Early release

crashsports1 · 03-10-2025, 08:47 PM

Question. Does the early release hit at midnight tn (and if so, which time zone) or should I go to sleep and wake up at normal person hours lol

JohnCena · 03-10-2025, 08:52 PM

Normal person hours. Think noon EST tomorrow

Bobfather · 03-10-2025, 08:54 PM

Usually afternoon on the USA east coast. Monitor your email. And check back here, sometimes the link gets here before some people get the email. 1 small bit of advice, find your licence key, copy to a document and save to your desk top. Can save a bit of time.

BaseballMan · 03-10-2025, 09:26 PM

Yeah i wouldn't stay up all night waiting for the release.
I can't remember if they ever released the game at midnight.
I think they are usually double checking everything.
On the bright side i've never seen them postpone the release from the announced date.

rburgh · 03-10-2025, 10:58 PM

Was it 23 or 24 where the release was at least a week later than normal?

BaseballMan · 03-10-2025, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rburgh

Was it 23 or 24 where the release was at least a week later than normal?

I dont believe so.
I take the day off or I'm on vacation when the game is released and I don't recall not getting the game during that time.
I think it might have taken longer in the day for the game to release or a patch was delayed but I dont remember the game being postponed.
But I could be wrong.

tejdog1 · 03-11-2025, 12:30 AM

I remember when it released in June one year. Good times.

jksander · 03-11-2025, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BaseballMan

Yeah i wouldn't stay up all night waiting for the release.
I can't remember if they ever released the game at midnight.
I think they are usually double checking everything.
On the bright side i've never seen them postpone the release from the announced date.

They are also in Germany ...

BaseballMan · 03-11-2025, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by tejdog1

I remember when it released in June one year. Good times.

Yeah i think that was the one after 6.5 release. Was that ootp 2006?
Still they did release it when they announced it would be release.

Bobfather · 03-11-2025, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rburgh

Was it 23 or 24 where the release was at least a week later than normal?

It was 23. To be clear, the announced release date was a week later than normal, but the release itself was not late. IE was announced on March 18th and came out on the 18th, or whatever date it actually was.

RMc · 03-11-2025, 10:20 AM

Think noon EST tomorrow

It's EDT now, pard'ner...

JohnCena · 03-11-2025, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RMc

Think noon EST tomorrow

It's EDT now, pard'ner...

I don’t like this new and scary world lol

Bunktown Ballers · 03-11-2025, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnCena

I don’t like this new and scary world lol

The only thing I find scary is if my wife wants to talk to me on release day. By now she knows to just nod and smile when she walks by. That's way married couples act in Cajun Country

Bunktown Ballers

BaseballMan · 03-11-2025, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobfather

It was 23. To be clear, the announced release date was a week later than normal, but the release itself was not late. IE was announced on March 18th and came out on the 18th, or whatever date it actually was.

I seem to recall something happened between ootp 6.5 and ootp2006.
Was it that there was no release after ootp 6 and 6.5 was kind of a feature pack until ootp2006 was released.
I may be wrong but i just remember they were changing to some new system and there was no whole game release that year.
We did get 6.5 which was a lot better than nothing at all.

thedude24 · 03-11-2025, 05:31 PM

Early release?? I'm frickin dying here, throw a dog a bone!!!

thedude24 · 03-11-2025, 05:41 PM

Im just dumb

T.J. Lauerman · 03-11-2025, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobfather

It was 23. To be clear, the announced release date was a week later than normal, but the release itself was not late. IE was announced on March 18th and came out on the 18th, or whatever date it actually was.

OOTP 23 came out in late April '22 because of the lockout.

I don't remember if there was something else that coincided with that.

tem316 · 03-11-2025, 07:04 PM

When will OOTP26 Early Release email be sent Out? 12 noon EST was seven hours ago?

Reed · 03-11-2025, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tem316

When will OOTP26 Early Release email be sent Out? 12 noon EST was seven hours ago?

Check your spam or if you have your receipt from when you bought the game the code will be on it and you can download from this forum.

03-10-2025, 08:47 PM	#1
crashsports1 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 59	Early release Question. Does the early release hit at midnight tn (and if so, which time zone) or should I go to sleep and wake up at normal person hours lol

03-10-2025, 08:54 PM	#3
Bobfather All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Boston Ma. Posts: 1,624	Usually afternoon on the USA east coast. Monitor your email. And check back here, sometimes the link gets here before some people get the email. 1 small bit of advice, find your licence key, copy to a document and save to your desk top. Can save a bit of time. __________________ I play out every game—one pitch mode.

03-10-2025, 10:58 PM	#5
rburgh All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 961	Oh, ye of short memory Was it 23 or 24 where the release was at least a week later than normal?

03-11-2025, 12:30 AM	#7
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,647	I remember when it released in June one year. Good times. __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

03-11-2025, 10:20 AM	#11
RMc All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,643	Think noon EST tomorrow It's EDT now, pard'ner... __________________ "We're all behind our baseball team..."

03-10-2025, 08:52 PM	#2
JohnCena Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 29	Normal person hours. Think noon EST tomorrow

03-10-2025, 09:26 PM	#4
BaseballMan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 6,517	Yeah i wouldn't stay up all night waiting for the release. I can't remember if they ever released the game at midnight. I think they are usually double checking everything. On the bright side i've never seen them postpone the release from the announced date.

03-11-2025, 05:31 PM	#15
thedude24 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 55	Waiting all day -- when is the release Early release?? I'm frickin dying here, throw a dog a bone!!!

03-11-2025, 05:41 PM	#16
thedude24 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 55	Found it lol Im just dumb

03-11-2025, 07:04 PM	#18
tem316 Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 306	When will OOTP26 Early Release email be sent Out? 12 noon EST was seven hours ago?