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Subject: Where are you people getting some crap about a delay...?
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I don't suffer from insanity,
I enjoy every minute of it! :D

Cause it isn't... My older brother works at Futureshop, he's been asked to work late to help with the unpackin of the Halo 2 Vista (good for him, cuz he's puttin a pair of copies aside for us :D). Going in first thing tomorrow too for it, along with more than usual amount of ppl for it. Not sure why they'd ask them all to work extra for no good reason...

Oh, even go http://www.gamespot.com/pc/index.html?tag=nav-top;pc&navc lk=pc there. Delay? Methinks not... Weirdos! :P

  • 05.07.2007 5:42 AM PDT
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Just a stupid rumor that will turn out to be untrue, im picking mine up tomorrow.

The only sites I listen to are IGN, and Gamespot.

[Edited on 05.07.2007 9:45 AM PDT]

  • 05.07.2007 6:45 AM PDT
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Thank you. Finally a thread that doesn't go by what other random sites said. If Microsoft were to turn around today, the day before its release, and officially say that the game is delayed, i would lose all respect for them. If they were to say that it was delayed 1 - 2 weeks ago then thats a different story, but they haven't. They haven't even said anything about Halo 2 Vista in any of the weekly updates for the past 2 - 3 weeks. Im 99% sure its coming out tomorrow. Major Nelson even put up a small story about Halo 2 Vista about how he got a hold of a copy, and how he logged into live quickly with out problems, so i really don't know where people are getting these rumors about how its delayed because of Games for Windows Live not working. The stupidest rumor i heard was that it was delayed so that they could update the game...you would have to have the game installed in order to receive that update. Many of the people on this forum really need to think about what they are typing before making alot of people angry...

p.s.- LordDeos, your post officially makes everybody who said there was a delay look like a complete ass. I thank you for that!

  • 05.07.2007 9:40 AM PDT
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But you still have to wonder why there is a delay for certain stores at all. No company wants a product to be delayed, but if there is one, there has to be a good reason. Maybe there's a critical error, or something's wrong with it. Maybe for those retailers that are releasing on schedule, patches are going to need to be released before online play is enabled. Though, everything is but speculation at this point; we'll all find out in about 11 hours time.

Cheers.

crossius postus res

EDIT: here's the link

BTW, you can go here (bottom of page) to find out about text formatting on B.net.

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  • 05.07.2007 10:08 AM PDT
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This is the strangest launch of anything I've ever witnessed. What the hell is going on?

  • 05.07.2007 10:32 AM PDT
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What exactly am I suppose to be looking at in that Gamespot page?

I checked the Halo 2 Page and the it's says the 22nd. Forgive me if I am missing the beat.


EDIT* Nevermind my Firefox blocked the ad and saw it in IE. Damn that's a big ad -_-

I'll stick to my guns and say it's delayed. Too many stores saying it's delayed and no official response from M$ make it obvious to me that it's been delayed. It's a three year port, announcing a delay would just bring more bad pub to the game. A Silent delay while still damaging wouldn't hurt as much.





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  • 05.07.2007 10:37 AM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

聖糞!

  • 05.07.2007 2:16 PM PDT

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- Note, that's split up so that it's allowed :)

Posted by: Chaosenemy
聖糞!


That's awesome!

So where are you guys gonna get it then?! Everywhere I've been to says the game is delayed! Circuit City, Best Buy, Game Stop, EB Games, where the frick am I supposed to get it then?! It's obviously delayed. By the way, the Gamespot ad has literally changed three times today. First it said "May 8th", then it said "May 22nd", and now it says "Coming Soon". WTF?!

  • 05.07.2007 2:28 PM PDT
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yup its delayed. ebgames and gamestop changed the release date to may 22nd. im pissed off

  • 05.07.2007 3:07 PM PDT
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Obviously the game never even went into production, because if they delayed it this soon before release that would mean they are either willing to lose a ton of money on the copies of the game that have already been produced, or that they never began production in the first place. If I'm wrong about that and production has begun and copies are on their way to stores, but the street date has been pushed back, do they expect every person who buys the game to have an active internet connection to download this update or patch that's supposed to fix this error that was discovered a few days before launch?

This is the worst launch I have ever witnessed in my life.

  • 05.07.2007 3:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: dday3212
yup its delayed. ebgames and gamestop changed the release date to may 22nd. im pissed off


i know dude you arnt the only 1...........im thinking riot....anybody else?

  • 05.07.2007 3:40 PM PDT

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http://www.gameplayunlimited.com/
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I just called my BestBuy (Ames Iowa) and they said the website has not been updated yet but that the game HAS been delayed.

  • 05.07.2007 4:08 PM PDT

What it is.

It's easily a manufacturing problem. I think it's because not all stores got their shipments. So basically if one store doesn't get it's shipment then all of them don't get released. Iono, but i do believe others when they say that their store has copies and are selling them tomorrow. I just don't like how it's the majority of US that aren't receiving the game tomorrow.

  • 05.07.2007 4:51 PM PDT
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I agree, that explains why some stores are virtually unpacking the boxes and others say it will be delayed by 2 weeks. Hopefully they'll let the stores who do have it start selling it...

BestBuy and Futureshop still have it listed as the 8th, and the price is $39.99 CANADIAN! w00t, bargain...

  • 05.07.2007 5:08 PM PDT

What it is.

Btw, IGN switched their counter to the 22nd date. So it's 14 days now.

  • 05.07.2007 5:10 PM PDT
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I don't suffer from insanity,
I enjoy every minute of it! :D

For the love of all that is unholy and impure within the universe! The game has not been delayed! Futureshop up here in Canada, where my brother works, is selling it May 10th (slight delay, not sure why, but my bro got all today off for the mix up :P). This has been 100% confirmed. There are signs all over the PC Games section of the store, the manager (old family friend) gave me his word, the flier for Futureshop says May 10th. It's coming out here Thursday.

Oh, and just to let you know, buy your copies at Futureshop. It's only $39.99 CAN. EB Games is $69.99. Best Buy is $53.99. MAN this launch is kinda screwed up... EB is only getting it on like the 22nd I think. Why it's getting it a dozen days later... 'Gamestop sucks' is my only possible explanation. BB's gettin it Thursday too. I think its 2 days late maybe cause its Canada, and we sometimes do get games a day or two later than normal because we're so cool... :)

And whoever it was who thanked me for my post, you are very welcome. :D

  • 05.08.2007 2:50 PM PDT
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I hear either circuit city or future shop is the way to go

  • 05.08.2007 4:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: LordDeos
For the love of all that is unholy and impure within the universe! The game has not been delayed! Futureshop up here in Canada, where my brother works, is selling it May 10th (slight delay, not sure why, but my bro got all today off for the mix up :P). This has been 100% confirmed. There are signs all over the PC Games section of the store, the manager (old family friend) gave me his word, the flier for Futureshop says May 10th. It's coming out here Thursday.

Oh, and just to let you know, buy your copies at Futureshop. It's only $39.99 CAN. EB Games is $69.99. Best Buy is $53.99. MAN this launch is kinda screwed up... EB is only getting it on like the 22nd I think. Why it's getting it a dozen days later... 'Gamestop sucks' is my only possible explanation. BB's gettin it Thursday too. I think its 2 days late maybe cause its Canada, and we sometimes do get games a day or two later than normal because we're so cool... :)

And whoever it was who thanked me for my post, you are very welcome. :D


still think so?

  • 05.08.2007 5:38 PM PDT
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yeah i know
Posted by: Gold Soundzzz
This is the strangest launch of anything I've ever witnessed. What the hell is going on?

  • 05.08.2007 7:42 PM PDT