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Originally posted by poot
Can someone point me to where Valve has officially said they're delaying because of the leak? Just curious. Before this whole fiasco, they were already shuffling their feet and saying "We didn't really mean Sep 30! HOPEFULLY we'll get it out by the holidays!" (read on bluesnews a while ago)
As I recall, Sep 30 was a date set by the publisher or someone not officially able to give such info. The leak is a great scapegoat, yeah, but doubtful they orchestrated anything beyond pushing the blame onto it.
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Vivendi's official position was "Holidays 2003" until a few days ago when it went to "April 2004 or later."
Valve's official position was "September 30th" from the time they revealed the game back at E3 up until September 23rd when they announced the first delay.
I think the first delay was because the game was simply not ready. The second delay is because of the theft--but Valve has not confirmed or denied the April 2004 window.