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F1 2001 in US

9 posts by 5 people · 20 Oct 2001 04:00 UTC - 26 Oct 2001 01:47 UTC

Haqsau 20 Oct 2001 04:00 UTC#157071
Maybe this has already been posted but F1 2001 is finally starting to show up in stores in the US. I found two copies at a Best Buy near Detroit. Of course now they only have one. ;o)
EldredP 22 Oct 2001 03:45 UTC↳ reply to Haqsau#156779
In article <IF6A7.13951$[email hidden]>, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> writes: >Maybe this has already been posted but F1 2001 is finally starting to >show up in stores in the US. I found two copies at a Best Buy near >Detroit. Of course now they only have one. ;o) > Madison Heights or Southfield? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.
Gotta be Southfield. Nobody goes to Madison Heights anymore :>) "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (17 lines)> In article <IF6A7.13951$[email hidden]>, "Haqsau" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Maybe this has already been posted but F1 2001 is finally starting to > >show up in stores in the US. I found two copies at a Best Buy near > >Detroit. Of course now they only have one. ;o) > > > > Madison Heights or Southfield? > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats
you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.
It was on SB Telegraph around 12 mile road or so, just off 696. I think that is Southfield. Hopefully other stores are starting to get copies too. BTW I probably put a good 6 hours of play time into the game over the weekend. It may not be perfect but it's really addictive. The driving model just feels damn good. I tried every track, which is something I never even felt motivated to do with GP3 or F1CS2K. This one's definitely staying on my hard drive for a while. ;o) "Todd Sorensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3CSA7.210401$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (8 lines)> Gotta be Southfield. Nobody goes to Madison Heights anymore :>) > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <IF6A7.13951$[email hidden]>, "Haqsau" > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >Maybe this has already been posted but F1 2001 is finally starting
to
Quoted text (13 lines)> > >show up in stores in the US. I found two copies at a Best Buy near > > >Detroit. Of course now they only have one. ;o) > > > > > > > Madison Heights or Southfield? > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then
beats > you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >
In article <3CSA7.210401$[email hidden]>, "Todd Sorensen" <[email hidden]> writes: >Gotta be Southfield. Nobody goes to Madison Heights anymore :>) I called the Ann Arbor Best Buy yesterday. The guy didn't have a CLUE... :( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.
Haqsau 25 Oct 2001 22:25 UTC↳ reply to EldredP#156118
I really think EA blew it as far as marketing and distribution in the US. I had been checking Ann Arbor's various software stores regularly since the official release on 10/5, and in almost every case, even at stores that I had asked previously, people had no idea what I was talking about. Then they would go look in their computer and the answer would inevitable be "Oh yeah, here it is. We are supposed to have it but I'm not showing that we ever received any. Don't know what to tell you, dude." That's why when I finally found the two copies in Southfield I posted about it, I was just so amazed that some store near my area had actually received a couple of copies. Want to know the really sad part? Ann Arbor is where ISI is located. In their headquarters city you cannot buy a copy of their game. Sad. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <3CSA7.210401$[email hidden]>, "ToddSorensen" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Gotta be Southfield. Nobody goes to Madison Heights anymore :>) > > I called the Ann Arbor Best Buy yesterday. The guy didn't have aCLUE... :(
Quoted text (8 lines)> > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then
beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.
While it may be true ISI is located in Ann Arbor, The manufacturing plants for the cd pressing and the warehouses from where the packages will be shipped are NOT near Michigan.(at least I'm guessing they are not.) Typical distrubution of software in the USA can vary by several weeks. Some products are held to be released nationwide on a certain date, but most are shipped out, and depending upon the priority of orders some parts of the US will lag far behind others. Since the 3 F1 titles by EA have very similar names and very similar packages, I think there will be chances for ordering and maybe even pricing confusion. Rest assured, since EA has shelf deals with all the major retail chains, there will be F1 2001 boxes in stores near you soon. dave henrie "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0j0C7.30852$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (37 lines)> I really think EA blew it as far as marketing and distribution in the > US. I had been checking Ann Arbor's various software stores regularly > since the official release on 10/5, and in almost every case, even at > stores that I had asked previously, people had no idea what I was > talking about. Then they would go look in their computer and the answer > would inevitable be "Oh yeah, here it is. We are supposed to have it > but I'm not showing that we ever received any. Don't know what to tell > you, dude." That's why when I finally found the two copies in > Southfield I posted about it, I was just so amazed that some store near > my area had actually received a couple of copies. > > Want to know the really sad part? Ann Arbor is where ISI is located. > In their headquarters city you cannot buy a copy of their game. Sad. > > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <3CSA7.210401$[email hidden]>, "Todd > Sorensen" > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > >Gotta be Southfield. Nobody goes to Madison Heights anymore :>) > > > > I called the Ann Arbor Best Buy yesterday. The guy didn't have a > CLUE... :( > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > GPLRank - under construction... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then > beats you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. >
My point was just the irony that the people that developed the game could not walk into a store in their home town and buy it. Not that they would need to, admittedly, but it still seems ironic. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NA0C7.50094$[email hidden]... > While it may be true ISI is located in Ann Arbor, The manufacturing > plants for the cd pressing and the warehouses from where the packageswill > be shipped are NOT near Michigan.(at least I'm guessing they are not.) > Typical distrubution of software in the USA can vary by severalweeks. > Some products are held to be released nationwide on a certain date,but most > are shipped out, and depending upon the priority of orders some partsof the > US will lag far behind others. > Since the 3 F1 titles by EA have very similar names and very similar > packages, I think there will be chances for ordering and maybe evenpricing > confusion. Rest assured, since EA has shelf deals with all themajor > retail chains, there will be F1 2001 boxes in stores near you soon. > dave henrie > > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:0j0C7.30852$[email hidden]... > > I really think EA blew it as far as marketing and distribution inthe > > US. I had been checking Ann Arbor's various software storesregularly > > since the official release on 10/5, and in almost every case, evenat > > stores that I had asked previously, people had no idea what I was > > talking about. Then they would go look in their computer and theanswer > > would inevitable be "Oh yeah, here it is. We are supposed to haveit > > but I'm not showing that we ever received any. Don't know what totell > > you, dude." That's why when I finally found the two copies in > > Southfield I posted about it, I was just so amazed that some storenear > > my area had actually received a couple of copies. > > > > Want to know the really sad part? Ann Arbor is where ISI islocated. > > In their headquarters city you cannot buy a copy of their game.Sad. > > > > > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > In article <3CSA7.210401$[email hidden]>,"Todd
Quoted text (21 lines)> > Sorensen" > > > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > > >Gotta be Southfield. Nobody goes to Madison Heights anymore :>) > > > > > > I called the Ann Arbor Best Buy yesterday. The guy didn't have a > > CLUE... :( > > > > > > Eldred > > > -- > > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > > GPLRank - under construction... > > > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then > > beats you > > > with experience... > > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > > > >

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