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"What is it about the 1st Feb 2002"

According to SR release list there are EIGHTEEN games due for release on this "special" Friday.

devo wrote:
> It's still confusing though, or else the original question wouldn't have been
> asked

Some games are given a month of release say Febuary. SR know that the game is to be released in Febuary so they put it down as 1st of Feb as then people will know to expect the game soon. They get a proper release date maybe 1 week before the actually release and then can change the release date to suit.

They wouldnt put Final Fantasy 10 as being released in Febuary as they know it isnt. If its going to be released in the Summer they may put it down as a 1st of June release.

This happened with GT3, it was coming out in July so SR put it down as a 1st July release which was a Sunday. People then knew it was going to be out within the month. And then of course it came out 20 something of July.

It's still confusing though, or else the original question wouldn't have been asked.

devo wrote:
> That is the case. Maybe unknown release dates should be moved back to something
> like next year at the earliest, to avoid confusion?

I wasnt saying they are unknown unknow e.g. Final Fantasy 10 or The Getaway.

I was saying that they have information that they are coming out in Febuary but havent got a proper date for the release. So they put 1st Febuary down and then they can update it when they get more information. Say it could be down for 1st when its released on the 22nd.

Or there could be 18 games coming 1st Febuary because that is how many are coming out.

That is the case. Maybe unknown release dates should be moved back to something like next year at the earliest, to avoid confusion?

I think they have 18 games down on release because they arent sure on the actually date they come out in Feb. Maybe some of them will come out on the 1st while others will be released on different fridays.

What's "whoing" is it a technical term ?

I'm still waiting for SR to update the PS2 page so I can see whats coming up next cause at the moment they're still whoing the releases for december 14th. Did that Iron Aces game even come out ? I don't even remember running into any info on that game ;-))

Knowing the way the industry works now, quite probably. It's almost as though companies try to have a rough estimation when a game will be ready just so that the can secure interest from people.

For example, how many people are saving their money in preperation for MGS2? Even if the game slips Konami still made people hold onto their money.

What are the odds on 9 (half) of them being delayed - Evens ?

people have just about recovered from the huge expense from christmas, so they may buy stuff, its a time when more games are sold, also notice when september comes round alot of games will also be coming out. and then the biggest time when a lot of games come out is christmas, because they sell better then.