Sorry Xav, my point was that concept art seems like a strange beast to use for promotional purposes. I posited that OI (being secretive this go-round) would probably prefer to keep the pre-production art for release after the game has hit, and that EA aren't really falling all over themselves to push Stranger period, much less to go the extra mile of getting art that isn't accessible without thought. I suppose my point was that EA sucks, and though they were smart enough to pick up Stranger, they're too dumb to get the word out.
As others have pointed out, an advertising campaign should at least be sneaking around the peripheral right now, telling it like it is and offering condolences to those not in the know. Watch; EA's going to wait until its too late to start advertising and then bemoan poor sales. (Made even more tragic by the conscious effort of OI to make Stranger more palatable to the public than any previous oddworld game) Really, if this is what comes from getting the game out earlier I think I could've waited until an honorable publisher picked it up.
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