Guess the Realm of Magic release date game!

it has to be September at the latest or they want be able to fit it in to their six month time frame that started April 9th

Either September or October.

"elelunicy;c-17151263" wrote:
September 24, the last Tuesday of September.

Spooky Stuff was released on September 29, 2015, also the last Tuesday of September. They want to release it as close to Halloween as possible. At the same time, they also want to release it in September for revenue recognition purposes. October is the start of a new fiscal quarter, meaning that if it was released in October, EA cannot recognize its revenue until December is over. Meanwhile if they released it September, EA can recognize its revenue as soon as September is over. Taking these two factors into account, I’d say the last Tuesday of September makes the most sense.

I agree with this, except lately I feel like games release more on Fridays, so I'd guess September 27.

"Ivyeyed;c-17156370" wrote:

"elelunicy;c-17151263" wrote:
September 24, the last Tuesday of September.

Spooky Stuff was released on September 29, 2015, also the last Tuesday of September. They want to release it as close to Halloween as possible. At the same time, they also want to release it in September for revenue recognition purposes. October is the start of a new fiscal quarter, meaning that if it was released in October, EA cannot recognize its revenue until December is over. Meanwhile if they released it September, EA can recognize its revenue as soon as September is over. Taking these two factors into account, I’d say the last Tuesday of September makes the most sense.

I agree with this, except lately I feel like games release more on Fridays, so I'd guess September 27.

Expansions are released on Fridays. This is because EPs have physical copies and European retailers only sell new games on Fridays.

GPs and SPs are still released on Tuesdays.

I think it will be September. I think their plan is to release one GP or EP each quarter. We had Strangerville in Quarter 1 and Island Living in Q2.

They will be doing an expansion toward the end of the year in time for the holiday period, so that is Q4's (Oct-Dec) release. That means Realm of Magic has to come out in quarter 3 which is July, August and September. The pack is announced for fall, so we can rule out July and August. So by process of elimination the pack must be coming in September.

September 27th

If they're going to stick to their promise earlier this year, then September is the latest, and most likely, date. If they go into October then that is into the third quarter / second half of the financial year and they said it would be in the first. However, time will tell.

I couldn't see any rhyme or reason to release dates except they avoid October. (financial)? I was looking at the release dates for all the packs on the Sim4 Wikipedia. (bottom of the page). I'd guess September 17th or 24th if there was to be another expansion pack later to catch the Christmas shopping period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_4#Game_packs