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[| Praxis |]

games come out at midnight on steam all the time. global unlocks, regional unlocks. konami is just being awkward and squandering the goodwill earned from pushing the release to the 1st.

the poor messaging doesn't help either. i wouldn't be nearly as annoyed as i am right now if they'd just come out and said that 10AM PT is the unlock time for all regions 100%, instead of dangling this new zealand unlock time over our heads and not giving us a straight answer.

edit: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637223119199956992



dream is dead.

This fucking blows. I have never regretted a PC purchase as much as this, especially because I know I could have been playing it all weekend on the ps4 (three day weekend in the UK too)

Going to take me six hours to download on top of that. Ugh

It's also going to be up on torrent sites within an hour or two, so they have achieved nothing but pissing off the people that paid money for it.

 

[Nzyme32]

edit: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637223119199956992



dream is dead.

Well that blows ass, although is unsurprising.

Rather than getting to have it ready to play on the evening of Aug 31st, I won't have chance to use it properly till the 2nd since it will finish downloading pretty late

This fucking blows. I have never regretted a PC purchase as much as this, especially because I know I could have been playing it all weekend on the ps4 (three day weekend in the UK too)

Going to take me six hours to download on top of that. Ugh

Get a refund. There isn't going to be a shortage of PS4 copies either at retail or digitally.

 

[artsi]

Looks like I'll be getting the PS4 version after all, and playing on PC later.

This really sucks.

 

[| Praxis |]

Everyone who got it early in the review thread, I'm going to break into your houses this Christmas and steal all of your presents.

Get a refund. There isn't going to be a shortage of PS4 copies either at retail or digitally.

Already tried, and denied because I played over two hours of Ground Zeroes. I already had it for PS4 too

 

[daxy]

Like, whatever man. I don't think this is that big a deal to be honest. Refunds? Come on brother. So you play it a few hours later, at least the game is out on the 1st instead of two weeks later like they originally planned. I think we can be thankful for that at least.

 

[Spaghetti]

if you've already pre-ordered it on pc, just hang tight. a bit more waiting is going to suck, but the real travesty is that we were teased with an early unlock time at all.

 

[Spaghetti]

Like, whatever man. I don't think this is that big a deal to be honest. Refunds? Come on brother. So you play it a few hours later, at least the game is out on the 1st instead of two weeks later like they originally planned. I think we can be thankful for that at least.

it's not about being thankful or grateful. it's about expecting clear communication about the release plans. this would be a lot easier to swallow if they hadn't teased us with an earlier unlock time, or even just staggered the release per region at midnight on sept 1st.

 

[Godan]

So going by the time on steam now the UK won't get access to the game till 7PM on 1/9?

 

[| Praxis |]

Like, whatever man. I don't think this is that big a deal to be honest. Refunds? Come on brother. So you play it a few hours later, at least the game is out on the 1st instead of two weeks later like they originally planned. I think we can be thankful for that at least.

A preload should always be expected. It's 2015, it's even a norm for consoles now.

 

[UrbanRats]

Personally i don't mind that much waiting a day more or a day less, after 5 years of whatever it was, however i still don't understand why they didn't do any preload.
And don't give me any of that "they'll harvest the files" bullshit, since people are already playing the PS4 version, and on /v/ it's already full of spoilers all over the place.

 

[Spaghetti]

So going by the time on steam now the UK won't get access to the game till 7PM on 1/9?

6pm. i think. we're 8 hours ahead.

feeling for those aussie and new zealand players. told they'd get it at midnight on their time and now it's likely they won't get to play until the 2nd now.

 

[Panda Rin]

Boy...that's a bit disappointing...doesn't affect with me too much, but still...the wait is difficult.

 

[Dmented]

This fucking blows. I have never regretted a PC purchase as much as this, especially because I know I could have been playing it all weekend on the ps4 (three day weekend in the UK too)

Going to take me six hours to download on top of that. Ugh

It's also going to be up on torrent sites within an hour or two, so they have achieved nothing but pissing off the people that paid money for it.

I searched and apparently the 360 version is already leaked.

 

[Godan]

6pm. i think. we're 8 hours ahead.

feeling for those aussie and new zealand players. told they'd get it at midnight on their time and now it's likely they won't get to play until the 2nd now.

Well that sucks big time. Should have my PS4 copy then so won't be too bad but for them to not do a pre load on pc and release it so late into the release date of the game. With the file size so big most people won't be able to play the game till the 2/9.

Konami fucked up there I think.

 

[Spaghetti]

Well that sucks big time. Should have my PS4 copy then so won't be too bad but for them to not do a pre load on pc and release it so late into the release date of the game. With the file size so big most people won't be able to play the game till the 2/9.

Konami fucked up there I think.

pretty much flushed the goodwill of having the game on the same day as consoles down the toilet. total fucking farce.

 

[Mogwai]

Well that sucks big time. Should have my PS4 copy then so won't be too bad but for them to not do a pre load on pc and release it so late into the release date of the game. With the file size so big most people won't be able to play the game till the 2/9.

Konami fucked up there I think.

I would assume most serious PC players have a decent internet connection. Digital download is not really new to PC and download speeds are fine on Steam.

 

[Spaghetti]

I would assume most serious PC players have a decent internet connection. Digital download is not really new to PC and download speeds are fine on Steam.

don't assume that. i know a lot of 'serious pc players' who are fucked in the ass for download speeds because of where they live.

 

[| Praxis |]

I would assume most serious PC players have a decent internet connection. Digital download is not really new to PC and download speeds are fine on Steam.

It has nothing to do with how serious you are about pc gaming. I could be the most serious pc gamer around, but if I lived a few streets away like my friend, the fastest connection I could get is 2mb.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

The fact that I'm probably going to have to wait until September 2nd to play this is a real bummer, the lack of a pre load or even a midnight release is just bizzare.

 

[Saven]

Un-fuckin-believable.

I have never seen such shitty PR from a company as much as Konami this year. Why the hell would you tease a possible early unlock for and then go "lol, nevermind!"? I am really regretting this purchase now. I took the whole day off for this and now I probably won't be able to play it until the last couple hours of the same night before going back to work the next morning. This is BS.

 

[Spaghetti]

update: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637235766167384065

in response to:

But earlier is still a possibility for New Zealanders if I'm understanding correctly?

yes, if you pre-purchased you can check to see its availability

we get a straight answer after days of vague talk, and now we're back to a "will it, won't it" situation

unbelievable

 

[Dmented]

The reactions are kinda weird. I mean really, the game comes out the 1st and now you're mad that it won't come out early? Tbh, let's all be happy that it is coming out the 1st instead of the 15th as it previously was going to. I also cannot wait to play it, days feel like as shit waiting for it, but I'm not going to go crazy over another 24 hours.

update: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637235766167384065

in response to:

But earlier is still a possibility for New Zealanders if I'm understanding correctly?



we get a straight answer after days of vague talk, and now we're back to a "will it, won't it" situation

unbelievable

What the hell, that still doesn't really answer anything. How hard is it for them to give an absolute answer.

 

[daxy]

don't assume that. i know a lot of 'serious pc players' who are fucked in the ass for download speeds because of where they live.

Yep. My apartment has old wiring and the landlord doesn't give a shit, so I can only get 1.5mbps download speeds through ADSL. This is dead center of the city. The little town I lived in not too far off from here had fucking fiberglass connections. It sucks. Knowing what speeds I can get out of an apartment will from now on be one of my main points when looking for a new place.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Looks like I'll be getting the PS4 version after all, and playing on PC later.

This really sucks.

Why is that?

 

[Spaghetti]

The reactions are kinda weird. I mean really, the game comes out the 1st and now you're mad that it won't come out early? Tbh, let's all be happy that it is coming out the 1st instead of the 15th as it previously was going to. I also cannot wait to play it, days feel like as shit waiting for it, but I'm not going to go crazy over another 24 hours.

see the other posts. it's not about being grateful for the release being bumped forward, it's about totally unclear messaging getting our hopes up (and still doing so after giving us the "100% answer"), a lack of a pre-load, and generally fucking with the people who planned their day/booked time off around downloading/playing at the new zealand unlock time.

 

[Raytow]

update: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637235766167384065

in response to:

But earlier is still a possibility for New Zealanders if I'm understanding correctly?



we get a straight answer after days of vague talk, and now we're back to a "will it, won't it" situation

unbelievable

This Peeler guy is a either a clown or Konami is forcing his hand, either way he could just shut about it if they don't let him tell the whole truth.

 

[Houndi101]

Maybe Peeler should just stop Tweeting...

 

[Kazuhira]

Like, whatever man. I don't think this is that big a deal to be honest. Refunds? Come on brother. So you play it a few hours later, at least the game is out on the 1st instead of two weeks later like they originally planned. I think we can be thankful for that at least.

Yeah,my thoughts exactly and this is coming from someone who is dying to play this game.

 

[Dmented]

see the other posts. it's not about being grateful for the release being bumped forward, it's about totally unclear messaging getting our hopes up (and still doing so after giving us the "100% answer"), a lack of a pre-load, and generally fucking with the people who planned their day/booked time off around downloading/playing at the new zealand unlock time.

I edited my post, but yes I agree that they are not being clear whatsoever. But I think people need to realize that it was always meant to come out the 1st no matter what. Let's just consider that being the date.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

update: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637235766167384065

in response to:

But earlier is still a possibility for New Zealanders if I'm understanding correctly?



we get a straight answer after days of vague talk, and now we're back to a "will it, won't it" situation

unbelievable

So now New Zealand might get it earlier but other regions won't. The lack of a straight answer is making this far more confusing than it should be.

 

[Spaghetti]

I edited my post, but yes I agree that they are not being clear whatsoever. But I think people need to realize that it was always meant to come out the 1st no matter what. Let's just consider that being the date.

i mean if you want to be specific, the new zealanders who were meant to be getting the game at midnight on the 1st their time now have to wait until the 2nd, and that's not including download time. it's a shitty situation and i don't blame anybody for being mad.

 

[Nzyme32]

update: https://twitter.com/popcicle/status/637235766167384065

in response to:

But earlier is still a possibility for New Zealanders if I'm understanding correctly?



we get a straight answer after days of vague talk, and now we're back to a "will it, won't it" situation

unbelievable

The situation should be easy to understand on the 31st. See what happens when New Zealand reach Sep 1st. The if it becomes available everywhere, great, if it only affects NZ, VPN activate if you care about playing early, if not you'll have to wait till the usual release times as per what Steam lists (6pm BST)

 

[KarmaCow]

The reactions are kinda weird. I mean really, the game comes out the 1st and now you're mad that it won't come out early? Tbh, let's all be happy that it is coming out the 1st instead of the 15th as it previously was going to. I also cannot wait to play it, days feel like as shit waiting for it, but I'm not going to go crazy over another 24 hours.

It's half the teasing about possibly being able to get it earlier along with the accounts of people who got their copies days ago. It just suckd that I'm probably going to wait another day simply downloading it while the rest of the community will be diving in.

Not the end of the world just very annoying.

 

[Spaghetti]

So now New Zealand might get it earlier but other regions won't. The lack of a straight answer is making this far more confusing than it should be.

we're not even sure of that part after it was reiterated that the steam page unlock date is supposedly the final word. they can't get their story straight on this.

 

[Intheflorsh]

You can't just give a "100% answer" and then contradict it five minutes later. You can't.

 

[johndoe11235]

So now New Zealand might get it earlier but other regions won't. The lack of a straight answer is making this far more confusing than it should be.

As long as New Zealand gets it early other regions will also benefit from it via VPN.

 

[Alo81]

Dude doesn't have an exact answer, as simple as that. No point following him on it. Just wait until time comes because we're not going to get a clear answer.

 

[JaseC]

Is the reason Steam just doesn't release the game timezone at a time when it turns to tuesday 1.9.2015 on that timezone (LIKE ONE WOULD HOPE) but during the regular Steam update time? Which for example in Finland is 8pm

It's up to the publisher to tell Valve to change the unlock time/s. Konami hasn't done that and seemingly won't. The default unlock time is 10am PT as that's when the store updates. While publishers can control availability at the country level, Steam has just the one store -- it's not like, say, PSN, which has a completely separate store for each region.

 

[Qassim]

It's worth noting that it has happened on many occasions where the steam unlock time says one thing (i.e. unlocking at 5/6/7pm that day in the UK instead of midnight) but ends up unlocking at midnight anyway.

As for his 100% thing, I'm pretty sure he is saying that it'll 100% be out by then for everyone, but he isn't sure if it'll unlock earlier in other time zones.

 

[johnnydrama]

It seems the PR guy has no clue himself. Better wait till August 31 and see for ourselves.

 

[JaseC]

It's worth noting that it has happened on many occasions where the steam unlock time says one thing (i.e. unlocking at 5/6/7pm that day in the UK instead of midnight) but ends up unlocking at midnight anyway.

The obsfucation doesn't inspire confidence that Konami will have a eleventh-hour change of heart.

 

[Chillz0r]

Yeah it doesnt seem like the PR guy really knows whats going on
Oh well, i mean a little wait wont kill me, its just obtuse that in 2015 we cant preload a huge ass game that just happens to be one of the most anticipated game of this generation

Get your shit together Konami

 

[Shalashaska]

Guess I'm not taking a day off after all. It would be nice to have some official confirmation here, it's not hard.

Completely done with Konami after all this.

 

[Qassim]

The obsfucation doesn't inspire confidence that Konami will have a eleventh-hour change of heart.

It doesn't necessarily mean a change of heart is required, it may actually be this way as has been the case with other games, it could be just the community manager not being able to get any accurate information.

 

[JimPanzer]

7pm on 9/1 in germany than? fuckonami. I'll need over 10 hours to download. This really hurts, especially since my local shop messaged me they have the PS4 version avaible today. At least release it at midnight when it actually is 9/1, not when 9/1 is almost over. Fuck.

 

[Itachi87]

Well this sucks. Hopefully the Mad Max preload opens up soon so I can start playing that while downloading TPP.

 

[Armaly]

Why can't he just give a straight answer?

 

[Parsnip]

At this point it's pretty obvious that either Peeler doesn't know or he isn't allowed to give a straight answer for whatever reason. No use hounding him about it over and over again.

Just Konami Things™

 

[EatChildren]

I'd like to jump in as early as possible, but I care far less about the unlock time than the absence of pre-load. If anything, later unlock (for Australia maybe?) adds to the pre-load frustration.

I'm really quite happy for it to unlock globally based on US or UK dates and times if there's a pre-load. I'm pretty much adding on an extra day as it is.

 

[artsi]

Why can't he just give a straight answer?

I think he doesn't know, and is too lazy to actually do his job and find out.

Why is that?

I want the game to my shelf anyway, and I'm impatient as a little kid, lol.
Also trophies which is a stupid reason but eh, at least they've kept me playing GZ for 15 hours.