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“Game releases were different back then,” hetweeted.
“It took six weeks for the DVDs to be produced, boxed and distributed.
Patches over the internet were not yet a thing.
For us, all of the stress had happened at the cut-off point, six weeks prior.
No big issues had come up.”
“Digital distribution didn’t exist yet,” he continues.
“Games were typically released on a Tuesday/Wednesday in the US and Fridays in the UK.
For big games, stores would open at Midnight before release day so that pre-orders could be picked up.