GameStop breaks SupCom2 street date for XBOX360
Live. We'll do it live.
According to a GPGnet forum post, the XBOX360 version of SupCom2 is now available in GameStop stores nationwide. Apparently GameStop had a “We’ll do it live!” moment and broke the street date, releasing copies of the game for sale on March 12th instead of March 16th. Now it looks like GPG (or Square-Enix; I don’t know at this point who handles what) has a little bit of damage-control to do, as the downloadable content codes aren’t slated to unlock until the 16th. Now GPG could very well just leave that as it is, since it’s not their fault the street date was broken, but they risk pissing off some customers in the process.
In the grand scheme of things, though, street dates are a silly, un-enforceable embargo, so I don’t particularly fault GameStop for anything here. Heck, this way, SupCom2 fans with XBOX360s get an entire weekend of extra play. It’s too bad about the resultant loss of coordination with the DLC codes, though.
Anyone who’s gotten their hands on SupCom2 for the XBOX360, please let us know how it is! Personally, I couldn’t imagine playing an RTS on a console, but, hey, my tastes don’t speak for everyone.
Incidentally, I didn’t receive any DLC unlock codes with my PC version of the game? I take it us PC gamers don’t need to bother with this nonsense, because the game is already linked to our Steam account anyway? (Which serves the same purpose of lowering the resale value of the game. Gotta love how crafty Square-Enix is being.)
