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Originally Posted by dennis580
Moving this game up is one of the smartest business decisions that has ever been made for the 360. Pushing a game back generally creates disgust and kills off a lot of interest, but you move a game up and you are the new Messiahs of the gaming world. Based on the demo, it's a great game and it will weed out the little kids fast. I am a pilot, and I put the planes in the demo through a series of tests in terms of flight control. Needless to say, they have an extremely accurate model for low-wing aircraft.
Actually it is NOT a good business decision to wait til ONLY 2 WEEKS BEFORE RELEASE, and then bump the game up 6 days. Read the 2 posts below your to find out why. That is just too close to release to be bumping up the date.
I JUST took off from work on September 8th so I could play this game ALL day. NOW it's September 2nd!?!?!?
Well that ruins my plans, was going to wait for my next paycheck to come in, now its coming in before my paycheck! Hope I didn't spend my wohle paycheck in 4 days..
Also another thing is some people who are interested in the game may not find out about the release date change in time. This could cause them to miss the game, and end up skipping it altogeather.
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OK, what coloring book are you getting your economics knowledge from? It is an excellent idea. Moving a game up = hype. Hype = sales. Those people are in a very small minority. Gamers are used to having games pushed back and as such, to move a launch date up creates an instant satisfaction towards the general market. Very few people who are interested in this game will miss the new launch date. If they are really that interested, how could they miss it? You cannot possibly say that a decision that satisfies the majority is bad because it dissatisfies a very, very small minority. Don't argue something just for the sake of arguing, especially something as clear-cut as this. Moving a laungh date up is the equivalent of completely undercutting the competition. It goes against the trends that have been set for decades. You can try and explain how making a decision that thousands and thousands of people love, whereas four or five don't, is a bad decision from a business standpoint. But, it won't get you anywhere and all your arguing will never make you right. Think before you argue.