The Witcher 3 Leaked

O

OraleeWey

Member
Some stores are selling the game early. Beware the internets for spoilers.

wZL7QTL.jpg


http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/35568-Witcher-3-leaked-in-United-Arab-Emirates
 
UAE doesn't care about release dates and just sell the games when they get stock.

Which is why every game has always been streamed early by the gamers who live there and we get to see them weeks before the actual release dates. This isn't anything new and I keep seeing people freaking out.
 
Jignx said:
UAE doesn't care about release dates and just sell the games when they get stock.

Which is why every game has always been streamed early by the gamers who live there and we get to see them weeks before the actual release dates. This isn't anything new and I keep seeing people freaking out.
Click to expand...

You'd think publishers would've realised this by now and wouldn't start stocking retailers in that region until the actual release date... Unless their marketing specialists think that the pre-release streams actually help up the hype?
 
Harlequin said:
You'd think publishers would've realised this by now and wouldn't start stocking retailers in that region until the actual release date... Unless their marketing specialists think that the pre-release streams actually help up the hype?
Click to expand...

I'm guessing disposable income is higher there than the rest if the world. Pubs would rather them stream early than bite the hand that feeds.
 
How long do you think will it take until some dev/pub demands pre-release play lockout on consoles?

Say, people without internet and patches have to type in a code before playing, and it's the same for everyone, but not known before premiere.
 
We did know it but not everybody frequents every single witcher thread in hopes to have as much of a black-out as possible on any news of the game.

Knowing there's a leak helps. Regardless part of me was hoping that some US stores were selling it early by mistake so I could run up there lol. This weekend I have nothing to do.
 
I'll paddle the arse of anyone who spoils this for me.

I ain't even joking, I'll hunt you down and paddle that arse until it bleeds. Think about that before you post spoilers.
 
stan423321 said:
How long do you think will it take until some dev/pub demands pre-release play lockout on consoles?

Say, people without internet and patches have to type in a code before playing, and it's the same for everyone, but not known before premiere.
Click to expand...
I doubt this will ever happen.
 
Miles Quaritch said:
I'll paddle the arse of anyone who spoils this for me.

I ain't even joking, I'll hunt you down and paddle that arse until it bleeds. Think about that before you post spoilers.
Click to expand...

Then just do like everyone else who wants to avoid spoilers and don't go into threads about the game before release, then stick strictly to the spoiler-free OT?

Seems simple.
 
stan423321 said:
How long do you think will it take until some dev/pub demands pre-release play lockout on consoles?

Say, people without internet and patches have to type in a code before playing, and it's the same for everyone, but not known before premiere.
Click to expand...

It'll happen when breaking street date actually has any real practical impact on anything. The reality is that it doesn't. Games which are leaked early or even pirated early don't sell less. People who were looking forward to the games don't look forward to them less. There's some internet outrage from people who are upset that they aren't the first to play the games, some people get spoiled by assholes, impatient people watch a few streams, but at the end of the day there is no real impact. On release day the games still get released, people still buy them, and life goes on.
 
oh no the story of a witcher game

spoiled

whatever will we do

Street date broken a couple days early in the Emirates, hardly a big deal. Here, I'll tell you a bit about the story. Geralt's gonna slay some drowners, fuck some sorceresses and there's probably going to be one or two dead kings along the way. Heroic sacrifice by one of your companions to defeat the big bad and reveal the consipracy, bam, done.
 
It's a miracle the game's even coming out in the UAE. Shit gets banned there really quick. You won't find GoW, GTA, Darksiders 1 and so much more there. Spec Ops too.

I once asked a clerk at Dubai Mall if they had God of War 3, knowing that it was banned there. He looked at me in a really weird way as if I had inquired if they stocked porn.
 
duckroll said:
It'll happen when breaking street date actually has any real practical impact on anything. The reality is that it doesn't. Games which are leaked early or even pirated early don't sell less. People who were looking forward to the games don't look forward to them less. There's some internet outrage from people who are upset that they aren't the first to play the games, some people get spoiled by assholes, impatient people watch a few streams, but at the end of the day there is no real impact. On release day the games still get released, people still buy them, and life goes on.
Click to expand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFu4FtQNv9M
 
Haunted said:
oh no the story of a witcher game

spoiled

whatever will we do

Street date broken a couple days early in the Emirates, hardly a big deal. Here, I'll tell you a bit about the story. Geralt's gonna slay some drowners, fuck some sorceresses and there's probably going to be one or two dead kings along the way. Heroic sacrifice by one of your companions to defeat the big bad and reveal the consipracy, bam, done.
Click to expand...

Seriously? It's an RPG, people care about the story.
 
Haunted said:
oh no the story of a witcher game

spoiled

whatever will we do

Street date broken a couple days early in the Emirates, hardly a big deal. Here, I'll tell you a bit about the story. Geralt's gonna slay some drowners, fuck some sorceresses and there's probably going to be one or two dead kings along the way. Heroic sacrifice by one of your companions to defeat the big bad and reveal the consipracy, bam, done.
Click to expand...

XGcT9kh.jpg
Click to expand...
.
 
duckroll said:
It'll happen when breaking street date actually has any real practical impact on anything. The reality is that it doesn't. Games which are leaked early or even pirated early don't sell less. People who were looking forward to the games don't look forward to them less. There's some internet outrage from people who are upset that they aren't the first to play the games, some people get spoiled by assholes, impatient people watch a few streams, but at the end of the day there is no real impact. On release day the games still get released, people still buy them, and life goes on.
Click to expand...

But why do they enforce it on PC then?
 
Haunted said:
oh no the story of a witcher game

spoiled

whatever will we do

Street date broken a couple days early in the Emirates, hardly a big deal. Here, I'll tell you a bit about the story. Geralt's gonna slay some drowners, fuck some sorceresses and there's probably going to be one or two dead kings along the way. Heroic sacrifice by one of your companions to defeat the big bad and reveal the consipracy, bam, done.
Click to expand...

Haunted, I thought we were friends bro.
 
huh, I thought this was a torrent and was ready to laugh at all the idiots who downloaded it and ask them how trojan/malware/virus/fuckedintheasstown was.
 
Moral Panic said:
But why do they enforce it on PC then?
Click to expand...

In the case of Witcher? It's probably because CDPR also owns GOG, and they don't want anyone to be playing the PC version before their own customers on GOG can. Again, it's all business. In the case of most other games, it's simply a helpful side effect of using Steam for DRM, since publishers already use Steam for a bunch of other reasons (popular platform, good features, etc).
 
stan423321 said:
How long do you think will it take until some dev/pub demands pre-release play lockout on consoles?

Say, people without internet and patches have to type in a code before playing, and it's the same for everyone, but not known before premiere.
Click to expand...

it would be no different that what MS proposed during the Xbox One reveal. The pitchforks would be out and extremely sharp.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Better late than never! The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Community 
27
2K
James Sawyer Ford replied
  • Locked
Oblivion Remake pics leaked
19
1K
spookyfish replied
CD Projekt shares The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 sales data (digital/physical split, platform split, regional split)
2 3 4
170
8K
YeulEmeralda replied
The Witcher 4 Map Size Will Be “More Or Less The Same” As The Witcher 3, CDPR Promises “Quality Over Quantity”
News Game Dev Hype 
42
2K
Makoto-Yuki replied
William Roberts, the voice of Vesemir in The Witcher games, has died
4
540
graywolf323 replied
Top Bottom