Raven's Brian Pelletier
updated
his .plan with details on the various international shipping dates for Star
Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, as well as the reason why it's taking so long for
the game to hit store shelves. Here's what he has to say:
Elite Force
shipping updates:
The CD's are being replicated and packaged as you read this. Everything is on
track for our scheduled ship dates. The world wide ship dates are as follows:
9/15: UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and other Europe
countries.
9/19: US, Canada
9/21: Australia, New Zealand
These are dates that the products leave our warehouses and are shipped to stores.
In store dates will vary by retailer. Other countries will ship over the next
month.
Many people are asking why it's taking so long to get into the stores compared
to when other games go GOLD. The reasons are many, but the main reason is that
we were not in a rush to get the product in the stores because we were on schedule
with our internal GOLD and ship dates. This way we can take the normal time
to get them manufactured and sent to retailers without paying extra fees for
express handleing & shipping. Had we been behind schedule, then we would
have had to painstakingly rush the manufacturing and do express shipping to
get it to retailers when we said we would and that costs a lot of extra money.
Also it takes longer to manufacture and ship products overseas and within Europe
and since we are doing a simultaneous release we have to make sure all versions
of the game are ready for shipping.
Thanks to everyone for your enthusiasm and support and we know you will enjoy
your playing experience.