aramike Posted June 7, 2001 Report Posted June 7, 2001 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 ]
Eclipse Posted June 7, 2001 Report Posted June 7, 2001 it means finalized, ready to be shipped off for production
Guest Mikel Posted June 7, 2001 Report Posted June 7, 2001 AFAIK, the disk that they copy onto the other disk is colored gold, thus the term "Gone gold" was born.
Supreme Cmdr Posted June 7, 2001 Report Posted June 7, 2001 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.
aramike Posted June 7, 2001 Author Report Posted June 7, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Eclipse: it means finalized, ready to be shipped off for productionI know what it means, just curious as to where it came from. quote: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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