when everybody else saw that the second car rammed the first.

C'mon people, there's a fine line between naivety and hope. I'm clearly seeing a crossing of that boundary and it's kind of pitiful.

ProfessorZ

Oct 2, 2006, 07:47 PM

Yea just like how circuit city sold madden a week early. pitiful

Tahldon

Oct 2, 2006, 11:51 PM

They could've made a mistake and sold it early. The way the game stores discribe street dates and what not, they may get away with it once, but they'd feel the pain the next time a heavy hitting game comes around. They'll get less copies cause they're not trustworthy.

Some stores take the chances though.

Oreic

Oct 3, 2006, 12:54 PM

Although I dont think it is coming out on the 16th my local gamecrazy release date book says the 14th but Adam (the manager there) says that it is the 24th.
And another thing is that the 16th is not a Tuesday
(Tuesday being the day Wal-Mart and games pretty much every where are released.)

p.s. He has always been right about release dates.

[ This Message was edited by: Oreic on 2006-10-03 10:56 ]

Yusaku_Kudou

Oct 3, 2006, 06:21 PM

Man, I hope I get the game asap.

Tystys

Oct 3, 2006, 07:05 PM

On 2006-10-02 17:47, ProfessorZ wrote:
Yea just like how circuit city sold madden a week early. pitiful

Hey, moron. Get out of denial. The shipping date/release date is on the same day. The 24th is when the games are sent out. The only reason we say it's the 25th is because that's the date it's going to arrive.

There is no way they could have the games before they're even shipped.

And even if they did release them earlier, the servers probably wouldn't be up.

Mouseklip

Oct 3, 2006, 07:35 PM

Who cares? I'm not going to rush out to my EB gmaes where I pre ordered the game withdraw the deposit and rush to walmart when i get time on the 16th only to have them tell me it was a error they will be released the 24th

ProfessorZ

Oct 3, 2006, 08:10 PM

On 2006-10-03 17:05, Tystys wrote:

On 2006-10-02 17:47, ProfessorZ wrote:
Yea just like how circuit city sold madden a week early. pitiful

Hey, moron. Get out of denial. The shipping date/release date is on the same day. The 24th is when the games are sent out. The only reason we say it's the 25th is because that's the date it's going to arrive.

There is no way they could have the games before they're even shipped.

And even if they did release them earlier, the servers probably wouldn't be up.

And you say I'm in denial? So what if it was released and the servers weren't on? There's still offline idiot. Save the name calling till the 17th imbecile

Invisible1122

Oct 3, 2006, 09:13 PM

A local store near my house tried to sell Halo 2 early but a Microsoft employee came and threatened a $10,000 fine if they did. Just had to share that because it's completely insane lol. I doubt SEGA would enfore that though, PSU isn't anywhere near Halo-level popluar.

ProfessorZ

Oct 3, 2006, 09:22 PM

On 2006-10-03 19:13, Invisible1122 wrote:
A local store near my house tried to sell Halo 2 early but a Microsoft employee came and threatened a $10,000 fine if they did. Just had to share that because it's completely insane lol. I doubt SEGA would enfore that though, PSU isn't anywhere near Halo-level popluar.

Over 70,000 people got Halo 2 early. I wasn't that pumped for it because I was just getting into FPS's

Ryno

Oct 3, 2006, 09:22 PM

i'm glad i have a 360.

Skyly

Oct 8, 2006, 06:05 PM

woot! the 15th
im actually calling wal mart right now!
I've called 2 walmarts and they say they dont know if its coming or not (until they actually reviece it)
http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

EDIT: I've been reading who cares if the game comes out early the servers wont be up. I wansnt going stright online anyway, beat offline first http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[ This Message was edited by: sklyl on 2006-10-08 16:08 ]