Morning Discussion

It's once again time to rev up the mighty Shacknews engine for the day. Saw some people asking for it in the chatty yesterday, so make sure to take note of a new Replay Couch thanks to Nick, where our robot overlords even take control of making music. Plus, we've got a bit of contest, if you would be interested in winning a copy of Grand Theft Auto 4 for PS3, we'd like you know your best plan for a work-free GTA day.

I neglected to mention this the other day, but Valve challenged the Shacknews community to another battle in Team Fortress 2 for the PC, and well, the results were terrible. They were catastrophic. They were apocalyptic. Yes, that's right, Team Valve fell to Shackers in nine out of nine rounds. I'm not fantastic at math, but I'm pretty sure that means Valve won zero times. The apprentice is now the master, Gabe-wan Kenobi. It's alright, we're a dedicated bunch.

From The Chatty
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    April 24, 2008 5:20 AM

    So, I want GTA4 now. Can someone direct me to a magical store that would kindly leak it early for me?

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      April 24, 2008 5:26 AM

      I know a place, but you'd have to live around central Ohio :(

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        April 24, 2008 5:31 AM

        Dude, buy me a copy and mail it to me! I'll even give you ... I just realized it's Thursday and by the time it got here I'd be able to pick it up in a store. no ... for you.

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        April 24, 2008 5:39 AM

        I live in central Ohio. What is this place?

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        April 24, 2008 5:46 AM

        what information are you holding on us ohio shackers geedeck

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        April 24, 2008 5:49 AM

        DAMN! I'm in NY!

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        April 24, 2008 6:04 AM

        WTF? WHERE!

        EMAIL IT TO ME (stephensonc AT aetna.com) AT WORK, I'LL GET IT AT LUNCH

        OMG

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      April 24, 2008 5:31 AM

      I wish i could get it early from some dumb store, but I have never found a store in CT to break a date :-(

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        April 24, 2008 5:49 AM

        Yeah, they're pussies about it here too.

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      April 24, 2008 5:36 AM

      I really wish it was coming out on Friday like every other god damn game ever. Tuesday is such a shit day for a game to come out.

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        April 24, 2008 7:13 AM

        Totally agree with you, releasing on a tuesday is the most stupid idea ever.

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          April 24, 2008 7:35 AM

          Except now, when the game comes out on Tuesday, I get to go pick up my game during my lunch break while the kids in the area have to wait until school lets out, so I'm pretty much guaranteed a copy... Though I guess it's pretty much the same on Friday.

          Doesn't really bother me too much. I'd rather spend my weekday evenings playing video games than wasting my weekends.

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        April 24, 2008 7:27 AM

        Friday? Games never come out on Friday in the states

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          April 24, 2008 7:40 AM

          All games are released friday in the UK :)

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            April 24, 2008 7:49 AM

            Ah. So then you're getting stuck w/ our release day due to the world launch.

            USA being the lowest common denominator for the win!

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              April 24, 2008 8:14 AM

              common

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                April 24, 2008 8:16 AM

                also I never received my bioshock soundtrack you fiend! Is it traveling by carrier pigeon or something?

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            April 24, 2008 8:00 AM

            which makes way more fucking sense then tuesday, goddamn it

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              April 24, 2008 8:10 AM

              i'd rather have the games earlier than making sense :)

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                April 24, 2008 8:13 AM

                id rather have it tomorrow than tuesday when i have to go back to work

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          April 24, 2008 7:47 AM

          You're right!

          They come out on Thursdays!!

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      April 24, 2008 5:37 AM

      I really want a copy but every store in the UK seems to be "sold out for release day" :(

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      April 24, 2008 5:43 AM

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        April 24, 2008 6:27 AM

        seems like the only appropriate response. Did you call him a fag at least?

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      April 24, 2008 6:02 AM

      Ahahaha. From EBGames.com's GTA4 "street date delivery guarantee":

      Not responsible for orders delayed due to incorrect address, credit card information, inclement weather or the delivery driver's truck getting stolen.

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      April 24, 2008 6:24 AM

      This thread needs more insider info!

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      April 24, 2008 7:02 AM

      So looks like my local Walmart is getting them in Sunday ;)

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      April 24, 2008 7:12 AM

      Ah shit, my cousin has it in IL already.

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      April 24, 2008 7:33 AM

      Maybe you should freeze yourself!

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      April 24, 2008 8:04 AM

      I'm thinking about hitting up the ghetto kmart today to see if they have it/will break street date.

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        April 24, 2008 11:02 AM

        *prints and takes to Best Buy*

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        April 24, 2008 11:08 AM

        I wish.

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        April 24, 2008 11:15 AM

        Friend of mine at EB hasn't heard anything about that so far so either its legit and just coming down the pipe or a damn good photoshop heh

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          April 24, 2008 11:27 AM

          It's not that good, they misspelled "separate."

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            April 24, 2008 11:37 AM

            also that address for rockstar is wrong

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        April 24, 2008 11:17 AM

        It's Fake

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        April 24, 2008 11:29 AM

        photoshop?

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        April 24, 2008 11:31 AM

        hahaha...

        What's the worse thing that a retail store could do to you if you presented that to them?

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          April 24, 2008 11:34 AM

          no, you mail it to every retail store in your area.

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      April 24, 2008 11:23 AM

      Ughhh.. why do people even care about street dates. If you get em early, just sell em! Consumers want to consume!

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        April 24, 2008 11:26 AM

        because the stores will be fined

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          April 24, 2008 11:36 AM

          Yes, but why do the distributors care??? I can see them not wanting people to get their hands on a game and finding out it's shitty if it's a shitty game and telling everyone. But for a blockbuster like GTA... why wait?

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            April 24, 2008 11:52 AM

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            April 24, 2008 12:29 PM

            Because there are retail ads for places like Best Buy and Walmart.

            Those Ads cost a shit ton of money.

            If everyone can get their game from somewhere else, that money is wasted and potential sales are lost.

            Plus there could be special retail bundles (read consumer rape with stupid accessories).

            There's a lot of money that is put into that release day. The consumer doesn't see it per say, but it's part of the bottom line of the distributors.

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            April 24, 2008 1:28 PM

            For the reasons mentioned in the replies below. They control the release so that they can get it to all the stores and build hype for the release. If it was first come first serve, you'd have a lot of upset customers (customers in this case being retail outlets) who couldn't get it as fast as some of the other ones and who would miss out on a lot of initial sales.

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        April 24, 2008 11:31 AM

        Because they have contracts. Imagine how pissed circuit city would be if best buy got their shipments several days before them and could start selling?

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        April 24, 2008 11:35 AM

        Marketing reasons.

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        April 24, 2008 11:41 AM

        If they release early, they can't track marketing numbers.

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