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Subject: It IS delayed...I WORK at Best Buy, we got it in our weekly news
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The delay is confirmed...I work for Best Buy, and in our 'Retail Weekly' news update there is a section stating:

IMPORTANT:

Video Game Release: Halo 2 PC Vista
Original Scheduled Release Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
New Release Date: May 22, 2007

**ALL STORES THAT RECIEVE THIS TITLE BEFORE MAY 22, 2007 ARE TO NOT PUT IT OUT ON SHELVES, BUT TO KEEP IT IN LOCK UP UNTIL THIS DAY.

[Edited on 05.07.2007 7:43 AM PDT]

  • 05.07.2007 7:41 AM PDT
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This is getting kind of annoying, I'm wondering who to believe after all the different sources.

  • 05.07.2007 8:05 AM PDT
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umm.....wait a minute.... if they are saying keep it in lockup until the 22nd then what is this stuff about how they are updating the instalation and other "technical" issues?? if they keep all the copies in lockup you cant do that unless they are intending to do an update but then how will the update help the instillation? something doesnt make any sense about that.....

  • 05.07.2007 8:14 AM PDT
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Well its the 8th today, is it out yet???, if not, than theres a good chance it is delayed

  • 05.07.2007 8:18 AM PDT
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what i think is that "LIVE-service" isnt working properly, so they have to wait with releasing the game otherwise nobody can play online and you'll get alot of angry customers ;)

  • 05.07.2007 8:20 AM PDT

Posted by: Fake
Well its the 8th today, is it out yet???, if not, than theres a good chance it is delayed
well today is the 7th so its not going to be out today even if it was released tommarow! but i just found out it was delayed thanx to the forum but most of the forums stuff is lies! I only trust my slef

  • 05.07.2007 8:21 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fake
Well its the 8th today, is it out yet???, if not, than theres a good chance it is delayed
well today is the 7th so its not going to be out today even if it was released tommarow! but i just found out it was delayed thanx to the forum but most of the forums stuff is lies! I only trust my slef


I live in Australia, we are like 18 hours ahead of America. Its the 8th of May, 2:30AM, unless my watch, computer, calander and school has all got the wrong date???

  • 05.07.2007 9:31 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fake
Well its the 8th today, is it out yet???, if not, than theres a good chance it is delayed

It's the 7th, so we'll find out if it's true officially tomorrow.

  • 05.07.2007 9:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fake
I live in Australia, we are like 18 hours ahead of America. Its the 8th of May, 2:30AM, unless my watch, computer, calander and school has all got the wrong date???


Are they releasing it in Australia the same day? I didn't think so...

Anyway, talk about contradiction: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=10736968

  • 05.07.2007 10:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fake
I live in Australia, we are like 18 hours ahead of America. Its the 8th of May, 2:30AM, unless my watch, computer, calander and school has all got the wrong date???


Are they releasing it in Australia the same day? I didn't think so...

Anyway, talk about contradiction: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=10736968


I wouldn't know, If some American stores already have H2V in stock, its possible that we do as well. But than again, thats highly unlikely as Australia is usually the last to receive stuff. Not to mention the prices are the highest (H2V will sell for roughly $50 in America, will sell for roughly $80-100 in Australia).

Thats probably the only real bad thing about Australia, its always left behind. Trackmania United was released in Australia a few weeks behind most other countries, And by the time we finally got it, people where already over the 10,000 point mark on the leader board. It takes weeks to get that many points, talk about unfair. They should really make games universal releases, like most of the movies that are coming out.

  • 05.07.2007 10:40 AM PDT
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There ya go. It means some places will get it and others aren't. I wouldn't be surprised if many people ended up getting it tomorrow.

  • 05.07.2007 10:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fence_Jumper
umm.....wait a minute.... if they are saying keep it in lockup until the 22nd then what is this stuff about how they are updating the instalation and other "technical" issues?? if they keep all the copies in lockup you cant do that unless they are intending to do an update but then how will the update help the instillation? something doesnt make any sense about that.....


Gamepro is full of it. They have no credibility at all.

  • 05.07.2007 10:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fence_Jumper
umm.....wait a minute.... if they are saying keep it in lockup until the 22nd then what is this stuff about how they are updating the instalation and other "technical" issues?? if they keep all the copies in lockup you cant do that unless they are intending to do an update but then how will the update help the instillation? something doesnt make any sense about that.....


Gamepro is full of it. They have no credibility at all.



Yet the game is pointing to all directions that it will mostly be delayed.

Good thinking.

BTW when they say they are fixing the game they could readying a patch to be available when the game is released.

  • 05.07.2007 10:55 AM PDT
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Well, if something as drastic as an installation problem got through the testing there would be a clear and concise announcement about it. They would actually have to warn people not to try and install the game. It is a validated application, and any damage it could cause to a person's partition would mean legal consequences. Anything else would be fixed by a patch.

Oh, I forgot to ask mr. best buy employee. Why dont you scan the page of the newsletter?

  • 05.07.2007 11:17 AM PDT
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I don't know about you guys but where I live (Canada) my local Best Buy already got theres in stock today, just got back from there and already have my copy.

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  • 05.07.2007 12:43 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

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I don't know about you guys but where I live (Canada) my local Best Buy already got theres in stock today, just got back from there and already have my copy.


Proof or GTFO!

Jk.... but seriously lol.

  • 05.07.2007 12:59 PM PDT
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Well thats funny because i work at bestbuy and we are scheduled to get it on the 8/9th

  • 05.07.2007 1:10 PM PDT
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http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Halo-2/dp/B000NV8F58/ref=pd_b bs_sr_1/104-1911059-5535122?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid= 1178569345&sr=8-1

  • 05.07.2007 1:23 PM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Posted by: MrNick01
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Halo-2/dp/B000NV8F58/ref=pd_b bs_sr_1/104-1911059-5535122?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid= 1178569345&sr=8-1

  • 05.07.2007 1:25 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

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Posted by: MrNick01
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Halo-2/dp/B000NV8F58/ref=pd_b bs_sr_1/104-1911059-5535122?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid= 1178569345&sr=8-1


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8301811&st= halo+2&type=product&id=1172881771432

Sorry guys, but posting links to different sites for release dates isn't getting us anywhere. We will just have to see if it comes out tomorrow/day after to know for sure.

[Edited on 05.07.2007 1:31 PM PDT]

  • 05.07.2007 1:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: AHal
The delay is confirmed...I work for Best Buy, and in our 'Retail Weekly' news update there is a section stating:

IMPORTANT:

Video Game Release: Halo 2 PC Vista
Original Scheduled Release Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
New Release Date: May 22, 2007

**ALL STORES THAT RECIEVE THIS TITLE BEFORE MAY 22, 2007 ARE TO NOT PUT IT OUT ON SHELVES, BUT TO KEEP IT IN LOCK UP UNTIL THIS DAY.


This seems really fishy. My number one question is why would you keep it in "lockup" if bungie intends to update the install systems and add various other patches. In order for this to occur, all stores would have to cancel the deadline, and return all of the game copies back to bungie. This is EXACTLY what happened to bungie's myth, where there was a weird install bug, where when you uninstalled the game, the directory that it was installed on was erased. For example, if you installed the game on the C drive, the C drive was wiped. the game was delayed for weeks, and cost bungie millions. They caught this error mid-shipment, and all the games came back.

This does not appear to be what bungie has in mind. There is no reason to just lockup the game until the 22nd. I don't see how this would ever happen.

  • 05.07.2007 1:40 PM PDT
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You know what I find funny about this thread? This is what.
In reference to the Employee in the article and AHal.
- Both "work" at best buy.
- Both are referencing to a problem\feature that seems absurd. The 100 GB hard drive turned out to be false.
- Both claim that the store might receieve the product, but to put it on "hold" and not sell it until later.

And finnally, what is this "Retail Weekly" they speak of. Now I may be wrong, but a Google search revealed no such thing.

Obviously, I am not accusing anyone of anything. This is just an odd coincidence I noticed.

  • 05.07.2007 1:59 PM PDT
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If you guys are really that impatient to play Halo 2, try this

  • 05.07.2007 2:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: MrNick01
And finnally, what is this "Retail Weekly" they speak of. Now I may be wrong, but a Google search revealed no such thing.


I agree with everything you said, and something sounds awefully fishy. Anyway, yeah there is a "retail weeky" but it can be refered to as many different things. I call it the weekly flier, some call it weekly sales. Whatever you wanna call it, its a flier that comes out once a week to promote all the items on sale, and all the items that the store is pushing. Bestbuy has one, Circuit City has one, etc.

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well i called Best Buy because i wanted to see for myself because it was in the Sunday ad. They said "Our computers are saying no tentative release date" and i said "Well it was in the Sunday ad" and they said "Well then if it was in the Sunday ad it has to be coming out on that date" so at Best Buy Mountain View, CA it is coming out on the 8th of May at 2:00pm so you all should just call the stores up and ask and we will get more answers

  • 05.07.2007 3:40 PM PDT

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