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"Gone Gold"


aramike
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Can someone please tell me where this phrase came to pass in regards to gaming? I always thought something going "gold" meant selling 100,000 copies. Now you see "gone gold" in EVERY publication, EVERYWHERE.

It's irritating - especially when you hear about a game that goes platinum.

[ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: aramike ]

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Originally posted by Eclipse:

it means finalized, ready to be shipped off for production


I know what it means, just curious as to where it came from.

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heh, you must be thinking of the music industry. In the gaming industry, Gone Gold just means that the final game is now on a CD-ROM (usually a high-quality Gold disk) and off to manufacturing.

A gold disk ... ah. Thanks.

Now, the next time I read that a game has gone platinum, I'm going off on a tirade.

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