how do people get games early?

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oldschoolfool on 26 May 2014

I'm just curious 2 know,how people get games early. I noticed that people got watch dogs at least a week in advance,because of twitch. This pretty much happens with every game. what is secret?

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poklane on 26 May 2014

Having contacts and some stores simply just sell early are 2 ways

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oldschoolfool on 26 May 2014

Ka-pi96 said:
Review copies go out early. Also I expect staff at the dev and at retail stores have a chance at getting them early if they want to.

that's a good point. did'nt think about that. maybe I should work at a gamestop,just for that reason.

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outlawauron on 26 May 2014

I've been able to get some a few days early, certain publishers send out stock way ahead of release date.

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kirby007 on 26 May 2014

people with a large following, will get games if they say something positive about those

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kekrot on 26 May 2014

I'll get MK8 tomorrow!! Yay... but I got Tropical Freeze over a week before it launched here. Don't know why, the internet shop I pre ordered it from just sent it early. I shall not complain.

Yep.

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 26 May 2014

Torrents, Direct Downloads, etc... Like big ps3 games such as GTA 5 gets leaked 2-4 weeks before released to the public and others get leaked at least 1-2 weeks before released to the public

But if you mean the non-illigal ones, then yea, contracts and stuff and also some retail stores in some countries don't care about the release date and release the games early to get more customers