Mass Effect 3 leaked on EA store.

[Quillbell]

...or it's the same deal as last time, and it's not going to be ready for then, so they're delaying it to make sure it leaves as a more polished finished product.

This. I don't think Bioware usually cares about what games are releasing near theirs. I'm just glad they're taking the time to make ME3 as awesome as possible. It is the grand finale of the Mass Effect series, after all.

[stealth20k]

...or it's the same deal as last time, and it's not going to be ready for then, so they're delaying it to make sure it leaves as a more polished finished product.

This. I don't think Bioware usually cares about what games are releasing near theirs. I'm just glad they're taking the time to make ME3 as awesome as possible. It is the grand finale of the Mass Effect series, after all.

well thats probably also a part of it...........I assume both things ran through there heads.

[Ringwraith]

Mass Effect 2 got delayed into January, and that was the year everything was getting pushed back past Christmas, so if they were seeking to avoid competition, they failed spectacularly.

Mass Effect 3 will largely be bought by those who played the second anyway, it's unlikely to draw many new people in due to it's heavy story and choice-based nature.

[stealth20k]

honestly I think its kind of a mistake to wait...............

[Ringwraith]

The target market for Mass Effect 3 is pretty much a guaranteed sale to many, considering how many people will simply get it based off it being a sequel and concluding the story of Commander Shepard.
I know I will be.

I'm guessing Quill will too, although anything with Garrus in she'd probably buy anyway.

[Quillbell]

I'm guessing Quill will too, although anything with Garrus in she'd probably buy anyway.

Guilty as charged.

[Ringwraith]

I'm guessing Quill will too, although anything with Garrus in she'd probably buy anyway.

Guilty as charged.

It's kinda worrying I've been on this forum for barely a month and I've already worked that out...

[Quillbell]

I'm guessing Quill will too, although anything with Garrus in she'd probably buy anyway.

Guilty as charged.

It's kinda worrying I've been on this forum for barely a month and I've already worked that out...

Not really. We're a pretty tight community here, and I tend to gab on about Mass Effect to anybody who'll listen. :p

[Ringwraith]

Oh dear, you may have just found someone else who tends to do the same thing...

I've not touched it after those initial three weeks when Mass Effect 2 came out as I know I'll get sucked back into it again, and I've got other games I should be playing!

Although think I only stumbled across your rampant Mass Effect addiction problems by accident by comparing the awesomeness of Space Batman to Gig...

[Quillbell]

Although think I only stumbled across your rampant Mass Effect addiction problems by accident by comparing the awesomeness of Space Batman to Gig...

Yeaaah. I think it'll only get worse once ME3 approaches. Though I can always go to the Bioware boards to blow off some steam.

[Ringwraith]

Yeaaah. I think it'll only get worse once ME3 approaches. Though I can always go to the Bioware boards to blow off some steam.

Nooo, don't do that! They're not as nice as this place seems to be!
Although, I avoid any kind of information about new games like this, so I can go in as blind as possible.

Though it almost sounds like a thread idea is coming along...

[Quillbell]

Yeaaah. I think it'll only get worse once ME3 approaches. Though I can always go to the Bioware boards to blow off some steam.

Nooo, don't do that! They're not as nice as this place seems to be!

I was on the Bioware boards long before I came to the NISA forums. I don't know people as well as I know the people here, but I go back every now and then.

[Ringwraith]

Actually, this the first official forum I've been on, I tend to stick to smaller ones, and this one just happens to fit the bill.

..and somehow it's managed to eek more posts out of me within a month than I have on some which I've been a member of for years, which may also be slightly worrying.

[Quillbell]

..and somehow it's managed to eek more posts out of me within a month than I have on some which I've been a member of for years, which may also be slightly worrying.

Same. I think it's our tendency to go off-topic. It makes for some great discussions.

[Ringwraith]

..and somehow it's managed to eek more posts out of me within a month than I have on some which I've been a member of for years, which may also be slightly worrying.

Same. I think it's our tendency to go off-topic. It makes for some great discussions.

I noticed that tendency very quickly, mostly by the page length on certain threads. It certainly rivals IRC, though it's probably daft to think that IRC ever had a topic.