What is with the release date please?

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

What does "fairness" have to do with this?

Or the rampant nationalism so many of you are spouting?

This is a business transaction taking place in the twenty first century, we are not waiting at the docks in New York for a load of sewing needles coming across the Atlantic via clipper ship.

There is no reason why the downloand version should not be available to the entire world market on day of release.

And no reason for a month's difference in the hard copy version either.

For a bunch of folks that pretend at being so technologically savvy, you sure cling to some pretty old ideas about marketing in the modern world.

You are correct, of course. In the ages of downloads, it's not a question of logistics!

But you're forgetting a 'minor' detail: We also have different laws. E.g. your very own ESBR-rating-agency, which demands to receive and test games before they are distributed in the US.

So if you want to bash somebody for a 4 weeks delay, I suggest you start looking in your own yard. Especially if they need 4 weeks to do so for every software that does not originate from the US...