Difference between revisions of "Sonic Adventure 2: The Trial"
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Which one is right? Because this page's release date for North America is entwined with that of PSO. [[User:JaxTH|JaxTH]] ([[User talk:JaxTH|talk]]) 20:01, 22 January 2023 (EST) | Which one is right? Because this page's release date for North America is entwined with that of PSO. [[User:JaxTH|JaxTH]] ([[User talk:JaxTH|talk]]) 20:01, 22 January 2023 (EST) | ||
| − | ::I think it got pushed back a week but Sega forgot to update the date on the webpage, this was the same time as they announced the discontinuation of the Dreamcast, so I guess they were focused on other stuff ... (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/BxlkgidBCAU/m/aKxiSTZ7fwEJ) (https://web.archive.org/web/20010205171200/http://gexpress.com:80/whatsnew.cfm). Looking through Usenet posts I think the earliest date (taking into account timezones | + | ::I think it got pushed back a week but Sega forgot to update the date on the webpage, this was the same time as they announced the discontinuation of the Dreamcast, so I guess they were focused on other stuff ... (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/BxlkgidBCAU/m/aKxiSTZ7fwEJ) (https://web.archive.org/web/20010205171200/http://gexpress.com:80/whatsnew.cfm). Looking through Usenet posts I think the earliest date (taking into account timezones as most of those Usenet posts are dated in UTC, so mainland US is 5-8 hours behind) I could find that someone bought it was 2001-01-31, but EB Games were usually the fastest to put games on shelves, and their "New Releases" dates were supposed to be the date games were available in store, so I went with that. Sega's online store sent them out to customers on 2001-01-30, so I guess it's at least theoretically possible that some got delivered the same day. Also, Sega's standard release day was a Tuesday at this time. [[User:Pirate Dragon|Pirate Dragon]] ([[User talk:Pirate Dragon|talk]]) 10:37, 23 January 2023 (EST) |
Revision as of 10:46, 23 January 2023
Wen was this released in North America?
Right now we are saying it was released on 2001-01-23 in North America. However, if we look at the Sonic Retro page we find out that this demo was bundled with Phantasy Star Online. Looking at that page, the date was changed to 2001-01-30 early last year while Pirate Dragon was going through release dates for various things.
The current Phantasy Star Online reference (https://web.archive.org/web/20010201164400/http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast.asp) is from EB World (back when those existed in America), meanwhile the old reference, as well as the current North America reference for the release date of this demo is from Sega's own website (https://web.archive.org/web/20031211233850/http://www.sega.com:80/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=187) which lists the aforementioned 2001-01-23 release date.
Which one is right? Because this page's release date for North America is entwined with that of PSO. JaxTH (talk) 20:01, 22 January 2023 (EST)
- I think it got pushed back a week but Sega forgot to update the date on the webpage, this was the same time as they announced the discontinuation of the Dreamcast, so I guess they were focused on other stuff ... (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/BxlkgidBCAU/m/aKxiSTZ7fwEJ) (https://web.archive.org/web/20010205171200/http://gexpress.com:80/whatsnew.cfm). Looking through Usenet posts I think the earliest date (taking into account timezones as most of those Usenet posts are dated in UTC, so mainland US is 5-8 hours behind) I could find that someone bought it was 2001-01-31, but EB Games were usually the fastest to put games on shelves, and their "New Releases" dates were supposed to be the date games were available in store, so I went with that. Sega's online store sent them out to customers on 2001-01-30, so I guess it's at least theoretically possible that some got delivered the same day. Also, Sega's standard release day was a Tuesday at this time. Pirate Dragon (talk) 10:37, 23 January 2023 (EST)