Gaming "Pre-Release" Release

[ZeiggiM]

Why don't we see video games "released" prior to actual shelf date? You see movies floating around weeks before actual premier/dvd release, why can't we get Mario Striker's early or Manhunt??

Someone has to have a connection!! ;-)

 

[djgarf]

we used to see it a lot a couple of yrs ago but no so much anymore because game companies have gotten wise to it

 

[Raging Demon]

everybody has a price

 

[Hadrian]

Well some games do appear before they appear in stores, mostly movie titles I don't think I've seen Wii games arrive earlier but meh as long as they get dumped who cares?

 

[Bruinbaard]

well even today brain academy Pal ws a day early and transformers pal was also way early

 

[Hadrian]

well even today brain academy Pal ws a day early and transformers pal was also way early

Well there you go, games do come early.

 

[Little]

Stores themselves will get them no more than 5 days before the release date. (Or less if they are constant street date breaker offenders) So unless the contacts come from either Ninty themselves or reviewers (magazines and such), there aren't going to be super early releases.