Cyb Posted November 6, 2003 A recent Activision press release has a small mention of Doom 3's release:The company is raising its outlook for net revenue for the full fiscal year by $30 million to $780 million, while at the same time it is moving DOOM 3(TM) into its next fiscal year for planning purposes.So, apparently no December 10th release as some have been hoping for. If my understanding of the business world is correct, this would put Doom 3 on store shelves around April/May (or later) of next year, but who really knows about these things? 0 Share this post Link to post
sgtcrispy Posted November 6, 2003 fp. ahem... any way.. $30 to $780 million??? good lord. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted November 6, 2003 BY $30 million to $780 million, not FROM $30 million. 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted November 6, 2003 Why do all the big titles get moved years ahead of their inital release date? When I heard about Half-Life 2's source leak, I was like "Well, I always have Doom 3 to look forward to..." 0 Share this post Link to post
sgtcrispy Posted November 7, 2003 Sorry, I'm just a stupid american. dur.. ack pbfft! 0 Share this post Link to post
SyntherAugustus Posted November 7, 2003 Well, this gives me more time to prep for doom 3. 0 Share this post Link to post
sniperfrommars1 Posted November 7, 2003 Id say march but who really knows. This means its coming out at least. No duke nukem forever syndrome. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nanami Posted November 7, 2003 This gives me more time to not care about Doom3! 0 Share this post Link to post
Teh Macvileness Posted November 7, 2003 Nanami said:This gives me more time to not care about Doom3! And finish Z00M :) But yeah, mo' time = mo' bucks = mo' upgrades = Yay 0 Share this post Link to post
Liam Posted November 7, 2003 nanami, if you do not care about doom 3, then why do you read a post about doom 3? the subject matter is stated very obviously in the topic. crimony. ahem, it's certainly taken a lot longer than i would've expected. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nanami Posted November 7, 2003 I clicked the icon that showed me there were new posts, which led me here. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted November 7, 2003 That would be hilarious if DNF made it out before Half-Life or Doom 3. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted November 7, 2003 Back in the early days of development I didn't believe Dec 10th 2003 would be the release date because it just seemed too long to develop a game, plus from those screenshots the engine looked just about done. You can call me a monkey's uncle. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cyb Posted November 7, 2003 sniperfrommars1 said:Id say march but who really knows. This means its coming out at least. No duke nukem forever syndrome. the fiscal year starts in April, so not March 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMBoy Posted November 7, 2003 nxn said:Back in the early days of development I didn't believe Dec 10th 2003 would be the release date because it just seemed too long to develop a game, plus from those screenshots the engine looked just about done. You can call me a monkey's uncle. Monkey's uncle 0 Share this post Link to post
Arioch Posted November 7, 2003 nxn said:Back in the early days of development I didn't believe Dec 10th 2003 would be the release date because it just seemed too long to develop a game, plus from those screenshots the engine looked just about done. You can call me a monkey's uncle. We should be encouraged then, because that'd mean they've mostly been working on game content all this time. 0 Share this post Link to post
sLydE Posted November 7, 2003 DooMBoy said:Monkey's uncle ah, you beat me to it. 0 Share this post Link to post
boris Posted November 7, 2003 EarthQuake said:Why do all the big titles get moved years ahead of their inital release date? Well, it probably happens to smaller titles too. But you never hear about them :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Bastet Furry Posted November 7, 2003 sgtcrispy said:Sorry, I'm just a stupid american. dur.. ack pbfft! Talk after me: "Ich bin ein dummer Amerikaner!" And talking this you should walk trough downtown in Essen or Dortmund *g* 0 Share this post Link to post
sniperfrommars1 Posted November 7, 2003 Cyb said:the fiscal year starts in April, so not March So those are *projected earnings it doesnt mean it wont get released earlier just that the earnings will *def* be higher april through whatever ;). 0 Share this post Link to post
Igor9 Posted November 8, 2003 It sucks when they hype the games up and then push back the release dates to the point that when the game actually gets released, people go "meh". You don't dangle chum at a shark and then go "oops, hang on there, come back next week". 0 Share this post Link to post
Ralphis Posted November 8, 2003 Bastet Furry said:Talk after me: "Ich bin ein dummer Amerikaner!" And talking this you should walk trough downtown in Essen or Dortmund *g* Or maybe you should shut the hell up since alot of us take German. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted November 8, 2003 They couldn't have pushed back the release date because they never really announced one yet. 0 Share this post Link to post
SulfurOccult Posted November 9, 2003 well, its still alot later than people were predicting. a December 10th release would have been great. not only is it the birthday of DOOM, but my birthday as well. 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted November 9, 2003 MasterOfPuppets said:...not only is it the birthday of DOOM, but my birthday as well. Oh how cool is that... 0 Share this post Link to post
Derrick Posted November 9, 2003 Originally on the Amazon.com site it said it would be on April '04. So May/June is really no shock at all. 0 Share this post Link to post
sponge Posted November 10, 2003 So wait, isn't the argument here that id shouldn't push back release dates that other people are setting? 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomJunkie Posted November 15, 2003 well i dont really know when the game is coming out but i reserved my copy at gamestop and they said it would be out march 6th and i got this cool little statue of a baron of hell. It was the old one but it is still cool. 0 Share this post Link to post