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Originally Posted by BruceM
It wasn't that long ago when OOTP used release before opening day.
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Yep, and it was awesome. Since around the split from SI though the development cycle was definitely thrown off a bit.
While I agree it would an advantage having the game drop earlier you lose any advantage it may offer if the game isn't complete or is buggy as hell.
The beta testers throw enough bug reports to Markus pre release to keep him very, very busy. If you were to add in all the tech support and forum complaints of a buggy mess and he'd be completely screwed.