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Best Buy is still telling me that NWN won’t be out until tommorow. Either the guy on the phone just wants to get rid of me (so I won’t call back on his shift) or they actually have the game in the back room and are sitting on it. Neither would surprise me. If it weren’t for the fact that I preordered and I have a nice coupon with them, I would so head off to Babbage’s.

Of course, it doesn’t take any time for bug reports to filter in. One thread I read said it runs like a dog on his system, a system which “meets all the requirements – except video card”, which is akin to having a car that “meets all of the road requirements – except for wheels”. Others are complaining about random crashes – and inevitably they’re running a rare piece of hardware or have old drivers, etc. If Bioware patches the game then they’re seen as having put out an incomplete game rushed to market. Of course the bugs probably only occur on a configuration they’ve never seen before, so they were supposed to fix those bugs they had no way of knowing were there. And if they throw up their hands and say “it’s the hardware makers fault” then they’re seen as irresponsible for not fixing the bug that’s not their fault.

Of course if, when I get the game, it won’t run or it crashes I’ll probably change my tune completely…

I wonder how often I should pester Best Buy…