[Vanwylder]

Ok so I went to EB games and they asked me if I wanted to preorder XIV, and that they were getting it in on June 21st?! Seems a bit soon considering beta just started. Anyone else heard or know of this?

[Eternalkaiser]

i did this to pick up my god of war 3 and asked what other games they have comming so i got super street figher 4 and they told me splaterhouse was another then i said is that it for the year?(because i like to know how much i will have to spend on the year on games) they said ff14 dec 31 and let me reserve it tho i think they just slot it for the end of the year cuz it said it was comming out this year. im not for sure tho i live in Ohio btw if it helps

[Hyanmensire]

SE doesn't know the release date.

[Griss]

its common practice for shops like that to give "best guesstimates" on the release dates of games that have no official date. the sooner they get you to pre-order there. the sooner they know you will not be going to the competition.

[Velhart]

GameStop can read the future, they know the release dates before the developers do.

>_>

[Cruxus]

Griss, on 19 March 2010 - 11:24 AM, said:

its common practice for shops like that to give "best guesstimates" on the release dates of games that have no official date. the sooner they get you to pre-order there. the sooner they know you will not be going to the competition.

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That's pretty much it, if you go back and ask if that is the 100% developer-announced release date, the person (if they care, and know about their store procedures) will tell you that they have dummy dates set in their system just so they can start accepting pre-orders for games that haven't been street dated.

[Vanwylder]

Yea I pretty much figured that, as I have seen no release date anywhere. Kinda did get my hopes up tho lol! Myself I'm figuring it will come out within the last quarter of the year!

[Velhart]

Trust me, when an actual release date comes out, people will be screaming it all over these boards and several others.

[spira]

Hyanmensire, on 19 March 2010 - 10:53 AM, said:

SE doesn't know the release date.

This.

but we do know it will be in 2010, unless delayed. but that seems unlikely. They could always release an empty game and patch in.

[Brayker]

Remember when the PS2 version was supposed to release in October of 2001 with the PC release. After that it got pushed to november... then January, then finally March rolls around and all us PS2 players get to play with our friends!


.. yeah >.> I see FFXIV releasing maybe in early 2011, maybe.

[Griss]

i do see the game getting launched this year. but with the delays in testing that im totaly not a part of i do not see them hitting there summer launch.

[MattelotLeviathan]

Griss, on 19 March 2010 - 11:24 AM, said:

its common practice for shops like that to give "best guesstimates" on the release dates of games that have no official date. the sooner they get you to pre-order there. the sooner they know you will not be going to the competition.

That's true unless you cancel your preorder. Some competitors like Gamestop offer bonuses for preordering to keep you there.