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Quote: Originally Posted by redsox4evur

This is more so that way everyone can PLAY THE GAME at release. They still have to wait an hour or more so that way the game can install and the 8GB patch, which all of you digital people should have done with the preload option. Also ALL of the online components aren't going to be active until 12am EDT anyways. So in the end it doesn't really matter that they get the game early.

Couldn't have said it any better.