pc zone, release date

SteveMill · Post by **SteveMill** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 19:40

Quoted as late 03. Comments green ones? (hopefully of the rebuttal type.)

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 19:50

Well, they never said in the latest X news that it was going to be out in March, just completed. So, we can only hope that this isn't true. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was so.

SteveMill · Post by **SteveMill** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 20:01

The Doctor wrote:Well, they never said in the latest X news that it was going to be out in March, just completed. So, we can only hope that this isn't true. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was so.

No, it would not surprise me either. Anger me though? Sure.

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 20:16

SteveMill wrote:
The Doctor wrote:Well, they never said in the latest X news that it was going to be out in March, just completed. So, we can only hope that this isn't true. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was so.
No, it would not surprise me either. Anger me though? Sure.

Yes totally agree. I believe some explination is required iff this is so. Mind you, if we get THQ again, we may as well go about on bikes putting flyers through people's doors, or it will end up on Ebay again with in 6 months like Xt has.

Steel · Post by **Steel** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 20:24

SteveMill wrote:Quoted as late 03. Comments green ones? (hopefully of the rebuttal type.)

Haven't seen anything yet I'm afraid. Was this in an article? Or just some text to accompany the movie?

Scan it and send it you want.

Anyway, to answer the question. They didn't get it from me, so I guess they are just guessing. In fact, if I get the chance, i'll ring 'em in the morning.

Steel

SteveMill · Post by **SteveMill** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 20:29

The Doctor wrote:Yes totally agree. I believe some explination is required iff this is so. Mind you, if we get THQ again, we may as well go about on bikes putting flyers through people's doors, or it will end up on Ebay again with in 6 months like Xt has.

The unwillingness of anyone to give a straight answer to the question has had my alarm bells ringing for awhile. I'll be pleasantly surprised if we see it Q1 or Q2. The trouble is that the endless delays will just mean Freelancer and even possibly elite 4, will fill that niche in the market.

As for XO. It will never see the light of day.

Steel · Post by **Steel** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 20:40

I'd say un-educated, 'cos I haven't told them yet, so they wouldn't be educated yet

This is January's edition I take it? Movie on cover disk?

I am asking because I actually don't know.

Cheers,

Steel

SteveMill · Post by **SteveMill** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 21:06

Steel wrote:I'd say un-educated, 'cos I haven't told them yet, so they wouldn't be educated yet

This is January's edition I take it? Movie on cover disk?

I am asking because I actually don't know.

Cheers,

Steel

yep, out today. movie only on dvd edition tho.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 22:25

SteveMill wrote:No, it would not surprise me either. Anger me though? Sure.

So you'd rather believe some nameless guy from a computer magazine than the actual developers, who have told us it's finished in March? Seems you're never happy--when you have no information you complain you're not being told anything, and when you DO have solid information you don't believe it!

SteveMill · Post by **SteveMill** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 22:35

Paul, that is an uncalled for and intemperate remark but no, I do not believe "completed in March" equates to "released in March".

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Mon, 9. Dec 02, 22:48

Hey - let's all make a big push to be positive up until the X2 release date whenever that is next year - at least we have news. Egosoft is a commercial operation - once X2 is completed they simply cannot afford to delay long before releasing or the competition will steal a march on them.

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 01:02

To put it bluntly, there is no publisher, so can you blaim folkks for being sceptical? I certainly am, Once we see any action with regards to a publisher, then I will get excited. Until then, it's no more of a guess than June/July this year was as spoken at Xcon last year.

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 01:09

I know it's frustrating, but we can't expect Egosoft to give us updates on publisher info until it's done and dusted - it's simply too sensitive commercially to their future and the success of X2

Deleted User · Post by **Deleted User** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 01:29

Retail sales (in general) across europe (especially in germany) are low, could this be a cause for concern to publishers buying into games ? bearing in mind that space games are usually seen as a niche market.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 07:11

robroy wrote:Retail sales (in general) across europe (especially in germany) are low, could this be a cause for concern to publishers buying into games ? bearing in mind that space games are usually seen as a niche market.

Eh? I thought the games market was actually doing pretty well this year, albeit driven mostly by consoles.

boogyman · Post by **boogyman** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 09:01

As much as i hate consoles for the fact that they get games like Halo, Splinter Cell and GTA Vice before the PC it is all made up for when you know that class games like X-B, X-T and X-2 are developed with the PC in mind first.

carran · Post by **carran** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 09:45

I read PC Gamer (well, looked at the pictures would be more accurate) this weekend and one article caught my eye which made sense. It goes something like this

"There's not much point in releasing games in Nov/Dec as there's too much competition therefore it's better to release in Jan/Feb/Mar when the competition has died down and there's more shelf space available." My paraphrase as I don't have the mag in front of me to quote from.

In response to SteveMill's comment about OU not ever appearing, I believe it will but given the effort that has gone into X2 I believe it will take longer than anticipated, bear in mind there's a lot of technology going into X2 which facilitates the development of OU, such as the script engine and I presume the graphics engine too.

boogyman · Post by **boogyman** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 09:56

carran wrote:
"There's not much point in releasing games in Nov/Dec as there's too much competition therefore it's better to release in Jan/Feb/Mar when the competition has died down and there's more shelf space available." My paraphrase as I don't have the mag in front of me to quote from.

In reading a similar (if not the same mag article) it does make a lot of sence expecialy for Egosoft to hold back till they know that there is gonna be a demand for there game.

The only problem i forsee is that there are a lot of games i have heard of that are using the same tactics (Black Hawk Down for one) to increase there sales, now the may not be the same genre but its happening throughout the board.

I am not saying that i believe that Egosoft are using this tactic (far from it) but it might work out in there favor, then again it might not as right now at this point in time there are no games out that i want to spend my money on and i have £60 sitting burning a whole in my pocket.

[edit] but i know after xmas there are a gonna be a lot of games out there that i want and will preorder and buy, X2 being one of them.

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 10:13

Well at the end of the day, if there is no publisher, there is no game. Simple.

boogyman · Post by **boogyman** » Tue, 10. Dec 02, 10:17

I would have thought a publisher would have snapped them up well before the Beta testing but there you go.

Maybe they are holding out for one that can truely do this game justice.

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