Canada: Please release DLC part II

[mick123]

There was no reason to lock the other thread. Not appreciated.

A date would be nice. The response "when the game is released" is unresponsive, as the game was supposed to be released yesterday, as per the sticky which still amusingly claims December 17. As of right now there is no Canadian release date, although Dec 20, Dec 27, and "sometime in January" seem to be the leading contenders.

Before anyone announces that Dec 17 was just the shipping date, not the release date, please note that "ship date" means, in the video game industry, the date on which the product is available for retail sale. For example, EA's press release for Rock Band includes,

Originally Posted by EA press release

"Rock Band is a true symbol of Harmonix's vision, dedication and passion for music and after two years of development, we are thrilled that Rock Band is finally ready to get in the hands of rock fans everywhere," said Alex Rigopolous, CEO of Harmonix. "We have a small army filling our warehouses with final product, ready for our November 20th ship date so players can fulfill their rock and roll aspirations."

Notice that November 20 was not the date on which units began physically shipping to retailers' warehouses, it was rather the date on which stores could begin selling units to customers.

When will the DLC be released in Canada?

[hmxsean]

As of today I am hearing that Microsoft plans on releasing the DLC in Canada on the 20th through the marketplace. I believe this will be a monster release of every song we've put out so far as DLC for the game.

Also we'll have to agree to disagree about the meaning of ship date. Ship date has always been when it is shipped out of warehouses to retailers and street date is when a product becomes available.

[SlowGears]

Never hahahaha

[foolosophy]

Originally Posted by hmxsean

As of today I am hearing that Microsoft plans on releasing the DLC in Canada on the 20th through the marketplace. I believe this will be a monster release of every song we've put out so far as DLC for the game.

Also we'll have to agree to disagree about the meaning of ship date. Ship date has always been when it is shipped out of warehouses to retailers and street date is when a product becomes available.

Thanks Sean.

[DaMan12]

Originally Posted by hmxsean

As of today I am hearing that Microsoft plans on releasing the DLC in Canada on the 20th through the marketplace. I believe this will be a monster release of every song we've put out so far as DLC for the game.

thank you sean, that is 1 issue solved. Now you can sticky this thread and lock any other canada DLC related threads.

[mick123]

Thank you for the info.

You will have to take your idea of what "ship date" conventionally means up with the CEO of your company, along with, well, everyone else.

[shivish]

Originally Posted by hmxsean

As of today I am hearing that Microsoft plans on releasing the DLC in Canada on the 20th through the marketplace. I believe this will be a monster release of every song we've put out so far as DLC for the game.

Also we'll have to agree to disagree about the meaning of ship date. Ship date has always been when it is shipped out of warehouses to retailers and street date is when a product becomes available.

My god a clear response!! Sorry for the sarcasm. Sounds like i'll be able to buy my metallica asap.

[aaron rogers]

wow....I have 2800 microsoft points to splurge now =D

[Jon_Snow]

Incredible news!!! Time to clear some hard drive space cause I'm loading up on Rock Band DLC... seriously, I'm buying EVERY song for this game.

[corey9212]

I am from Canada (Alberta) and even though I don't have the game yet due to it not being availiable here till the 28th. I have a ton of download content for the game on my PS3's hard drive (have had it for about 2-3 weeks already.) I just went to the playstation store and there it was about 5 different song packs to download for RockBand. Now I just wish I had the game to play those song packs with, lol.