When will the game be finished? : V

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:24 pm

First post :celebration:

I was wondering... we all know that we're 45 days away from getting our hands on Skyrim, but what day will the game actually be finished? Obviously, the game has to be mass produced and shipped everywhere, but how long does that really take? Does the team have a lot of time left to fix the bugs? I would guess they need about 2 weeks, but I honestly have no clue. Anyone know?

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:48 pm

They need a lot more time than two weeks to squash bugs. Luckily Bethesda will release it even if it's full of bugs, as is tradition.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:27 am

They need a lot more time than two weeks to squash bugs. Luckily Bethesda will release it even if it's full of bugs, as is tradition.

Is it bad that Bethesda fans have come to expect this?

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:34 pm

October 15 at 3pm

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:19 pm

System specs are supposed to be released in October, so I would think at the same time is when Skyrim goes gold

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:48 pm

First post :celebration:

I was wondering... we all know that we're 45 days away from getting our hands on Skyrim, but what day will the game actually be finished? Obviously, the game has to be mass produced and shipped everywhere, but how long does that really take? Does the team have a lot of time left to fix the bugs? I would guess they need about 2 weeks, but I honestly have no clue. Anyone know?

I'm really have trouble with the linking system here...

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:11 pm

Is it bad that Bethesda fans have come to expect this?

We're a hearty bunch and know how to take the bad with the very very good.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:58 am

3-4 weeks or it isn't launching on 11.11.11.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:28 am

probably soon like in the next few weeks however they will probably start working on things like patches and DLCs

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:29 pm

I thought about doing a thread like this and making it like a lottery thing or choosing squares for a football pool but I never got to it. When I asked this question a while back, I asked when the game would go gold. The answer I got was around October 15.

So my pick for the football-type pool would have been October 14...because it's a Friday and because I'm eager.

I don't know if they'll announce it when it happens but I hope so.

Edit: I went a bit earlier than usual because it's a simultaneous world-wide launch.

:tes:

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:34 pm

I thought about doing a thread like this and making it like a lottery thing or choosing squares for a football pool but I never got to it. When I asked this question a while back, I asked when the game would go gold. The answer I got was around October 15.

So my pick for the football-type pool would have been October 14...because it's a Friday and because I'm eager.

I don't know if they'll announce it when it happens but I hope so.

:tes:

That was from me :smile:

Pete announced on twitter when RAGE was finished, hopefully he'll do the same with Skyrim. It was 18 days before it's October 4th launch date.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:41 pm

Bethesda's last 3 games went gold 17-19 days before release. So October 23rd-25th.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:40 am

Bethesda's last 3 games went gold 17-19 days before release. So October 23rd-25th.

Last 3 weren't simultaneous worldwide multiplatform releases though.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:50 pm

That was from me :smile:

Pete announced on twitter when RAGE was finished, hopefully he'll do the same with Skyrim. It was 18 days before it's October 4th launch date.

Yes it was you and I did remember that.

When Rage went gold and they announced it, it was very close to the amount of time you predicted for Skyrim. Fingers crossed that it'll be at that time.

:tes:

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:09 am

It will launch on time. But it wont be "finished" per se, until several months after launch. Basically due to patches.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:34 am

We're a hearty bunch and know how to take the bad with the very very good.

aaaaaamen to that good sir

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:35 am

Is it bad that Bethesda fans have come to expect this?

no not at all. :whistling:

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:56 am

Last 3 weren't simultaneous worldwide multiplatform releases though.

RAGE is a worldwide release.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:31 am

Won't be finished, ever. Bug reports will probably continue to be filed even after it's gone gold. Anything found after that point goes into their first update. Then the next, and then you'll have balance issues found. Those will be corrected and expansions will come next. It won't end.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:24 am

It will be finished when the last patch is released.

» Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:22 am

Won't be finished, ever. Bug reports will probably continue to be filed even after it's gone gold. Anything found after that point goes into their first update. Then the next, and then you'll have balance issues found. Those will be corrected and expansions will come next. It won't end.

It will end. It just wont end till sometime in 2012 though. :shrug: