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DanCanovas 02-11-07 12:19 PM

Not gone gold?
 
Shouldn't SH4 have gone gold by now if its going to make the release date or is it usually a couple of weeks in advance. if it actually going to make the release date when should it turn gold?

DanCanovas 02-11-07 12:34 PM

they haven't even got the news and encyclopedia section of the website done yet! :o

Boris 02-11-07 01:43 PM

Tis a little strange... when do games generally go gold?

DanCanovas 02-11-07 01:49 PM

I was kind of thinking about now or at least in the next week or 2

flintlock 02-11-07 02:05 PM

It may be a while yet. Going gold typically denotes that the software is complete and copied to a master, which in turn is sent for dulplication (manufacturing).

Ahh, the calm before the storm...so many anxious subsim captains impatiently kicking pebbles around the dock, waiting to board their new boats. :)

CCIP 02-11-07 02:06 PM

I think the general practice is 2 weeks. So I'd expect it going gold by March 1st.

DanCanovas 02-11-07 02:20 PM

ok thanks guys.

Finback 02-11-07 04:44 PM

Gold is rare but I do love it so :yep: .

Gone Gold may not be announced until very shortly before the actual release. Or maybe not announced at all just to keep us nervous.

:rotfl:

Sailor Steve 02-11-07 05:23 PM

Amazing how standards differ. In the music industry "going Gold" means a record has sold 100,000 copies.

flintlock 02-11-07 05:38 PM

I believe SH3 became available around 18-Mar-05 (at least in North America), at least that's the day I purchased my copy, and Ubi's press release of it going gold was on 02-Mar-05. Just for comparative purposes.

DanCanovas 02-11-07 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flintlock
I believe SH3 became available around 18-Mar-05 (at least in North America), at least that's the day I purchased my copy, and Ubi's press release of it going gold was on 02-Mar-05. Just for comparative purposes.

ok thanks for the info! that puts it in perspective.

flintlock 02-11-07 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
In the music industry "going Gold" means a record has sold 100,000 copies.

In the US (it differs from Country to Country), unless it's recently changed, the Gold threshold I believe is 500,000 for albums and singles.

MaciejK 02-11-07 06:34 PM

at Ubi they got the magical time unit called "2 weeks". For those who know Il2 series it is well known. Two weeks, be sure...

M

Zero Niner 02-11-07 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaciejK
at Ubi they got the magical time unit called "2 weeks". For those who know Il2 series it is well known. Two weeks, be sure...

M

Lol, I remember the infamous "2 weeks!" :up:

Just a reminder to all folks out there - dose of reality actually - AFAIK no game ever ships on its originally scheduled release date... :(

StandingCow 02-12-07 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaciejK
at Ubi they got the magical time unit called "2 weeks". For those who know Il2 series it is well known. Two weeks, be sure...

M

LOL, the dog in your sig just reminded me of how we feel... waiting for this damn game to come out. :damn: :D

Sailor Steve 02-12-07 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flintlock
Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
In the music industry "going Gold" means a record has sold 100,000 copies.

In the US (it differs from Country to Country), unless it's recently changed, the Gold threshold I believe is 500,000 for albums and singles.

I'm from the US, but I admit my information may be as much as forty years out of date...it used to be 100,000, and platinum was one million.

TDK1044 02-12-07 11:43 AM

I wouldn't expect SH4 to go gold until the first week of March. :D

NEON DEON 02-12-07 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamoz
Somehow i got a feeling that this game is also full of bugs just like SH3 :cry: I wait until couple of paches are out, before i buy the game.


So what your saying is you are going to let us do the beta testing for you?

:D :D

Since the game engine is the same as SH III, maybe there will not be a lot of bugs this time around. :ping:

flintlock 02-12-07 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamoz
I wait until couple of paches are out, before i buy the game.

Hey, and that's your right. As much as most everyone here is eagerly anticipating SH4's release, I believe the vast majority are realists, and accept some bugs are more than likely going to sneak through the beta testing phase. If I had your willpower, perhaps I'd wait too. There's just no way I could sit idly by as others post in-game screenshots and patrol reports etc. Nah, just couldn't do it. ;)

TDK1044 02-12-07 12:01 PM

I honestly don't think it will be like SH3. I think SH4 is in much better shape. I don't mind adding a patch...four I had a problem with.


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