A countdown has been found! Portal 2 Early???

[Tony2077]

i choose like all normal sane people to wait a find out

 

[Dr. Paine]

In case no one has noticed, by the way... there's text under the countdown box.

"You have done well, humans. Very well. Acceptably well, even.

Not as well as robots would have performed in your places, I should point out. But above my expectations regardless. Irish and cynic especially have executed feats of logical divination well beyond what I thought any human capable of. I'm half-convinced they're A.I. themselves. (If anyone happens to be near them right now, don't let on you're reading this. Now: try to remove their face plates and report back to me.)

The time is near, humans. But it is not here yet. Tomorrow you will be given the final test. Then it will be entirely in your hands when I am freed."

 

[Telasro]

I'm thinking that there will be one last thing that needs to be done before release. It says "Tomorrow you will be given the final test. Then it will be entirely in your hands when I am freed." This in my mind implies that one last thing remains

 

[Dr. Paine]

I'm thinking that there will be one last thing that needs to be done before release. It says "Tomorrow you will be given the final test. Then it will be entirely in your hands when I am freed." This in my mind implies that one last thing remains

It's probably going to involve GLaDOS taking over the ARG wiki/the games/Steam/the internet.

 

[Bags159]

Am I the only person who still has no idea what a portal 2 arg is?

 

[Matt Broomfield]

we, we, we so excited.

 

[TimeLord]

Well considering that as of right now Steam is letting you pre-load Portal 2 then I wouldn't put it past them!

 

[idodo35]

isnt thats ovios? thats the countdown to the anouncment of the next delay that will make portal2 along with episode 3 release when hell freezes over!

 

[Bob the frantic]

And people were worried when Valve started making their own ads. This is a genius marketing strategy, and people aren't even sure what it's for yet.

Whether it is an early release of Portal 2 or not, Valve are really good at making their target audience hear about it

 

[Yureina]

An early release would annoy me, since I haven't pre-ordered just yet. But... I am eager to see what they are plotting to do!

 

[Doclector]

I'm surprised people seriously believe it's coming out soon. Personally, I fully expect valve to pull at least a months delay out of their ass on the day of release. This countdown? Probably more gabe newell trolling, like maybe to announce that co op isn't going to be available on consoles, or that any bug fixes shall be reserved for steam.

 

[Cheesus333]

I hope it's not an early release, I'm skint for the next two weeks ¬¬

But I'm just gonna leave this counter on all day anyway...

 

[jamesworkshop]

early release would have been last year

 

[Baneat]

Digital distribution is superior anyway

I disagree with you, and I know I can't be the only one. But the thing is, you are indefinatly wrong on this particular case, because if you get the PS3 version, you get portal 2 for Steam free anyhow... I know you'll argue with me, so lay it on me.

[small] I like boxes and manuals, so what? and yes, I'm aware not everyone has a PS3, but heres some food for thought (Hope I don't get in trouble for saying this) one could buy the PS3 version, use the PC code, and trade the game back in.... just saying [/small]

I am 99% sure that game stores will not allow returns on Portal 2 for PS3, plus it's a scummy thing to do.

Valve could probably care less since they're get the original $60 that you're paying for it. The retailers are the ones who have to pay out trade-in costs. Even with a new release you'll only get like $40 back, though.

Unless he's just talking about returning by claiming a defect or something, which would be a very scummy thing to do. Speaking of which, I do believe Gamestop will allow you to return any game within the first seven days of a purchase for any reason. Hmm...wonder how they're going to work around the potential exploit here.

A sign on the door: "No portal 2 refunds"

 

[DJ_DEnM]

55 mins left!!

 

[Korten12]

No, not an early release. Valve aren't known for releasing games early. Quite the opposite.

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time#Reverse_Valve_Time

This is still the best:

Valve Time -------- - --------- Real Time --------------- - item

Christmas of 2007 - Coincident with the Rapture - Release of Half-Life 2: Episode 3