I've been reading and a lot of posts are talking about AoE 3 release date. All I know it's that the game will be available for everybody in the USA the 18th or 19th. However, in Europe we have to wait - A COUPLE OF WEEKS MORE!!!! - that is too much!!! For instance, in Spain the game may be in the stores November, 4th.
It is a very bad idea not doing a worldwide release of a computer product, and even more if we are talking of this RTS game, played by millions of people.
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raaman Guest
posted 10-16-05 03:24 PM
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I dunno if it's played by millions...
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Mokon Skirmisher
posted 10-16-05 03:24 PM
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the offical release date is a world wide one, save for in japan.....
The problem goes to local microsoft offices and w/e the retail stores want to release em.... Holland alrdy has the game...
EDIT: yeah game of this size are played by millions... IE wc3 i believe has sold 8 million copies..... and ee1 i think sold between 1 and 2 million
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raaman Guest
posted 10-16-05 03:27 PM
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Oh...
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Piggy Skirmisher
posted 10-16-05 05:19 PM
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the offical release date is a world wide one, save for in japan..... The problem goes to local microsoft offices and w/e the retail stores want to release em.... Holland alrdy has the game...
Clearly the official release date is not a world wide one as effectively the whole of Europe has a release date of November 4, it really doesn’t matter what the developer says its what the publisher decides and Microsoft UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Holland etc have all ‘conveniently’ come to the same decision to release on November 4. So any talk of a world wide simultaneous release is fantasy.
The only reason Holland has the game is because of a rogue retailer that I suspect will regret the decision they made to release the game early.
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Coen Skirmisher
posted 10-19-05 01:09 PM
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I live in The Netherlands and I've looked in several stores that sell computer games today but AoE3 was nowhere to be found. Doesn't look like it's out officially.
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posted 10-19-05 03:02 PM
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In the Netherlands they withdrew stock from sale to avoid getting sued by MS, some shops put it on sale early.
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ohhessbee Skirmisher
posted 10-19-05 06:09 PM
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Last i heard, it was released yesterday in the states.
Thank you drive through.
Quenestil Skirmisher
posted 10-19-05 06:12 PM
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Humm ur not right. in Spain an Portugal itll be released early December. And in france too. check www.amazon.fr
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