So, what would make you interested enough in an iPad mini to buy one on launch day?
But boy oh boy, does one thing stand out on launch day, and not in a good way.
For example, 53 percent of total sales for Dragon Age: Origins launch DLC were made on launch day.
But on launch day it all comes down to the uncontrollable forces of nature: clouds, rain, lighting and vultures.
There, I took in a view very few get to see on launch day: two spacecraft staged for the same mission.
On launch day and in the days and months after, I will hold my head high and my shoulders back, ready to go after what I want.
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The company also said that it told customers a preorder wasn't a guarantee of a reserved device on launch day, but it would fulfill orders over time.
So why is finished content locked away on launch day?
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On launch day, the live studio programme went on for about five hours, with studio guests and reporters on the scene at the Jiuquan spaceport on the edge of the Gobi desert.
If we consider all of the pre-orders that were made in lieu of standing in queues to get an iPhone directly on launch day, the sales figure could actually be much higher.
Just think of how much larger that number would have been if the most diehard fans could have logged in on launch day, or the next day, or the next, and so on.
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Last week I was able to convey some initial impressions of the first Starcraft 2 expansion pack, Heart of the Swarm from the limited time I was able to spend playing the campaign on launch day.
But if you want to sell back Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim to help you pay for half the cost of a physical copy of the game on launch day, I suppose you have that right.
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For weeks now, Blizzard has been offering pre-purchases of the game online, and you could download Diablo 3 in its entirety before release in order to simply click a button and install on launch day, and customers can continue to buy it through them at any time since then.
The shares, which closed at 487.5p on their launch day last year, have not closed above 38p since June.
Further, considering the huge pre-order demand for the iPhone 5 (Apple saw twice as many pre-orders for iPhone 5 as the 4S on the launch day), we believe that an increasing number of people are choosing to adopt the pre-order route this time.
Called PowerDirector, it'll be available on Windows 8 launch day and will retail for around 10 to 15 bucks as a standalone app in the Windows Store -- should you spring for the full version of PowerDirector, the finger-friendly version's free.
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Recognizing that the market does not top out into a correction on the same day in the spring every year, nor does it launch into a rally on the same day in the fall each year, in 1999 I introduced a similar strategy that has been one of the portfolios in my newsletter since.
Jerusalem (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday to launch a four-day swing through the Middle East that focuses attention on major issues such as Iran's nuclear progress and the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
The O-rings ultimately failed in unusually chilly weather on the day of the launch.
If you had asked us on the day of the launch in January, we would have told you that it simply can't get any better than this.
The foregoing behavior is typically experienced in Apple stock on the day after a product launch.
On Thursday, December 3, the target launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on an eleven-day International Space Station mission is scheduled at Cape Canaveral.
Were American weapons on day-to-day alert to be dismantled or otherwise disabled, however, more than a "launch on warning" option would be foreclosed: The deterrent value of the United States' arsenal would be eviscerated since, as a practical matter, it would be politically (if not technically) problematic to restore these weapons to operational status.
"This is indeed a game-changer for governance, the manner in which we govern, " Mr Chidambaram told reporters on Monday, a day before the launch of the scheme.
Mr. Tahari moved into the apartment on Labor Day, just days before the launch of New York's fashion week.
On the day of the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch, pundits are forecasting a tough day for the Apple share price.
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Or you can sit at one of the other tables, like the ones by the windows where you can watch the little planes launch, land and linger on an given day of the week.
Recognizing that the market does not launch into a new rally on the same day each fall, or top out on the same day in the spring, in 1999 my advisory service introduced what we call our Seasonal Timing Strategy to the public.
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Global Footprint Network and UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), with the support of the MAVA Foundation, will launch the report on October 1 at the two-day conference at Palazzo Zorzi.
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