Company's Angry at Valve?

[Dr. Shim]

Has anyone seen these ATI ads featuring Half-Life 2 in them? I find it interesting that they were supposed to be released at the same time as Half-Life 2.

If you read the teeny-weeny text on the ad, you see that it says "ATI Radeon... NVIDIA GeForce... tested on a Pentium 4-3.2 GHz...", which begs the question on what did they test it on? The use of the past-tense devoid of a noun probably denonates that they mean Half-Life 2. But as we all know, there is/was no Half-Life 2 to test any cards on.

To get to the point, no ATI didn't steal anything; I'm just saying that they're probably very flissed at the delay. Wasn't the shipping of their new card delayed along with Half-Life 2? They probably replaced what should have been the CD with the coupon. Lord knows how much that costed! 1. Get an advertisement company to design the coupon, 2. Print them, 3. Redesign the box to feature the coupon; not the full game, ect. What if they already made a deal with a factory to create/print the CDs??

On another note, how many publishers did Valve have to go through who wouldn't accept shipping. Wasn't it several (I really can't remember the story, so don't flame me!)? Vivendi is probably reconsidering their deal with Valve, since not even they know when Half-Life 2 is going to ship.

Bottom line: How many company's are hurt finacially and/or angered by these sudden and "unexpected" delays?

Discuss!

 

[The Dark Elf]

they wouldn't have included the actual game with their cards.. It was and always was a coupon offer, you either downloaded it via Steam (promoting steam) or paid for a CD to be sent. then use the coupon to register either versions. Why package the game at their own expense when they can either get it to you for free (to them) via steam, or get a bit extra cash per unit by having some order a CD version.

 

[Dr. Shim]

Aah. I forgot that...

 

[Kadayi]

Uggh Fenric loose the Ring sig, too creepy I preferred Charlie Sheen

 

[CheapAssStrat]

Originally posted by Kadayi Polokov
Uggh Fenric loose the Ring sig, too creepy I preferred Charlie Sheen

I was just thinking the same thing...

 

[Faravid]

In my opinion Fenric's sig looks stupid compared to the old one.

 

[GhostValkyrie]

Don't listen to 'em, Fenric.
IMO, it's not creepy enough. So, you go out and get the creepiest avatar you find, or make.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Originally posted by GhostValkyrie
Don't listen to 'em, Fenric. You get the creepiest avatar you find, or make.

Kadayi said it was creepy, pretty obvious I'd be keeping it now

Faravid had the right idea, call it stupid, shame he didn't get in there first though heh



and guys its an avatar, not a sig, I don't like sigs remember

 

[Faravid]

Avatar = Almost always a square picture.
Sig = Almost always a rectangle picture.

OMG! Almost always almost the same thing!

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Originally posted by Faravid
Avatar = Almost always a square picture.
Sig = Almost always a rectangle picture.

OMG! Almost always almost the same thing!

Yeah, only one is usually about ten times larger and enfuriates me to no end.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Originally posted by Faravid
Avatar = Almost always a square picture.
Sig = Almost always a rectangle picture.

OMG! Almost always almost the same thing!

yet when was the last time you signed a cheque with an avatar?

 

[Anwar]

they said it would release with the new ati cards... said that and now they say there is no way this game would have been ready till mid next year?

it makes no sense at all

 

[Dr. Shim]

Originally posted by Anwar
they said it would release with the new ati cards... said that and now they say there is no way this game would have been ready till mid next year?

it makes no sense at all

Wow, an "on-the-topic" reply. Amazing...

The answer is probably hype and advertising. Who didn't buy this month's issue of PC Gamer just to get the two measly screenshots? Who won't buy the new ATI card just for the coupon?

So far, I feel inclined to believe Vivendi about release dates, not Valve. "It's done" appears to have a different meaning over there... More like, "Yeah, it's good... Not complete."

BTW, I'm not flaming any company, just trying to start an interesting discussion; for those who may think I am.