Tuesday the new release day for games?

Dannyb01y

Dannyb01y

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Just realised that Halo reach is released tuesday and also Black ops too..is tuesday becoming the new release day for games or are these two exceptions?

Is there any reason for a tuesday release day?

Just curious!
 
As above, the US have, for a very long time, had games released on Tuesdays so for world wide release dates then tend to go with the American standard.

I personally prefer getting my games on Fridays (new release or not) so that I have some time to spend on them.
 
The old UK Friday release date has pretty much started to go out the window now that console gaming has become so huge and simultaneous worldwide releases are prevalent.

I doubt the shops are complaining though, as I believe Tuesday is supposed to be the quietest shopping day of the week (aside from Sunday obviously) so it gets people through the doors!

It is interesting to wonder why it became the case in the US though, as obviously Monday (like with DVDs) and Friday make good sense as they are both at the start or end of the working week.

I can only guess that it's because stock being delivered to a store might not be there Monday morning, or in time to go out on the shelves. By having it delivered Monday they can ensure that stock is on the shelves for the next morning. It perhaps not so relevant now, but may go back to when deliveries weren't so timely or some such.
 
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Im sure (no offense to the OP) that whenever a COD game or Halo games get rlsd a thread appears on here about Tuesday being the new release day for games :).
 
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