This was partially inspired by Jack Dionne's question. Assuming that ETW doesn't include SecuROM or other invasive and/or potentially harmful copy protection software, how long after the game's release will you buy it?


Personally, I intend to wait until the first patch has been released. Such has been my general policy with PC games for several years now.

Granted, there's always the possibility that Empire will be relatively free of major bugs (i.e., on par with Shogun/MTW), but I admit I'm rather skeptical of the likelihood of that actually happening. Of course, I would love to be proven wrong.