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GrimReaperTaken
5 years ago
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Release Date clarification

Annnnd im back again with another question. my tentative googlings tell me the game comes on the 14th which is 3 days away for me.  I have been burnt before by games saying they come out on the '1...
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  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
    5 years ago

    Hey @GrimReaperTaken,

    The official release time on our store page is May 14, 2021 at 10:00 AM CDT. That looks like it converts to May 15, 1:00 AM AEST if my google-fu is correct, so I wouldn't plan on that being available sooner, I'm afraid.

    Edit: This is for PC, but if we get any additional clarification for specific console platforms or otherwise, I'll update here if possible.

    Edit 2: Full breakdown is available here

harneyden's avatar
harneyden
5 years ago

@holger1405 disagree completely, you must live in the northern hemisphere in a big region and have never experienced the disregard for an entire region of people.

Logistics as an excuse makes zero sense, it's lazy and an apologist attitude for bad management.

PC being 100% digital should be able to match the physical release date of the product, "logistics" has nothing to do with it, press the button and open up PC at the same time for that region.

I get that you have a vested interest in EA given your position on this forum but please don't insult my intelligence by tossing aside my comments by saying "10 years ago" etc or "it's nothing new", as if I don't know the state of the gaming industry, especially in my own country. 

I worked in a brick and mortar game store back when ME1 was first released as an Xbox 360 exclusive.

At the time we waited ages for releases to make it to Australia, Smash bros Wii was literally 6 months delayed in the Australian region.

Yes there have been improvements with "Simultaneous releases", however when that release occurs for other regions at times that are completely unreasonable for the average person, that is in and of itself, disrespectful.

Doesnt matter if it's EA, Activision, Nintendo whoever, it sends a message to everyone in that region that the company does not really care about the experience people in that region have at launch.

And I do understand that position as well, Australia is tiny compared to UK, Europe and USA.

Profits are much smaller here.

Doesn't excuse it, doesn't make it better and doesn't mean we should just accept that as  the way it is and it's not going to change.

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holger1405
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5 years ago

@harneyden 

"Logistics" as in the difference between PC and Consoles. 

I live in Germany, so the release for me is 5PM on the 14th.

I guess I could complain to that the Console players have it before me or that the US players can play all day and I only a few hours.

Instead I wish them happy gaming.

Have a nice day.

  • harneyden's avatar
    harneyden
    5 years ago

    @holger1405

    As if I don't wish others happy gaming because I want things to be fairer in my country?!

    Good try, mate.

    Peace. 

  • mcsupersport's avatar
    mcsupersport
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    5 years ago

    I can give a good reason to have the release time for Central Standard time mid morning....Because that is where Bioware is located or close to it, and thus that is where and when people will be on the job to handle launch issues for PC.  I imagine the consoles have certain rules they must follow and the Console companies(microsoft/sony) get to choose when games are unlocked as far as time frame goes, basically they tell Sony game releases this day, Sony says ok we will unlock it at this time per our system. 

    Do I know this as the 100% truth, no, I work on cars for a living, but it is one very possible set of reasons for their actions that I can see.   Will this issue ever change, well yeah, it has already changed as you noted with digital releases limiting the delays for people to get games.  One thing to also consider is check your Government in Aussy as to what issues they throw up in releasing games.....

  • frauzet's avatar
    frauzet
    5 years ago
    @mcsupersport wrote:

    I can give a good reason to have the release time for Central Standard time mid morning....Because that is where Bioware is located or close to it, and thus that is where and when people will be on the job to handle launch issues for PC.  I imagine the consoles have certain rules they must follow and the Console companies(microsoft/sony) get to choose when games are unlocked as far as time frame goes, basically they tell Sony game releases this day, Sony says ok we will unlock it at this time per our system. 

    Do I know this as the 100% truth, no, I work on cars for a living, but it is one very possible set of reasons for their actions that I can see.   Will this issue ever change, well yeah, it has already changed as you noted with digital releases limiting the delays for people to get games.  One thing to also consider is check your Government in Aussy as to what issues they throw up in releasing games.....

    I always assumed this is the main reason for the timing of releases/updates/maintenance.

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
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    5 years ago

    @mcsupersport 

    You can be sure that you are right here. 😀

    @GrimReaperTaken 

    As said, Bioware and EA could for sure have done a better job in communicating the release times for the different regions, especially if the release time is in fact not at the 14th but at the 15th in parts of Australia and New Zeeland.

    There is just no way around that imho. The reason for the release times set in this way were perfectly pointed out by @mcsupersport , and giving Australia a different release time, technically difficult, would introduce the problem that a lot of people from around the world would use VPN's to access the game earlier.
    (Not to mention that it just would move the disadvantage somewhere else.)

    @harneyden 

    No hard feelings. 🙂 I understand why you are upset.

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