Skyrim Early Release

[Behazard]

I live in the Netherlands and decided to pre-order Skyrim.
Yesterday I found out we have an earlier release then the rest of the world, except Norway, so great!

I ordered the boxed version, since I'm one of those guys that prefers a cd and booklet, just for show. It came in the mail today, so I decided to instantly install it, so the download won't take forever when everyone else gets it.

I fire up steam, use the cd-code and...

Nothing

Steam won't let me install the game because 'this game hasn't been released yet'..

So I ask you, what is the use of sending Skyrim earlier out, when you can't even install it (probably only PC-version). I don't want to spend 2 days looking at the great and awesome map that came with it...

 

[VladG]

I've heard it works on consoles (there was a post with some first impressions around here) Kinda wish I had Skyrim right now. I'm really bored and I've nothing better to play. MW3 was a (not unexpected) letdown.

 

[El Luck]

To make sure you don't get it late. I would think that's the point of sending it early.

Case fucking closed. Christ what a dumb question.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Steam is so full of shit. I hate how publishers force it on consumers who prefer to buy physical copies.

 

[Duffeknol]

I made a thread about it and it was filled with 6 pages of people calling bullshit on me having already played the ps3 version.

 

[Gabanuka]

Early release? Mines still coming on Friday from Amazon

 

[Theminimanx]

My friend picked up his copy from the store today. I'm not sure if he has the pc or 360 version though. And yes, I also live in the Netherlands.

 

[sta697]

that's steam for ya

 

[Luxy27]

Well it's 11/11/11 in New Zealand. But I can't play the game. This is bullshit. Why make us wait because we're ahead of America time wise.

 

[distortedreality]

Well it's 11/11/11 in New Zealand. But I can't play the game. This is bullshit. Why make us wait because we're ahead of America time wise.

Fucking grow up, honestly.

If you bought the game on PC, you should at least have a passing understanding of how Steam works, and all you have to is look at the store page to see when it unlocks.

Grow a brain kgo.

 

[Zeh Don]

I'm in a similar boat, and yet Steam fan boys will argue it helps us... somehow. All I see is Valve making a metric fuck tonne of money, and my legally purchased copy of Skyrim not working for no reason of any kind.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Well it's 11/11/11 in New Zealand. But I can't play the game. This is bullshit. Why make us wait because we're ahead of America time wise.

Same here, but we are actually waiting for the Australian time to lapse because on the Skyrim Steam page it states

Available: 11 November 2011
This game will unlock in approximately 1 hour

At least it does for me.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

Yeah that literally just happened to me now.. so depressing having to press cancel installation
It happened with Dragon Age 2 aswell -.-

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

OK, it is installing off the disk NOW, at 2 in the morning NZDT.

REcaptcha:matthere sulem.

 

[Jimmy Sylvers]

Installing the patch now! I don't think I'm going anywhere for a fortnight!