Support NeoGAF

[strafer]

I agree that's what this messaging is telegraphing, but you can end a story without doing that. The first 3 games could have each been the last entry in the series without feeling unfinished.

If the purpose of killing off a major character is to put the stamp of finality on it, for closure, then there's only one that can do that, given his history of failing to "give up the life".

So yeah, I already have it in my head that Drake dies, but even that's not enough. It seems too obvious. Does something so easily guessed warrant such aggressive spoiler warnings? Does he die early on and you play as someone else?

What is it? What could it be that they're trying to hide?

And so on

Me too.

I hope Drake takes a bullet for his brother and we got another TLOU scene.

Maybe Elena would have an emotional impact too.

 

[zsynqx]

Me too.

I hope Drake takes a bullet for his brother and we got another TLOU scene.

Maybe Elena would have an emotional impact too.

If Elena dies I will be seriously pissed.

 

[Meneses]

If this is true I feel bad for those involved, but it definitely smells fishy.

I mean, people were getting the game in South America, it's a bit of a coincidence to have several "thefts" in different continents.

If popular streamers start showing off the game soon, we will know what's really up.

 

[The Artisan]

2 weeks delay sound stupid now.

you have got to be kiddingme

 

[show me your skeleton]

not the first time CEX have knowingly sold stolen goods.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

shit on a stick

can playstation ban users who they see play it early?

Some people may have bought their copy without knowing it was stolen, so I doubt they'd do that.

 

[Kinyou]

Push the release date forward then

Certainly wouldn't mind that. Streetdate being broken was kind of inevitable with sending copies out so early (however thieves stealing copies is a new one)

 

[Rellik]

Some people may have bought their copy without knowing it was stolen, so I doubt they'd do that.

They've got bigger issues than their PSN account anyway. Like the Police wanting to know where they bought their copy.

 

[nib95]

Say Dave was telling half the truth, and a few thousand copies were stolen, I wonder which retailers will be affected?

 

[Plasma]

Push the release date forward then

This pretty much never happens it's probably too late now all the marketing material is out there saying May 10th.

 

[MegaSackman]

Assault Convoy.

 

[Bomb-Threat]

Damn thieves!!!

 

[Apathy]

This account is awesome.

I hope one day we find out who really is behind that account so we can raise him up and praise him as a living god

 

[NeoRaider]

Nice marketing.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Cross posting this from the other thread.

So I had bought a copy on ebay the other day, it's shipped, It won't be here for a few days and now I see that these copies were stolen!?!? I feel sick to my stomach. Can someone from Sony or Naughty Dog contact me? I paid a pretty penny for this copy but Id rather give my information of the eBay seller and a place I can send this copy once it gets here (unopened) and just wait till May 10th like the rest of us. If you pm me, please note I won't be back on GAF till tonight... but yeah... ughhh. So terrible.

 

[AusRoachman]

Thieves be like

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

not the first time CEX have knowingly sold stolen goods.

This is true. I'd go as far to say (knowing several people who work in cex, and shopping in there for a long time and quite frequently) that they sell stolen goods quite often.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I said this in the other thread, all early CEX stock is stolen. It's always been that way.
When Cex set up shop in my city there was a big push against them from the council because they couldn't prove their stock was clean. The council eventually passed a local law saying you had to to be 18 and have photo ID that must be recorded to trade any game, DVD or phone in all stores in the city. So GAME and their teenage customers got fucked over because of Cex.

 

[PaulKersey]

Only way to fix this is release it for everybody. The game is clearly done. Now I have to avoid spoilers for 2 weeks? You know some moron is just going to post what happens.

 

[Auctopus]

Has the "street date broken early, just release the game" thing ever actually happened?

People keep saying to do it but it doesn't actually make much sense beyond "I want the game now."

 

[Beerham]

Has the "street date broken early, just release the game" thing ever actually happened?

People keep saying to do it but it doesn't actually make much sense beyond "I want the game now."

I can't think of a specific instance but I seem to remember this happening.

 

[DeviantBoi]

If they do release early to retails, I hope that they screw over those who pre-ordered digitally.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Wow! So they refuse to budge on the pointless May 10th release date and the loyal fans who have been waiting so long already are almost GUARANTEED to be spoiled! >:[

 

[Simply Sami]

Wow! So they refuse to budge on the pointless May 10th release date and the loyal fans who have been waiting so long already are almost GUARANTEED to be spoiled! >:[

How so? Avoid any Uncharted threads or videos.

It is real simple.

 

[madmackem]

If they hadn't needlessly delayed the game another 2 weeks this wouldn't have been an issue. Yes, I consider the whole "Needed more time to make copies" claim they made to be BS.

What issue someone stealing games in transit?. Some pure bs in this thread, how is this in anyway Sonys fault naughty dogs fault or anyone else?.

 

[Daft Punk]

I love how the people saying the 2 week delay caused this can't prove that this wouldn't have happened if the delay didn't happen in the first place. Stop being asinine.

 

[madmackem]

Certainly wouldn't mind that. Streetdate being broken was kind of inevitable with sending copies out so early (however thieves stealing copies is a new one)

Is it early?. They were no doubt being shipped to warehouses or such when stolen I doubt less than two weeks is early for any mass media product to be in warehouses ready to go.

 

[reKon]

If they hadn't needlessly delayed the game another 2 weeks this wouldn't have been an issue. Yes, I consider the whole "Needed more time to make copies" claim they made to be BS.

If weren't being stupid you wouldn't have made this post. Think about what you're posting for more than 3 seconds and if it actually makes sense.

 

[Omnistalgic]

10,000 copies is 600k in revnue. This is serious business, I hope they're caught.

 

[kaioshade]

Has the "street date broken early, just release the game" thing ever actually happened?

People keep saying to do it but it doesn't actually make much sense beyond "I want the game now."

People lost their shit in the Dark Souls 3 thread when there was a pointless delay. Im not sure how ND gets a pass on this one.

 

[HardRojo]

How about the copies we have in Peru? My friend's store is part of the formal market and he got his copies from an official distributor.

 

[Ghost Slayer]

People lost their shit in the Dark Souls 3 thread when there was a pointless delay. Im not sure how ND gets a pass on this one.

Because ND don't release the game early in one market and delay it in the rest of the world

 

[Aizo]

"I guess this really is A Thief's End."

 

[nib95]

Thieves be like

Soon to be like

 

[nycgamer4ever]

Wow! So they refuse to budge on the pointless May 10th release date and the loyal fans who have been waiting so long already are almost GUARANTEED to be spoiled! >:[

Yoshida stated that no stock has shipped to retailers yet, and several members on here have confirmed with their friends who work at bestbuy that they do NOT have shipments. So even if they wanted to move up the release date they couldn't.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I can't think of a specific instance but I seem to remember this happening.

It happened with Captain Toad Treasure Trackers.

 

[dh4niel]

CEX stores are awesome. I hope they dont get in trouble for this.

If you like stores that stink of BO, then sure.

 

[kyser73]

What's hard to understand? The game went gold right on schedule for the April 26th release. Retailers still got the game on time with that release date, so the extra two weeks is just resulting in copies sitting in trucks and in stores waiting to be sold. If the 26th was still the release date we would not be getting reports of early copies and stolen copies around April 12th, for example. That'd still happen, sure. But not two whole weeks early. Ultimately all Sony did by delaying the game two weeks is making those of us who care about story scared of the internet for the next couple of weeks.

Good to see you're concerned about the real victims here, gamers like you, and not the lorry driver who suffered a violent assault.

Smh

 

[Dremark]

At least those thieves didn't murder thousands of innocents in their bid to obtain a copy.

Someone was violently assaulted in the theft, possibly several people. Kind of poor taste to make a joke like that.