I dont understand why valve has to release info on the game today or the game wont

[bate18]

Whats the difference if valve releases info on the game today or 6 or 7 days from now? please inform me why today and tomorrow are so important.

 

[xm0nkey]

Because people are impatient.

 

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

well in order for the game to ship to distributors, they need to be finished the game, thus giving us the anouncment that their game has gone GOLD thats whats important at the moment

 

[TrueWeltall]

People want things now now now.

 

[Rubeus]

Ill say it again.

Until there is a press release by Valve saying it won't be out on the 30th, then I will wait until the 30th has come and gone before I lose faith in it. They aren't just going to say nothing until November. (I hope ;P) I don't care when it's announced gold. I care when Valve says it's delayed.

-Rubeus

 

[The Mullinator]

There isn't really a difference. The rumor was it would be on the 22, that has past so people automatically assumed that it HAD to be delayed.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Originally posted by bate18
Whats the difference if valve releases info on the game today or 6 or 7 days from now? please inform me why today and tomorrow are so important.

They don't like you thats why :cheers:

 

[A2597]

basically, people assume it takes two weeks for a game to have enough production copys out there to supply demand...meaning there should have been a gold announcement last week.

bah, just a bunch of caffine high HL2 freaks, ignore.

 

[Garp]

I thought the main rumor was tomorrow, not today. Oh well.

 

[poseyjmac]

Originally posted by The Mullinator
There isn't really a difference. The rumor was it would be on the 22, that has past so people automatically assumed that it HAD to be delayed.

not on the west siiiiide of the US. its 6:14pm here.

 

[DigitalAssassin]

Many of us believe it will be released tomorrow (Tuesday). That gives them 7 days to prepare and ship. After tomorrow, I'll start getting angry, but for now, I'm prepared to wait. I give Valve 24 hours... no more. Then I'm buying a crowbar.

 

[|\/|oDdiC(_)$]

Originally posted by poseyjmac
not on the west siiiiide of the US. its 6:14pm here.

nah, i dont think tis gonna happen today oh well, theres always tomorrow.....hopefully

 

[poseyjmac]

Originally posted by |\/|oDdiC(_)$
nah, i dont think tis gonna happen today oh well, theres always tomorrow.....hopefully

im fairly sure as well. im just saying taht in my timezone its still 22nd. which is PST which is valves timezone. which makes me special!

 

[qckbeam]

I'm pretty optimistic still. But if we don't here anything by tommorow...I won't know what to think.

 

[Quotidian---]

man, i am pretty dumbfounded as is.... i'm getting more negative thoughts with each day

 

[poseyjmac]

im thinking... when a game gets delayed, how many days/weeks/months USUALLY does the delay get announced before the original release date?

has a game ever gotten THIS close to release, and the delay announcement then happens? if so what game company has done this?

hope that makes some sense

 

[smilez]

If valve gave us a few more movies then that would hold everyone over for a week...

 

[genocide604]

Because valve thinks its funny to tease the public.... this is the longest week of my life..

 

[qckbeam]

yes, Valve, release those final movies. That would help alot!

We know you have them damnit! Give them to us!

 

[draven]

Originally posted by poseyjmac
im thinking... when a game gets delayed, how many days/weeks/months USUALLY does the delay get announced before the original release date?

has a game ever gotten THIS close to release, and the delay announcement then happens? if so what game company has done this?

hope that makes some sense

That makes perfect sense. I mean, can you see Vavle announcing that the game is going to be delayed until November or even 2004 less than one week before the game is scheduled to be released. That is one of the only things that keeps my hopes up at this point. I think if Valve knew the game was going to be delayed, even a couple of weeks, they would have already said so. Why keep us in the dark on this info? It just doesn't make sense to me.

 

[mknlb50]

try e-mailing valve about the release date, not only gabe... :afro:

 

[Quotidian---]

i think it would be a HORRIBLE marketing strategy, to announce a delay this soon..



now lets look at this.


a. who are we walking about?
valve..
b. is valve smart?
incredibly
c. is valve good at marketing there games?
people are still buying hl1...
d. since valve spent 5 years planning this epic return, would they f' it up?
no.


/ends interview with self.


'nough said.

 

[mknlb50]

Originally posted by Quotidian---
i think it would be a HORRIBLE marketing strategy, to announce a delay this soon..



now lets look at this.


a. who are we walking about?
valve..
b. is valve smart?
incredibly
c. is valve good at marketing there games?
people are still buying hl1...
d. since valve spent 5 years planning this epic return, would they f' it up?
no.


/ends interview with self.


'nough said.

my man :cheers:

 

[JohnnyBeverage]

Lets hope.

 

[poseyjmac]

but then you could also say, that since valve would not f up the release of halflife2. they would delay it so they could fix some problems or add some features. releasing an incomplete or buggy piece of software counts as a F up.

 

[Quotidian---]

by not f it up, i am including the fact that it won't be buggy, nor late.

 

[poseyjmac]

Originally posted by Quotidian---
by not f it up, i am including the fact that it won't be buggy, nor late.

but if valve had to choose whether to make the 30th release date and release with some bugs, OR delay it a few weeks and release it with the bugs taken care of, what do you think they would do? either way it counts as an F up from the community

 

[Pauly]

u have to remember

Hey u guys have to remember that VALVe is that special company that stays quiet....they started working on HL2 since HL1 was finished....they stay quiet for a long time....who knows...SEpt. 29 11:59 pm they will probaly go...ITS ready for showtime !! knowing... valve...lol...but i personally have the feeling its ready....a lot of effort..looks nice looks ready to go....lets wait and hope

:cheers:

 

[e.GoRe]

bugs

Originally posted by poseyjmac
but if valve had to choose whether to make the 30th release date and release with some bugs, OR delay it a few weeks and release it with the bugs taken care of, what do you think they would do? either way it counts as an F up from the community

Gonna have bugs either way. As a lot of programmers say "the true life of the software begins when its released"

 

[koopa]

Originally posted by Quotidian---
c. is valve good at marketing there games?
people are still buying hl1...
d. since valve spent 5 years planning this epic return, would they f' it up?
no.

I think 'c' has been more to do with Valve being in the right place at the right time, and the phenomenal success of Counterstrike. It's yet to be proved that Valve are crazy geniuses rather than pretty competent guys who got a bit lucky. 'd' remains to be proved - we know next to nothing about the game itself at the moment.

Was HL1 Valve's first (proper) game?

 

[poseyjmac]

Re: bugs

Originally posted by e.GoRe
Gonna have bugs either way. As a lot of programmers say "the true life of the software begins when its released"

thats good logic. why even put hl2 through QA, since itll end up having bugs anyway! and why even try and patch the thing, itll just have bugs still!

u missed my point. but its fine

 

[mosquave]

I've just read a post by a VIP on the IGN boards(a dev), 30th for steam single player, retail when multiplayer is finished which should be 2-4 weeks.

I'm now at the point where I'm not believing anything until I'm dl'ing/installing the game but if info is being released say tommorow then it's possible another dev could know.

He also said Diablo 2 holds the record for gold-retail and it's 10 days.

Again this is just for other people to read.

 

[alco]

Well, mosquave, that makes a bit more sense than releasing the full game on steam first, and retail second. But it's still not plausible.

 

[alco]

Every day that VALVe doesn't announce gold, a small part of me dies. ;(

 

[droper]

its on tommorow or say hello to steam hahahah.

 

[Bloodsent]

Lets look at the Steam release, Valve's most recent release, as an indicator of their ability to meet deadlines or set release dates.

Valve announces that they will be releasing the final version fo Steam on 09/10/03 at 11:00AM PST.

09/10/03 - 11:00AM PST - Comes and goes with no word as to what is going on. Hours later, they state that they are postponing the release until the following day, same time.

09/11/03 - 11:00AM PST - Comes and goes with no word as to what is going on. Hours later, 13 in fact, Valve releases Steam.

Come on people, this is how Valve works.....

Don't expect any status updates and don't expect delay announcements until after the 30th has come and gone.

 

[qckbeam]

well that was steam. I don't think Valve would just let the 30th come and go. I could just imagine hearing this on Oct. 1st
"Oh yeah guys, sorry forgot to tell you Half-Life 2 has been delayed. Sorry."

That would just be stupid.

 

[Alphy]

Tommorow will be a very interesting day.

 

[Bloodsent]

Originally posted by qckbeam
well that was steam. I don't think Valve would just let the 30th come and go. I could just imagine hearing this on Oct. 1st
"Oh yeah guys, sorry forgot to tell you Half-Life 2 has been delayed. Sorry."

That would just be stupid.

What makes you think that one release of theirs is handled any different then another? You see, for the past 5 years since Half Life came out, this is what Valve has done. They are horrible with communication, and delays are standard business practice. Steam is just the most recent example.

 

[Goombatommy]

Theres a big difference comparing HL 2 and Steam. They'll be making profits off of HL 2, not Steam.