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Xenoblade Chronicles (EU) release moved up, Now August 19th
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slaughterking
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Nobody has. We don't get a lot (or any) comprehensive and meaningful sales data for European JRPG releases and the occasional shipment number for a Final Fantasy is not suitable to draw any conclusions.
But considering how Xenoblade sold ~150k units in Japan, I would say doing that and a little more in Europe would be fine accomplishment.
But considering how Xenoblade sold ~150k units in Japan, I would say doing that and a little more in Europe would be fine accomplishment.
RPGCrazied
Member
I wonder how many sales its going to get from importers.
SecretMoblin
Member
The best way we'll be able to gauge its success in Europe is by listening to the marketing folks.
If they're still talking about the game a month from now, it's a good sign.
If they're still talking about the game a month from now, it's a good sign.
RPGCrazied
Member
I just checked on my order.
What does dispatch mean? Surely it wasn't shipped on the 2nd of this month. That would be rad if it did ship early so I can get it closer to release.
What does dispatch mean? Surely it wasn't shipped on the 2nd of this month. That would be rad if it did ship early so I can get it closer to release.
MiloFoxburr
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RPGCrazied said:I just checked on my order.
What does dispatch mean? Surely it wasn't shipped on the 2nd of this month. That would be rad if it did ship early so I can get it closer to release.
2/9/2011 is next month. It's the old date. It will ship before then of course.
RPGCrazied
Member
Oh. I forgot about them moving the release date closer. Has anyone done zavvi before were they ship you the item a few days earlier? Or is it the day of its released they ship it out?
RPGCrazied
Member
LiK said:
Boourns.
I know I should've did GAME, oh well. Most of GAF will have it beat by the time I get my copy.2nd of next month, August is the 8th month of the year. You got jipped, You're package hasn't even been picked yet.RPGCrazied said:I just checked on my order.
What does dispatch mean? Surely it wasn't shipped on the 2nd of this month. That would be rad if it did ship early so I can get it closer to release.
And yeah if you need definitions, I use to work in a warehouse so:
Picking = Picking from warehouse inventory and readying for dispatch/despatch (same thing different spelling)
Despatching = Shipping.
Edit: Beaten.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
I cancelled my CCPro order, so its just the game for me. I still have my old style CC, that should be fine, shouldn't it?
- side note - Boo-urns means you approve. It's the opposite of boo.
- side note - Boo-urns means you approve. It's the opposite of boo.
RPGCrazied
Member
How did I get jipped? I ordered it before the date change. It took them weeks to finally update the product page with it. Maybe it won't update on my order? Are you saying they won't ship the game to me?
I've heard it either way from a lot of people, I always thought Boourns means "Booing" but with more emphasis/emotion.
To each his own I guess.
I've heard it either way from a lot of people, I always thought Boourns means "Booing" but with more emphasis/emotion.
To each his own I guess.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
RPGCrazied said:Boourns.
Some of GAF will have beaten the game 15 months before you get your copy.
RPGCrazied
Member
Lord Ghirahim said:
Lol.
I fully expect it to take 3 - 4 weeks, but 15months is a little extreme, no?
Lord Ghirahim
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LiK said:
In-store only.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Bullshit.Die Squirrel Die said:
It's from that Simpsons episode 15 years ago and everyone and their dog has been saying it as an alternative to "boo" since the day it aired. It was a pre-internet meme too.
CruxisMana
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OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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Zavvi catches a lot of flack around here, but I ordered Tactics Ogre for PSP from them and they shipped it three days before release and I received it in the US seven days later. Helps that they're much cheaper than GAME. Xenoblade is half the price at Zavvi.RPGCrazied said:
Furthermore, the dispatch date for my Zavvi Xenoblade order is 19/08/2011. That's August 19th. It'll still probably ship around release for you, but to be safe, you might want to cancel the preorder and do it again so your dispatch date is updated.
Lord Ghirahim
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eLZhi said:
That could result in him losing his reserved copy.
Die Squirrel Die
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BocoDragon said:
Yes, in the episode the crowd are booing at Mr Burns, but Mr Smithers tells him that they are saying 'Boo-urns' because they like him.
Just because people missed the point of it early on doesn't make it correct. People have been saying they 'could care less' and 'for all intensive purposes' for a long time, they are still misquoting and misusing.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
Even if he preorders it again? Wouldn't that give him a new reserve?Lord Ghirahim said:
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
For 15 years people have been using it as a funny-sounding variation on "boo" and it's not going to change now.batbeg said:
Check out the Urban Dictionary page for it... everyone's voted down that silly theory! Democracy son.
It's a meme. There was no original meaning. People started using it because it sounded like a funnier way to say boo... that's it. That's the whole meaning.Die Squirrel Die said:
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Not if the first batch is too small.eLZhi said:
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
Gotcha. Didn't look at it that way.Lord Ghirahim said:
Die Squirrel Die
Member
BocoDragon said:
Of course it has an original meaning, the meaning that the writer(s) of that episode intended. Just because people misquote it and you call it a meme doesn't mean that's no longer true.
Anyway, this is getting too off topic. I'll leave you to be wrong by yourself.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
All I know is that when I say boo-urns, more people will understand my intended meaning than they would with yours. I've been hearing people say it for a long time now... never have they intended it the way you argued.Die Squirrel Die said:
Boo-urns on Reggie, btw. That's on topic!
slaughterking
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Yeeeaahh, I think it's time for the OT.
Franchuzas87
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Games review [9/10]
America is really getting screwed Xenoblade is hands-down the Wiis best JRPG, and arguably the most competent and refreshing example of the genre this generation.
Damn Reggie.
America is really getting screwed Xenoblade is hands-down the Wiis best JRPG, and arguably the most competent and refreshing example of the genre this generation.
Damn Reggie.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah. I'm afraid to cancel anything. Even if my order hasn't been updated. I'll wait for it to get closer to release. If it doesn't at least ship around then, I'll cancel and go somewhere else with faster shipping, but for now I dare don't touch it. Specially since this is only releasing in EU with NA wanting a piece of the pie as well, who knows how many copies are being made.
CruxisMana
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RPGCrazied
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CruxisMana said:
Thanks for the heads up! I love these things.
slaughterking
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That's a jam-packed questlog. :0CruxisMana said:
They could've gone for less generic quest names, though.
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah, I'm noticing the localization is average, least the voice acting is above average. Thank god this isn't another Arc Rise Fantasia.