The GT5 release date thread

[Alby_da_Wolf]

Grimes said:

leo-j said:

Grimes said:

It would be pretty dumb to launch the day after black friday in the US.

they should release it on black friday, and have a huge poster like microsoft did with kinect in front of best buy, and all over large video game stores, and ship 7 million, so taht people look for GT5 as the first thing on their black friday list, would push a tremendous amount of consoles, to the point of selling out, if they bundle it with a blue PS3

That would be terrible too. Anyone who pre-ordered would be doomed to waiting in line with all the other shoppers. Also, it would be impossible to have midnight launches at many stores because there is no way they are going to open at midnight on black friday.

Ideally, you would want to launch slightly before black friday like CoD does. That way you can satisfy the gamer need then move on to the holiday shoppers.

One big pro, but a lot of cons... Unless the first shipments largely exceed preorders AND Sony have made some deal with the biggest chains to make them manage people that preordered without making them wait with the others.