Retailers have it

Actually it's "day zero patch" (That's how Angel-Corlux called it on Discord). That means that the patch may be included into the initial client. It includes all the polishing devs have done after the physical copies had been distributed.

purifyweirdshard - I believed you, I was just under the impression that vendors were legally bound to date agreements as a condition of sale. Angel was very prompt to clarify the situation.

I really don't envy him or Question; it's nonsense like this that is outside their control, but as the primary contacts between company and fans, they're responsible for putting out any potential fires irrespective of who started them.

I know how you feel. I was actually wondering this myself, and I think it may have to do with the fiscal year. I looked it up and apparently for businesses, the fiscal year is divided up into quarters, and the 3rd quarter ends in June. I was always expecting them to release in July, but the 4th quarter starts on July 1. So if they released earlier in June, profits would start to show in the 3rd quarter, which might be important. But I'm not sure, I guess I could ask around for more reasons as to why the game was released this early. I think backer impatience might have had a hand in it too--people were starting to get really tired of waiting. I personally would have gone for a release in July or August for the reasons you state, but looking at the general attitude of the fandom, people might have started calling for IGA's blood if he waited that long, and not in a good way!

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That's the entitlement of some now. The only way 505 could have had more or less complete control over when everyone got their copy would have been if they had kept the game strictly digital, but a huge chunk of the audience wanted the physical option, many of those never thought nor are currently aware it seems that one of the problems of physical copies is getting your copy to your physical location to use! There no way that doing this simultaneously for everyone on the same day and hour is realistically possible, from what we've seen though they are trying to get as many out on the day of or as close too, that they can. They also wanted the entire game to be on one disc, (something that I did hope for but have accepted that it wasn't gonna be that way when I found out) I don't like everything about modern gaming but I understand enough to know that somethings just aren't realistic expectations anymore, and that picking one game that never asked to the exception to those practices and punish it and the makers for their frustration over modern practices is petty and vitriolic. Even if this game had stayed digital, platforms like Sony, and Nintendo, update at different times in different locations, we saw when Curse of the Moon came out that getting a digital Japanese copy was the quickest way to get a copy. But with physical copies everything has to be in its place days at least in advance. At no point did anyone ever promise or suggest that backers would get the game before anyone else, would I have complained if we had... of course not, but no one is "entitled" to get the game before anyone else. The combination of arrogance and ignorance is contemptible in those that think along these lines.

Alot of this is just dogpiling a top of previous legitimate and mostly imagined offences... they are looking for anything to lash out about and tear down as much as they can because someone else is going to get to play a superboss or they didn't spend the absolute least amount of money possible in their investment... or some other grave offence to their petty grievance the sad part is the few that actually do have legitimate complaints and concerns get drowned out by the wailing petty keyboard warriors. For our part we can choose to not engage nor allow those that are tearing shit down for the sake of pissing in everyone's face to dictate the mood of the event, we can listen for the legitimate complaints help them find some sort of satisfactory solution where possible and accept that things don't always work out when they don't, and keep on enjoying the event.

It's not the fact that they get it early for some, it's the fact that some early owners will record said content, post it on youtube and WILLINGLY put spoilers on the thumbnail for s***s and giggles and then will spew the bullcrap argument "don't like, don't watch" to defend themselves!

Please forgive me for i have sinned.... i thought i could wait a little bit longer to for Brotn...but i ended up spoiling myself abit. 

How the hell did these stores get their stock so early, and just start selling them with no repercussions like this?

Two questions I really want answers for.

I'm not going to hate on anyone, make childish threats, or other suck kickstarter comments like stupidity, but this really does sting.