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<blockquote data-quote="Enoch" data-source="post: 4251815" data-attributes="member: 16354">My fiancee works for Blockbuster and I asked her what happens if another company breaks the release date on DVDs.&nbsp; I realize we're talking about two very different mediums, but it was interested to glimpse into the world of release dates and the like.All the movies Blockbuster gets they get early a week or two.&nbsp; The employees are allowed to rent them during this time (but not until six weeks after it has been released) and preview them.If say, they caught Walmart with DVDs out on the floor already before the street-date, they call the distributer and report them.&nbsp; Walmart gets fined, and then everyone is allowed to release the DVD early. So there is precedent with releasing breached street-date products early, and it would not 'kill' WotC.The biggest problem for WotC is that they probably don't have the infrastructure to carry out a general early release.&nbsp; This involves contacting everyone who carries the item, and there are probably multiple distributers (not counting companies that distribute for the distributers) to contact, who in turn have to contact their customers.I seriously doubt that WotC has the capability to release the game early even if they had the urge to do so.-Joshua</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Enoch, post: 4251815, member: 16354"] My fiancee works for Blockbuster and I asked her what happens if another company breaks the release date on DVDs. I realize we're talking about two very different mediums, but it was interested to glimpse into the world of release dates and the like. All the movies Blockbuster gets they get early a week or two. The employees are allowed to rent them during this time (but not until six weeks after it has been released) and preview them. If say, they caught Walmart with DVDs out on the floor already before the street-date, they call the distributer and report them. Walmart gets fined, and then [B]everyone is allowed to release the DVD early.[/B] So there is precedent with releasing breached street-date products early, and it would not 'kill' WotC. The biggest problem for WotC is that they probably don't have the infrastructure to carry out a general early release. This involves contacting everyone who carries the item, and there are probably multiple distributers (not counting companies that distribute for the distributers) to contact, who in turn have to contact their customers. I seriously doubt that WotC has the capability to release the game early even if they had the urge to do so. -Joshua [/QUOTE]

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