Tomorrows Update

ah rgr thanks mate

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Novotny

Going gold means having finalised the release version.

Which might well be the day before release (?).

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by major_setback

Which might well be the day before release (?).

Not really game gold go a 2/3 weeks before they hit retail.

Going Gold means production has started.

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

No video update until after they have gone gold is what they said.

Great...the one time you take them at their word....lol.

[zapatista]

going gold means the final "master' version of the to be released product has been compiled, and has been sent to the manufacturing plant that will press the cd/dvd's. the term is used to differentiate in time the point up to which further fixes and changes are possible, and when the product has been finalized (but not manufactured or shipped yet)

"Gone gold" means that the gold "master" CD has been delivered to manufacturing (the CD may or may not actually be gold. The term derived from the fact that CD-R media used to be gold colored. "Gone green", "Gone blue", or "Gone silver" just doesn't have the same feel as "Gone gold"). This is the CD from which all shipping CDs are pressed (shipping CDs are pressed, not burned like the master CD). Depending on the manufacturing run, a game that has "gone gold" may ship to stores in as little as a few days or as late as a few months.

You may also see "RTM", an acronym for "Released To Manufacturing". It means the same thing as "gone gold". "Gone gold" is usually used for games, while "RTM" is usually used for applications. For web sites, you may see "RTW", an acronym for "Released To the Web", as a similar statement to "RTM" or "Gone Gold"

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by zapatista

going gold means the final "master' version of the to be released product has been compiled, and has been sent to the manufacturing plant that will press the cd/dvd's. the term is used to differentiate in time the point up to which further fixes and changes are possible, and when the product has been finalized (but not manufactured or shipped yet)

And if Im not mistaken the master disks at one point were "gold" in color

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

And if Im not mistaken the master disks at one point were "gold" in color

Actually I think that's a myth. Not 100% on that ... at one point I was pretty close with some game devs and I asked jokingly about the gold discs. I was told that they were very unremarkable CD's (at the time) with the game title written on in black pen just like the rest of us normally do. It gets sent to Q&A and then off to the production house where they churn them out by the thousands with all of the fancy stickers and logos and such

[Heliocon]

Originally Posted by CHB68

Well, my bad, sorry ! I thought going gold is related to sales figures prior to release. On the other hand I would like to know why its still not gold....anyway.

No, thats Platinum and is a sales number although I dont think its used much anymore.
Like said going gold is when they finalize the release version of the game which is then sent to be written on the disks for mass distribution. Often the gold version of the game is finalised a mon th or so before official release in order for them to write, box and ships all the copies to retailers. Now though often though there are 0 day patches and access to betas so its become more or less irrelevant.

Why we havent seen more game content/videos is absurd.

[David603]

Originally Posted by Heliocon

Why we havent seen more game content/videos is absurd.

I dunno

Maybe the whole team is rushed off their feet getting the game ready to go gold?

[engarde]

Originally Posted by CHB68

.....okay, one more reason not to preorder ! With all respect; that's blackmailing ! Buy the pig in a poke....if you wanna see the pig !? Well, great marketing strategie and for sure the best way to launch a product. No demo, no videos, only some boring "once a week screenshots" and UBISOFT as publisher.

Very confidence inspiring when you are sick as pigshit !

easy tiger.

im quite certain its all downhill from here.

after such a wait, whats even a few more months?

remember, its just a game / sim, we're not playing for sheepstations here.