[ut3] Official release date

[Donovan Brooke]

Sir Brizz wrote:
> For what? They didn't market UT3 as having Linux binaries included or 
> available.
> 
> The problem here is that Epic never guaranteed anything. I appreciate 
> you wanting brand new boxes or whatever your case may be, however that 
> doesn't change the fact that you bought something that didn't include 
> the sole thing you bought it for. Can you imagine, taking this same 
> thing to a more terrible and surely less appropriate analogy, if you 
> bought a car because someone said it had GPS in it, never test drove it, 
> and realized after purchasing it that it didn't have GPS in it? Would 
> you blame the person who told you or yourself for not looking into it more?
> 
> I understand that people wanted and were expecting and (possibly) 
> promised Linux binaries and are upset, but, frankly, you DON'T have 
> anyone to blame but yourself if you paid the money for it already. Did 
> Epic make you spend that money? YOU were encouraged by what they said, 
> YOU made a decision, and YOU spent the money.
> 
> Brizz

I seem to remember that there was quite a bit of "wordage" that
assumed time-lines for linux and Mac.. was first supposed to be in
the same retail box, then it was "soon to follow" etc... This is all 
ancient history of course, but it is enough to say that Epic botched 
this one. They are like a once good band that has sold out and is now
riding jet ski's, buying Hot Rods, and wearing West Coast Chopper 
T-Shirts.. (O.K., Yes, I was watching a Metallica documentary last 
night). I still like to play the PC version every now and then, but game 
should have been better considering what they have done for the 
industry. The UT series has lost that loving feeling... now it's gone, 
gone, gone.

(but I will go on) ;-)

Donovan

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