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marc420 -> RE: will we see bin soon??? (8/25/2004 8:38:01 PM)
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Hey guys! Yeah, I want to see this game too, but I understand them not committing to a date till its done. I do software product mangement (not games, and in no way associated with SSG or Matrix), so I know how these last days before a release go. They are probably either at the point where they are testing, finding single issues that need to be fixed, then retesting. The problem with that is that you don't quite know when that's going to be done. Its not until you run the next test do you know if everything's right or if it needs a little more work. So you think you'll be done Wednesday, but instead it ends up next week as you find a couple more little things. That makes it really hard to tell people a firm date.
Also, you hit a point where you are dealing with outside vendors for things like printing boxes, manuals, CD inserts, making CDs etc. All of that has to come together, and most of its out of a product managers control. So sometimes you get just one of those a few days late and it delays everything. Again, in the big picture it isn't a big deal, but it makes it very hard to give someone a date.
So, yes, I'm drooling over the prospects of getting this game, and I'm coming out here regularly with my credit card close at hand just hoping to find it announced and done. But I'm not surprised they aren't giving an exact date yet just because its probably very hard to pin down and exact date right now.
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