Not gone gold?

DanCanovas · 02-11-07, 12:19 PM

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!

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

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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!"

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.

02-11-07, 12:19 PM	#1
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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? __________________

02-11-07, 12:34 PM	#2
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	they haven't even got the news and encyclopedia section of the website done yet! __________________

02-11-07, 01:49 PM	#4
DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was kind of thinking about now or at least in the next week or 2 __________________

02-11-07, 02:06 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I think the general practice is 2 weeks. So I'd expect it going gold by March 1st. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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DanCanovas Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 778 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ok thanks guys. __________________

02-11-07, 01:43 PM	#3
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Tis a little strange... when do games generally go gold?

02-11-07, 02:05 PM	#5
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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.

02-11-07, 04:44 PM	#8
Finback Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 138 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gold is rare but I do love it so . 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: __________________ Past Hatteras the convoys sail, It seems the Allies will prevail. Churchill and Franklin share a grin, They know who's gonna win this sim. Finback

02-11-07, 05:23 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Amazing how standards differ. In the music industry "going Gold" means a record has sold 100,000 copies. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-11-07, 05:38 PM	#10
flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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.

02-11-07, 06:34 PM	#13
MaciejK Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mielno / Warsaw - Republic of Poland Posts: 119 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	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 __________________