Lizarus-Rajal Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Well I got my copy finally, but I am a little confused. There are 3 discs, but the box itself has 4 disc holders...anyone else have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasffion Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) If you're not a troll EA and Bioware would probably be very interested in knowing who illegally gave you a copy. Edited December 14, 2011 by Dasffion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizarus-Rajal Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 ...If you had half a brain, you'd know that most retailers were shipping early. My retailers shipped yesterday and it arrived today. Some others have received even earlier, now unless you're going to do something other than troll can someone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erevan_Kindelar Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Some retailers shipped early, including mine. The game does come on 3 disks, but EA seem to have gone for a 4 disk holder. I guess the final distribution of the game is a little smaller than they had anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasffion Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 ...If you had half a brain, you'd know that most retailers were shipping early. My retailers shipped yesterday and it arrived today. Some others have received even earlier, now unless you're going to do something other than troll can someone help me? They screwed up then, shipping early should still not arrive until the 20th. What do you need help with? Install it and see if it asks for a fourth disk. If it does then you have a problem if it doesn't then they probably didn't want to shell out extra money for a case that holds 3 instead of a probably more common one that holds 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melkathi Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 If you're not a troll EA and Bioware would probably be very interested in knowing who illegally gave you a copy. Confirmed by JovethGonzalez http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=64398#edit64398 some retailers have already shipped the physical copies. So to the OP: Most likely, as boxes are purchased bulk by the publisher, it was cheaper to simply get 4 Disc boxes for this title as well when they were already getting them for another title than to get 3 disc boxes... or something along that line of thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afortunado Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 They screwed up then, shipping early should still not arrive until the 20th. What do you need help with? Install it and see if it asks for a fourth disk. If it does then you have a problem if it doesn't then they probably didn't want to shell out extra money for a case that holds 3 instead of a probably more common one that holds 4. Lol what? Have you been in a closet? You screwed up when you pretended you knew the correct ship date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizarus-Rajal Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 They screwed up then, shipping early should still not arrive until the 20th. What do you need help with? Install it and see if it asks for a fourth disk. If it does then you have a problem if it doesn't then they probably didn't want to shell out extra money for a case that holds 3 instead of a probably more common one that holds 4. Screwed up? Allow me to remind you of something. Christmas is CRAZY. Anyone knows that, that's why it was done. As to the people who responded thank you for the replies. I was just kinda worried that maybe the 4th slot was for something else despite the discs saying 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SukeLywalker Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Confirmed by JovethGonzalez http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=64398#edit64398 some retailers have already shipped the physical copies. So to the OP: Most likely, as boxes are purchased bulk by the publisher, it was cheaper to simply get 4 Disc boxes for this title as well when they were already getting them for another title than to get 3 disc boxes... or something along that line of thinking. That's probably what happened. I've seen some DVD boxes sold that way when it was obviously a 2 disc set when you would get a box with 3 slots for discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasffion Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Screwed up? Allow me to remind you of something. Christmas is CRAZY. Anyone knows that, that's why it was done. As to the people who responded thank you for the replies. I was just kinda worried that maybe the 4th slot was for something else despite the discs saying 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3. They said in that link that the person posted that it was UNEXPECTED. I worked part time at Barnes and Noble for years and I know that releasing and shipping books and movies before their official release date is a big no no and can get you in big trouble. It's the same for video games. It sounds to me like someone messed up and Bioware/EA just gave the go ahead for everyone to ship early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melkathi Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 They said in that link that the person posted that it was UNEXPECTED. I worked part time at Barnes and Noble for years and I know that releasing and shipping books and movies before their official release date is a big no no and can get you in big trouble. It's the same for video games. It sounds to me like someone messed up and Bioware/EA just gave the go ahead for everyone to ship early. It happens quite a lot though, I expect there to sometimes be a communication gap where US companies forget to specify release dates to each EU country sepparatly. I can think of the release of Martin's Dance with Dragons, which the german version of Amazon send out days earlier than they should have. With other games I have seen community reps on the forum stating "the traditional release date for the UK is..." and thinking to myself "What do I care? The UK is not the whole of the EU". Though in this instance I expect it was just some retailers deciding that better to send out the boxes early than to have angry gamers with pitchfork and torches if there is a delay, after all, no harm no foul? People can't get in until Bioware lets them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahl_Windsong Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I can remember when I owned a video rental business and if you had a movie on your shelf before release date you would loose your ability to purchase movies and it was the same for games and everything else we rented and sold as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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