This is so obviously a joke. So basically, what you are testifying to here, is that -- GBX wants us to wait an extra month, but they wouldn't make the international release wait an extra week? Game comes out 14th in America, 17th international, it would make NO difference to GBX.
Not only this, but you think they are working up till June 9th? Game is gold atleast 4 weeks before it's released. So they would already be sitting on finished boxed copies.
The entire thing makes no sense, from an industry perspective. To outsiders who have no idea how the industry works, sure, they can bluff and make you believe, but when you know how absolutely arbitrary this delay is..... You have to ask yourself, is it worth it?
The answer here would be no. Also, before the announcement of the official release date, the retailers knew. So if you were to change the date, the retailers *should* know before we did.
Nothing here makes a lick of sense. Anything that you can fix in a month, has to be small bug fixes, and would be more cost effective to ship and then patch, rather than delay the ship.
Randy even says in the video "It's not even April 1st yet." We know this, him saying that is like a "hint" to it being part of their April 1st prank.
Duke has ALWAYS had April 1st pranks. It's practically in Duke's DNA. They also said they wouldn't put a date on it till they knew 100% they'd hit that date. The only way to do that is to be sitting on a finished game, which they were..... They very specifically said before they announced the release that they were witholding the release as their analysts nailed down the best month to release the game... this is a ninja hidden statement implying the game was virtually done. (Which we know it is, from the playthroughs at Titty City.)
The SP has been done for a long ass time now. The MP is probably done as well. Anything left to do now, is just minor bug fixes -- if even.
Big Joke is obviously Big Joke. And yes, Like Kaisersoze said, it is brilliant..... truely brilliant.
If it was just that the ps3 version needed another month, they would just push the PS3 version back a month if they really wanted to get the game out as fast as possible. If they are willing to ship international first, they would be willing to push the ps3 version back. We see this all the time in game development......
Also, why would a delay be considered a "Very special message from greabox" ??? Makes zero sense....
What's really funny to me, is how hey trolled the international buyers. You aren't getting it first, but it's not likely to matter, since we'll be playing the game May 3rd, and May 6th respectively. I'd put my testicles on the table for this one.
