whats it mean when a game goes "GOLD?"

notfred

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When a game goes gold it means the game is finished and the master disc (the 'gold copy') is sent out to be produced in mass and put in boxes to ship.
 

Eli

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Oh, I would've figured that it was the same as when a music CD goes gold.. and I would've apparently been wrong, lol.
 

Zugzwang152

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Originally posted by: KirbsAw
Originally posted by: Eli
Oh, I would've figured that it was the same as when a music CD goes gold.. and I would've apparently been wrong, lol.

hmm, I thought the same thing

me as well, Gold = 100,000 copies sold or something I think. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold.
 

Apathetic

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Originally posted by: notfred
When a game goes gold it means the game is finished and the master disc (the 'gold copy') is sent out to be produced in mass and put in boxes to ship.


Yup.

Dave
 

Chebago

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Originally posted by: Zugzwang152


me as well, Gold = 100,000 copies sold or something I think. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold.

I just checked because I have always wondered about this, it is 500,000 to go Gold, and a million to go Platinum, link
 

digitalsm

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Originally posted by: Chebago
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152


me as well, Gold = 100,000 copies sold or something I think. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold.

I just checked because I have always wondered about this, it is 500,000 to go Gold, and a million to go Platinum, link

And diamond is 10million+
 

AFB

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Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Chebago
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152


me as well, Gold = 100,000 copies sold or something I think. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold.

I just checked because I have always wondered about this, it is 500,000 to go Gold, and a million to go Platinum, link

And diamond is 10million+

What about 100mill + ?
 

jjones

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Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Chebago
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152


me as well, Gold = 100,000 copies sold or something I think. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold.

I just checked because I have always wondered about this, it is 500,000 to go Gold, and a million to go Platinum, link

And diamond is 10million+

What about 100mill + ?
That's when it goes Kryptonite and even Superman can't touch it. :p
 

Amorphus

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Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Originally posted by: digitalsm
Originally posted by: Chebago
Originally posted by: Zugzwang152


me as well, Gold = 100,000 copies sold or something I think. Platinum = 1,000,000 copies sold.

I just checked because I have always wondered about this, it is 500,000 to go Gold, and a million to go Platinum, link

And diamond is 10million+

What about 100mill + ?

No record has sold that many yet.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index/records.asp?id=38&pg=1