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  • 28-02-2002 11:47am
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    adnans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭


    it sounds really stupid, but what the hell does it mean when a game goes gold?

    adnans


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    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    when the game is done, the developer gives a disk to the publisher to print..

    that is an actual gold disk..

    therefore going gold means that the game is done and is about to go into 'production' - where the millions of copies are made and put in the boxes :)

    or from another angle it means you should have the game in about a month :)


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    spooky donkey
    Registered Users Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭spooky donkey


    even sometimes less that a month, it could be as soon as a week.


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    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,687 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    not if its a game worth waiting for :)


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    adnans
    Registered Users Posts: 1,967 ✭✭✭adnans


    thanks vAGGABOND. ill sleep better tonight :)

    adnans


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I've also heard the term 'gold' used to refer to bootlegged copies that are sold in countries where the game hasn't been released yet - eg if it was released in Japan first and copied from there.

    :)


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