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'Exclusive' HAWX Demo Hitting Xbox 360 Tomorrow, PC and PlayStation 3 Later
by Chris Faylor, Feb 10, 2009 10:49am PSTUpdate: While European PlayStation 3 owners will gain access to the Tom Clancy's HAWX demo on February 12, those in North America will have to wait a bit longer.
Presumably due to the "exclusive" status of the Xbox 360 demo in North America, Ubisoft has confirmed that the North American PS3 demo will arrive alongside the PC demo on February 26, with the Xbox 360 demo debuting tomorrow, February 11.
Furthermore, Ubisoft is currently stating that all versions of the game will hit North American retailers by March 5, despite Europe receiving a delayed PC release.
Original: Ubisoft has revealed that a PlayStation 3 demo for Ubisoft Romania's Tom Clancy's HAWX will arrive in the European PlayStation Store February 12, meaning that the Xbox 360 demo is "exclusive" for a day.
A PC demo of the flight-action game will follow two weeks later, on February 26. All versions of the demo will pack two missions and four-player online co-op support.
In addition, Ubisoft confirmed that the PC version of HAWX will arrive at European retailers on March 13, one week after the console editions, due March 6. Ubisoft's Prince of Persia and Shaun White Snowboarding saw similarly delayed PC releases.
North American release details are unconfirmed, though retailers currently list the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release for March 3, with the PC edition on March 9.
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I do like Ubisoft, but without a legitamite reason, this is putting a stain on their chrome paintjob. When a game takes longer to release on one platform than another, I'll be the first to claim "preferential treatment" for one group, with the other group being treated as 2nd class citizens because of their hardware preference. Piracy? It happens on consoles too, why won't they admit it? Why not just release both versions a week late to prevent piracy? It's simply a poor effort to delay the inevitable anyways. Those who pirate usually never had the intent to buy anyways, so screw them, move on and just relase it WITHOUT concern for the pirates because again, they don't care about drm, release dates, etc. so long as they get their pretty little game free, and more than likely, they will.
I swear, this story feels almost as legitamite as gamestop running short on DoW2 preorders, not that I buy from that company anyways, because they don't cater to PC gamers needs anyways...Best Buy is much better than them! Especially with their not too uncommon week 1 or 2 $10 off rebates on a lot of new games. In this economy though, they might be more reluctant to do that though. I would if I was store manager.
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