CSS Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 So how long till download 1 day, 1 week, longer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGungHo Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Good question! And the jeopardy answer is...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmm Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 What is Midnight on Friday, for those who pre-ordered hopefully. This is a complete guess, although SC is usually released sometime on a weekend. Anyone else have any guesses...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinky Friedman Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Inquiring minds would love to know. Mods, please? If this has gone gold you guys must know when you plan to put it out there. No reason not to share that info with us unless you enjoy watching us suffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 The info is out there, it's in the pre-order announcement, and it's the same timeframe as always, i.e. the game is released within 4-6 weeks after it goes on pre-order. We're on track currently for the end of the month. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZGungHo Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Hey Moon, I hadn't considered this, but if you don't release the game till the end of the month then I'll be out of the country, for 3 weeks, returning late March! Will the download link I have for my preorder still be good then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I am pretty sure that we will release this month. The download link you got with your pre-order will work from the day of release for 365 days (or 10 downloads), and you will get an email a few hours before the official release announcement that you can download already Hardgoods usually take another 1-2 weeks after the release before you have them by mail. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian the Dane Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Fortunately, this is a short month! Glad it's not a leap year. That would be bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinky Friedman Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I'm just curious...if this game is being sold mainly by digital distribution, and it's Gold and ready to go, what is the logic behind waiting until the end of this month? Note I'm not complaining--I'm sure there's a logical reason--I just can't think of it myself and I'd love to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Your logic is failing because your base assumption is wrong. "Sold mainly by digital distribution" isn't. Many of our customers are opting for the mail component with the printed manual and disc (as backup; your download expires). The percentage varies from game to game, but a game like Global Conflict which people expect to play for many months if not years (rightly so; and they won't be disappointed either), probably has about 2/3rds of mail orders, or mail&download. We like that and in fact we like to encourage that, too. Not because we make more money on it (because we don't) but because we think that good games are worth having a printed manual and box. It sets our games apart from the Fast Food Download Only stuff that is available on every website nowadays and that people don't play for more than a few hours in total. So, while we could in theory throw the switch to enable downloads quickly, we use the additional time while pre-orders are running to prep production, do final testing and QA (there are many things that need to be tested that aren't necessarily game related such as installers), and to then have a release where customers who want the physical goods do not have to wait for weeks and weeks for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KvP Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 @ Moon (02-10-2010, 05:13 PM) "...and you will get an email a few hours before the official release announcement..." I pre-ordered too and I hope you will have lots of server performance. I think many people will download exact at the moment when the game download becomes available. I hope the download-server will be within reach and also hope to have a little download speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 KvP, we use a server network (called a server cloud) with locations all over the world to serve our full game downloads. This is expensive but it ensures unlimited bandwidth (literally) and 100% uptime. We haven't had any download speed issues (related to our own hosting at least) since we began using this service. I don't think any one single server would have been able to sustain any one of our past releases all by itself Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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