The first episode, Winter is Coming, has been released on DVD by itself. In the UK, it's available at branches of HMV for either £1.99, or free with any HBO box set over £10. In Canada, it's been spotted at branches of Future Shop. I'd be surprised if a chain wasn't doing a similar deal in the States.
In the UK, Game of Thrones airs on the cable channel Sky Atlantic which the overwhelming majority of the British population does not have access to, so this marks the first time that the general population has access to an episode of Thrones. So that's a lot of people who are going to get to the end of the episode and go "Argh!" when they find they have to wait another two months for the full box set :-)
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"so this marks the first time that the general population has access to an episode of Thrones."
officially...
I was thinking of more that this would be the first time the general population will have even heard of the show ;)
I cannot speak for the UK but here in the US you would be amazed by how many (non fantasy readers and even fantasy haters) have heard of the show despite being on HBO which is also relatively limited in penetration as it adds on the 8-10$ scale to your monthly cable bill
I heard supermarket conversations, heard from friends that want nothing to do with fantasy etc; the huge publicity GRRM got on the end of the year lists (Time USA Today..) only will add to that...
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