 SR4 DELAYED!? |
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 Aug 10 2005, 09:03 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 823  |
I stopped in to the closest dedicated game store (Lots of random places around here carry a range of RPG's and the like but they are mostly Comic shops or teen hang outs with a LAN and some RPG stuff) to my current location and was chatting with the owner about assorted the things. most of the conversation wasn't relevant but he did mention an E-mail he had received that morning that said SR4 would be delayed into Mid-September due to "Printing Issues."
Anyone else hear anything about this? |
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Aug 10 2005, 09:04 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
OMG!!!
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 Aug 10 2005, 09:14 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
What? You put a deposit down when you preordered? |
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Aug 10 2005, 10:44 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
say it isn't so
This would be a serious cramp. I'd be very suprised if they acutally let it get delayed, as they don't have any more projects anywhere near as important as this one. Of course, all the rest of their stuff is delayed, but you'd think they'd move Heaven and Hell to get this one out on time. But on the plus side, maybe this way they'll get System Failure out first! :D |
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Aug 10 2005, 10:46 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Meh. The whole rumor's just someone blowin' smoke -- there's no way they won't release it at Gencon. The thing's already at the printers, people. Missing their much-hyped Gencon release date would be shooting themselves in the foot far more seriously than any sub-par product could do alone.
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Aug 10 2005, 12:39 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
They could still release at Gencon, but still not get the whole of the print run done and shipped to retail till mid-September. Start of Sept. is the earliest you'd expect it at retail anyway. Slipping 10 days wouldn't be that hard, especially with a long weekend at the start of Sept.
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Aug 10 2005, 12:49 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Well, that would be seriosly dissappointing. Does anyone know if there is a limited run set for GenCon release? Is it just the stuff getting shipped to the stores that is late?
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Aug 10 2005, 12:55 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
My FLGS has always had an expected arrival date of Sept. 30. If it's a few weeks later it isn't the end of the world. It isn't like you can't read it before then. If you really feel you must there are ways.
Speaking of which i wonder when the PDF will go up for sale? |
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Aug 10 2005, 01:03 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Keep in mind that seeing copies at GenCon doesn't mean it will be in your local gaming store the day after GenCon. It's fairly common for games to do short print runs specifically for the trade show. Mage: the Awakening from White Wolf is doing that for GenCon Indy, for example.
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Aug 10 2005, 01:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bangkok (sometimes Paris) Member No.: 332 |
I don't see anything shocking in there. SR4 will be released for the 1st time during Gencon (late August). It was never said that it would be simultaneously available worldwide. That would actually diminish the interest into coming to Gencon to pick up one of the first released books. Transportation issues and other distribution realities will make sure that SR4 will be in stores only later, a couple weeks at best, probably a month or more elsewhere. This definitively sounds like mid-septemberish to me. |
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Aug 10 2005, 03:14 PM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 |
Amazon.com doesn't have it availible till August 28 on pre-order. And thats the Hardbound edition.
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Aug 10 2005, 03:18 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,420 Joined: 30-October 03 Member No.: 5,776 |
As was mentioned in another thread, you shouldn't pay any attention to the release dates for things on amazon.com, especially not for roleplaying related material.
Also, I believe FanPro has said both the regular and the special edition of SR4 are supposed to be hardbound. |
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Aug 10 2005, 03:50 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Yep, they will all be hardbound.
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Aug 10 2005, 04:20 PM
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 |
If they are all hardbound whats the diff between reg and specal?
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Aug 10 2005, 04:26 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Cover art and 16 extra pages. And sweet, sweet prestige!
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Aug 10 2005, 04:29 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 24-February 03 Member No.: 4,152 |
I wonder if the special edition will be available sooner than the standard edition, and will it be avalable shortly after Gencon?
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Aug 10 2005, 04:35 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,420 Joined: 30-October 03 Member No.: 5,776 |
I would imagine the the special edition has a smaller audience and hence lower priority. So I sincerely doubt it will be available before teh regular edition.
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Aug 10 2005, 04:38 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
I dunno about that. The special edition will have a much smaller print run, so it'd be easier to get out faster. And I imagine they will want to have special edition copies on hand at GenCon, since that was where many of the special edition copies were supposed to be sold.
But I really don't know, one way or the other. |
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Aug 11 2005, 03:49 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I know I want the special edition. I'll pay the extra $15 just to avoid that cover!
Don't suppose anyone has any shots of it BTW? |
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 Aug 11 2005, 04:22 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
It is a foil holographic image of the regular cover. The cyberspur looks 10x better in it. It looks so real you find yourself believing you'd bleed if you reached out and touched it. [ Spoiler ]
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Aug 11 2005, 04:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bangkok (sometimes Paris) Member No.: 332 |
My understanding, though I could be wrong, was that the picture was the same. The difference was a stamped foil effect on the cover. I think that could mean a stamped metal highlight of some features of the cover, most probably the logo-title, maybe the circuitry in the background, and it's very unlikely that anything would be done on the illustration itself. Again, that's only the way I understood it.
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Aug 11 2005, 05:16 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
:rotfl: How do you know? Does she have a bottle of hair dye in her pocket or something? Do you know here sister? ;) |
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Aug 11 2005, 07:30 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Hint: The answer is already in that post. Damn i hate it when i have to explain [alledged] humour. :( |
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Aug 11 2005, 07:56 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
irony, meet the mold from which thou wert cast.
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Aug 11 2005, 07:57 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
ouch. I was trying to be funny. Thanks Blakkie, now I feel like a failure. Hafta start going to self help groups for people that think they're funnny. (wanna come!?) :D
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