release date, demo, going gold

[st.patrik]

I notice that Starfury went gold Sept. 11, demo was released Sept. 22, and the game will be released Oct. 3.

Does that mean that if Dom II roughly speaking goes gold on Oct. 10, the demo will be out about a week and a half later - sometime around Oct. 20, and the game will be released another week and a half later, say Oct. 30?

Is that pretty much the way you do things around here? And if so why is there such a long delay between going gold and the game being released? 3 weeks seems like a long time after the game is pretty much finished. My purpose is not to complain. However I would like to set my expectations, because if I'm not going to get the game until November (Oct. 30 + shipping time) then I will find something else to fill the time.