I'm just hoping this poor decision making didn't also extend to the game itself given that it is obviously different people making the game vs. Now I may miss out on 24+ hours of my 72 hours given that I need to get home and download it, and I have work the next day because they chose to have early-release on a Tuesday.

I was hoping to download the game in the morning before work, and come home to play it. The fact that there's no preload for PC and now they're screwing the vast majority of their PC player base that ordered the Deluxe Edition (I'd wager good money a majority of their sales are coming from the US and Europe, most of whom will be at work/school at the time the game releases for them), just wow. Instead the embargo will lift when the game releases for everyone. We dont have any news whatsoever on the PC performance nor are PC reviewers allowed to post their reviews a few days before release.

Unfortunately sony has made an agreement with them for marketing and what not and because of that all the gameplay we've seen has exclusively been on the PS5. This can also be a problem because steam servers can go down, or can become really slow if everyone is downloading at exactly the same time. It means you will spend hours if your internet is bad, downloading the game on steam. If retailers sell the game later than that then yes you will have reduced early access but conversely, if they sell it a day early then you will have a full day extra of early access to play the game as it is not gated and you can simply pop the disc in and play :)Įdit: Bear in mind this is only for the console versions of the game, because sadly WB have never offered pre loads for any of their previous titles on steam which is crap because it splits up the playerbase. The console base edition comes out at midnight between the 9th and the 10th.Įither way you still get 72 hours provided you got the digital copies.įor retail copies, check with your retailer and postal delivery service. The console deluxe edition comes out at midnight between the 6th and the 7th. The pc base edition comes out at 10am pst on the 10th The pc deluxe edition comes out at 10am pst on the 7th.They still get 72 hours early access but their 72 hours starts at a later time.

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