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I really hope they decide to unlock it over Steam before Nov 16.

Won't happen. As much as we'd like it, won't happen.

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It just doesn't make any sense to make Steam people wait till the retail release. What's the point?

The point is that the game distributors and retailers of the world aren't ready for such a paradigm shift. It will come, and this is the first step towards it, but it just can't come today. And anyway, if Valve released it early, VU would definitely win their lawsuit against Valve because then it would be clear and obvious that Valve was trying to subvert the shelf sales.
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Tony Fabris