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Splinter Cell PC Delay

by Maarten Goldstein, Jan 14, 2003 12:54pm PST

Related Topics – Delay, Splinter Cell

In a really brief email, Ubi Soft just let us know that the PC version of Splinter Cell has been delayed till mid February. Originally it was going to be released at the end of this month. The reason of delay is a problem with the copy protection (thanks BoltGames).

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And nobody believed it when it was on a German site :/

Jan 15, 2003 4:42am PST

And nobody believed it when it was on a German site :/ : gingerninja

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Takes a month to implement, takes couple of minutes to remove. Ah, the glorious life of copy protection. Why don't they just use the money for better quality or marketing and let those fucking warez ppl live on their trash lives? They'll never learn anyway. blah blah

Damnit. Just gimme more Sam Fisher action!!!

Jan 14, 2003 4:02pm PST

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Takes a month to implement, takes couple of minutes to remove. Ah, the glorious life of copy protection. ... : xphil
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  couple of months to remove, and thats a very forgiving estimate. most cracks are out within two weeks... : Turd Ferguson
  - "takes couple of minutes to remove" : Speedy8

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Big deal, if there's copy protection probs we'll just crack it out like BF1942(or was it UT2003)?

Jan 14, 2003 2:29pm PST

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Big deal, if there's copy protection probs we'll just crack it out like BF1942(or was it UT2003)? : xenoeye
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  Or morrowind. (people said the copy protection ate like 5fps so I just cracked it before ever playing) : DinK
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    Don't forget GTA3, kept pausung when accessing the CD. : MeenMunky
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      Or Black & White which wouldn't even fucking load on my machine without a crack. Assholes. And they still... : nudel
      
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      battlefield1942 takes an extra six seconds to load maps without a crack : Turd Ferguson
      
      seriously? : lingo
      
      Might even be more than that. Somewhere between 6-10 seconds, depending on your cd-rom drive, or maybe ev... : Speedy8
- Or every other game that has ever come out, or we will just rip it to our hard drive with clonecd and use... : Speedy8

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OMG ! FUCK YOU MS!! You bastards are going to buy UBI SOFT!!! so we can't play this game on the PC!!! NOOOOOOOO ;)

Jan 14, 2003 1:08pm PST

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OMG ! FUCK YOU MS!! You bastards are going to buy UBI SOFT!!! so we can't play this game on the PC!!! NOO... : jedi_27
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  It's true. Heres the new time-line. 1 week from now: Ubisoft is bought by Microsoft Corporation. 2 ... : Cpt. Baseballbat
  - LOL. that was an AWESOME timeline! : lichee

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i need a geforce fx for this..

Jan 14, 2003 4:37pm PST

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i need a geforce fx for this.. : str8upkiller
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- ran nice n smooth on my ti4400. : Turd Ferguson

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its only 2 weeks guys, thats not THAT bad :<
at least were getting it a FUCKLOAD faster than halo is taking ... >:(

Jan 14, 2003 4:21pm PST

its only 2 weeks guys, thats not THAT bad :< at least were getting it a FUCKLOAD faster than halo is t... : sexninja

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psst, the problem with the copy protection is that it is fucking useless. give me my game.

Jan 14, 2003 3:17pm PST

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psst, the problem with the copy protection is that it is fucking useless. give me my game. : fragasm
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- True, its more of a pain in the arse than anything. a Ã‚Â£50 cd burner can get round Safedisc 2.5 n... : usedillusion

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Oh come on....

*waves hand*
You don't need any copy protection... You want to release it as is...

Jan 14, 2003 2:30pm PST

Oh come on.... *waves hand* You don't need any copy protection... You want to release it as is... : emcea

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This is truly bad news. I am looking forward to this game more than any other right now. I guess I'll have to start trying to get excited over Unreal 2 :-/

Jan 14, 2003 2:23pm PST

This is truly bad news. I am looking forward to this game more than any other right now. I guess I'll hav... : |Username|

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Actually, I was aware of this, a little while ago. I believe the issue was for the game to be properly compatible for GeForce 2 cards. I got this information on </http://www.isonews.com/forums>

Jan 14, 2003 12:58pm PST

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Oh nos! This was the only game I was REALLY looking forward to (well, except the BF1942 expansion, but that's a given). Another month, pluss two weeks for it to be released in Europe.. GUN

Jan 14, 2003 1:00pm PST

Oh nos! This was the only game I was REALLY looking forward to (well, except the BF1942 expansion, but th : timm

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Maybe the crack-ass control scheme was the reason for the delay? Who knows...

Jan 14, 2003 12:58pm PST

Maybe the crack-ass control scheme was the reason for the delay? Who knows... : sonicstorm