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DoctorWho · 05:24 PM

Not delayed after all? n. Future Shop at Yonge and Eglinton!

Temporal Anomaly Unbounded

Kyoufu · (03-27-2012, 04:53 PM)

Throw a Pokeball at it.

Wario64 · (03-27-2012, 04:53 PM)

I think Namco are idiots cause it's clearly not delayed.

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/gam...nbounded/98653

People have also reported getting the game shipped from Gamefly

Noisepurge · (03-27-2012, 04:53 PM)

It's part of scamco's "run it to the ground" business strategy :D

Announce that the game is delayed indefinitely, put it secretly in stores without a marketing budget, watch it die. Kinda like Sega! :D

Tucah · (03-27-2012, 04:53 PM)

Guess it's not delayed, checking online every Gamestop in my area apparently has copies in stock.

I'd like to see some impressions from someone before I go out and buy it though (although I should probably go out and get around to picking up Kid Icarus anyway...)

Sho_Nuff82 · (03-27-2012, 04:54 PM)

NBA Elite redux

robot · (03-27-2012, 04:54 PM)

Bestbuy says I can pick mine up, and it's showing as in stock on the website. I'll let you know how it goes!

MrTroubleMaker · (03-27-2012, 04:55 PM)

is namco just trying to kill it

Crewnh · (03-27-2012, 04:56 PM)

Originally Posted by Sho_Nuff82:

NBA Elite redux

I hope there's a car that does the T-stand.

Agent Icebeezy · (03-27-2012, 04:56 PM)

This makes no, I repeat, no sense.

a Master Ninja · (03-27-2012, 04:56 PM)

I've heard that 360 copies shipped on time but not PS3 copies.

lethial · (03-27-2012, 04:56 PM)

Yah but it's Toronto.

sixteen-bit · (03-27-2012, 04:57 PM)

Seriously, Namco is really bungling this release?

op_ivy · (03-27-2012, 04:58 PM)

lol, what a mess

Brinbe · (03-27-2012, 04:59 PM)

Hilariously terrible

slaughterking · (03-27-2012, 05:00 PM)

Leave it to Bamco to make things more fucked up than they need to be.

explodet · (03-27-2012, 05:01 PM)

So clue me in Daddy-O, what's going on with this title?
Was it supposed to ship but was announced that it was cancelled, then it shipped anyway?

Chacranajxy · (03-27-2012, 05:02 PM)

I'm sure lots of people will find it there.

Hanzou · (03-27-2012, 05:03 PM)

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

B_Rik_Schitthaus · (03-27-2012, 05:04 PM)

It's Unbounded!

LiK · (03-27-2012, 05:04 PM)

Originally Posted by Hanzou:

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

it's actually Flatout.

YuriLowell · (03-27-2012, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by Hanzou:

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

this isint your grandma's ridge racer.

inner-G · (03-27-2012, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by Hanzou:

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

If it's really delayed or cancelled it could be the next Stadium Events.

DoctorWho · (03-27-2012, 05:05 PM)

EB says the North American release is Friday. Future Shop only got the 360 copy in.

Jasoneyu · (03-27-2012, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by LiK:

it's actually Flatout.

Namco's marketing is TERRIBLE. I had no idea this was the case and I just assumed it was the HD version of the vita game.

op_ivy · (03-27-2012, 05:05 PM)

Originally Posted by LiK:

it's actually Flatout.

with an awesome track editor.

dark10x · (03-27-2012, 05:07 PM)

Originally Posted by Hanzou:

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

Incorrect. There have been several good installments in the last decade. That said, this new game was developed by a completely different non-Japanese team and is nothing like the rest of the series.

BY2K · (03-27-2012, 05:07 PM)

They are trying to kill Ridge Racer harder than they are killing Tales in the west or what?

Hanzou · (03-27-2012, 05:10 PM)

Originally Posted by dark10x:

Incorrect. There have been several good installments in the last decade. That said, this new game was developed by a completely different non-Japanese team and is nothing like the rest of the series.

It's made by Bugbear right? Actually OK than I am back onboad, I really like the Flatout series.

DaBuddaDa · (03-27-2012, 05:10 PM)

Originally Posted by LiK:

it's actually Flatout.

This is the FlatOut 3 we all deserve.

IndieJones · (03-27-2012, 05:12 PM)

Holy shit, it is Flatout! My eyes usually glaze over when I read the words "ridge" and "racer" together but that statement immediately made me look the game up, and it's developed by Bugbear!

Why the fuck would they call it Ridge Racer? RR fans don't want Flatout and Flatout fans sure as HELL don't want Ridge Racer!

Criminal Upper · (03-27-2012, 05:12 PM)

Send it to me!

Gaffers doing more to support the game than Namco is.

Criminal Upper · (03-27-2012, 05:14 PM)

Originally Posted by BY2K:

They are trying to kill Ridge Racer harder than they are killing Tales in the west or what?

The Vita version is testament to that.

The_Darkest_Red · (03-27-2012, 05:15 PM)

Originally Posted by IndieJones:

Why the fuck would they call it Ridge Racer? RR fans don't want Flatout and Flatout fans sure as HELL don't want Ridge Racer!

It worked out alright for Criterion and Need for Speed. Then again, EA does tend to market their games every once in awhile.

Seriously, this is one of the weirdest launches ever.

Nice OT, though.

jett · (03-27-2012, 05:15 PM)

Originally Posted by Hanzou:

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

NO U

There's been several awesome Ridge Racer games in the last 10 years. Unbounded doesn't play anything like RR, anyway.

DoctorWho · (03-27-2012, 05:16 PM)

Picked up the 360 version but I'm not even going to have the chance to play it tonight. :(. Might switch it for a PC version if they have one in tomorrow.

LiK · (03-27-2012, 05:16 PM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

Picked up the 360 version but I'm not even going to have the chance to play it tonight. :(. Might switch it for a PC version if they have one in tomorrow.

nah, delayed, hohoho

Keyser Soze · (03-27-2012, 05:16 PM)

You got off the Tardis this Summer obviously

Neuromancer · (03-27-2012, 05:19 PM)

Ridge Racer Roulette

shagg_187 · (03-27-2012, 06:38 PM)

WTF is this shit? Why have I not heard of this? Was it really "delayed"?

Tellaerin · (03-27-2012, 06:41 PM)

Originally Posted by MrTroubleMaker:

is namco just trying to kill it

Nice of them to save me the trouble.

Originally Posted by Hanzou:

Why are people buying this game? Ridge Racer has not been better than crap in like 10 years.

The PSP Ridge Racer games are less than 10 years old.

Criminal Upper · (03-27-2012, 06:42 PM)

Originally Posted by shagg_187:

WTF is this shit? Why have I not heard of this? Was it really "delayed"?

It was really weird, a press release went out, saying the EU version was delayed, but it gave no date for the NA version anymore. Or something.

DoctorWho · (03-27-2012, 06:44 PM)

Originally Posted by Criminal Upper:

It was really weird, a press release went out, saying the EU version was delayed, but it gave no date for the NA version anymore. Or something.

They stated that the EU version was coming out at the end of March and that the NA version was delayed beyond that date.

Wario64 · (03-27-2012, 06:45 PM)

Originally Posted by DoctorWho:

They stated that the EU version was coming out at the end of March and that the NA version was delayed beyond that date.

Yeah, to Fall 2012. Google it, news sites reported it like on March 6th

lulz Namco

DoctorWho · (03-27-2012, 06:47 PM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

Yeah, to Fall 2012. Google it, news sites reported it like on March 6th

lulz Namco

I thought it was Summer. Fall is even more hilarious.

LiquidMetal14 · (03-27-2012, 06:56 PM)

If I can't get the PC on Steam version this week then they missed their day 1 window with me. Stupid Namco.

robot · (03-27-2012, 06:57 PM)

The 360 version is out in NA, just picked one up. By far the most confusing launch for me since the Sega Saturn.

1-D_FTW · (03-27-2012, 06:58 PM)

Originally Posted by LiquidMetal14:

If I can't get the PC on Steam version this week then they missed their day 1 window with me. Stupid Namco.

People have claimed it's going to be released on the 30th worldwide, but it's just not having any pre-order period. We'll see. Scamco probably doesn't want to look petty for offering pre-orders without the usual 10 percent discount.

DoctorWho · (03-27-2012, 07:00 PM)

Originally Posted by robot:

The 360 version is out in NA, just picked one up. By far the most confusing launch for me since the Sega Saturn.

I never experienced the Saturn launch. I fell out of gaming during that period. I can't imagine doing something like this with a console.

Neuromancer · (03-27-2012, 08:04 PM)

Didn't see it on the shelves at my local Best Buy (Baltimore) but I also didn't bother trying to track anyone down and ask them.