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Subject: November 11th Release in Ireland........

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Hmmm...I don't really see why they are pushing it back further to prevent early selling. Why not let the retailers do as they want? Why not deliver Halo 2 to the US earlier as well? If the games done and ready to play then why not let people play it eh?

  • 07.11.2004 8:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: ash55
Hmmm...I don't really see why they are pushing it back further to prevent early selling. Why not let the retailers do as they want? Why not deliver Halo 2 to the US earlier as well? If the games done and ready to play then why not let people play it eh?

Exactly..........damn Microsoft

  • 07.11.2004 9:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: ash55
Hmmm...I don't really see why they are pushing it back further to prevent early selling. Why not let the retailers do as they want? Why not deliver Halo 2 to the US earlier as well? If the games done and ready to play then why not let people play it eh?

I don't why they are pushing back they date for Europe, except leagally they have less control over foreign retailers than US ones. And possibly also distribution factors of making and sending that many DVDs, probably make the NTSC ones first then the PAL version.

I think most of the not releasing it early has to do with marketing. But part of it would also be that they need to make sure XBL is ready for the huge influx of players.

  • 07.11.2004 9:40 AM PDT
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Posted by: JAY132
I know Is hould stop whining, but why is the UK last to get every-f * * *ing thing (films, Games etc) It's really annoying.


yeah, that doesn't apply for everything. The Futurama DVDs all 4 seasons were released in the UK before I even got the first one, I think the Simpsons DVDs were released there earlier than the US too

2 days...oh boo hoo is it really gonna kill you?

  • 07.11.2004 10:20 AM PDT
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I'll get halo2 arround november 2 or 3 because my friend own a eb game so he will sell it to me as soon as he get it!!! Then i'll come here and spoil everything MUHAHAHAHAHHAHA

But seriously i should have it 1 week before everyone MUAHAHAHAHHA

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  • 07.11.2004 10:20 AM PDT
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*Cries* those two days are going to lag like hell *cries*

  • 07.11.2004 10:28 AM PDT
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who wants to join me in not buying this game ever !!!!!!!!!!

come on we can do it !!!!


oh ok maybe not

  • 07.11.2004 11:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: ONEZEON
who wants to join me in not buying this game ever !!!!!!!!!!

come on we can do it !!!!


oh ok maybe not

I would pay you if you actually managed never to play it

  • 07.11.2004 11:46 AM PDT
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Posted by: Tsmola

2 days...oh boo hoo is it really gonna kill you?


well it will when you go online and bungie decide to release about a hundred screens on the day its out.

  • 07.11.2004 1:31 PM PDT
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Does it really matter? US gets it on the 9th. Which means the copies will be shipped to retailers throughtout the country on the 9th. and the retailers will start selling the copies on the 10th. I think the extra 2 days for the UK is because it will take longer to ship TO the UK maybe?

I pre-ordered a LE H2 from gamestop.com with Overnight shipping, so i won't get it until the 10th anyway. And i doubt it that Bungie will be stupid enough to ship the copies to retailers early, because of the selling before release issue.

  • 07.11.2004 1:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: SPLINTERFACTION
O-yeah while theres some brits here can anyone tell me if the halo books can be bought in the UK?


I got mine of Ebay.co.uk, but u can get them all of amazon.co.uk aswell!

  • 07.11.2004 2:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: ash55
Hmmm...I don't really see why they are pushing it back further to prevent early selling. Why not let the retailers do as they want? Why not deliver Halo 2 to the US earlier as well? If the games done and ready to play then why not let people play it eh?

Exactly..........damn Microsoft


Noodle, you've delivered the worst news of the year for me (forgiven though!!!)
I agree, why don't they just deliver it earlier??!!! (or re-arrange there bloody shipping times, shows you how much they care doesn't it?)

  • 07.11.2004 2:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: JAY132
I know Is hould stop whining, but why is the UK last to get every-f * * *ing thing (films, Games etc) It's really annoying.


yeah, that doesn't apply for everything. The Futurama DVDs all 4 seasons were released in the UK before I even got the first one, I think the Simpsons DVDs were released there earlier than the US too

2 days...oh boo hoo is it really gonna kill you?


You'd feel the same way if it was you, so be quiet.

  • 07.11.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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Well, if it takes Bungie 84 hours instead of 12 hours to deliver the Beta discs, I'd be happy if they only take two days to deliver the PAL version after the NTSC one. Still, I think it's rather dumb.

This has to be a decision by some Microsoft Marketing Genius(tm).
The same one that thought Microsoft BOB was a good idea.

  • 07.11.2004 2:27 PM PDT

SB-117

I'm pretty sure its not shipping issues. I think its the fact that UKs delivery date is on the 3rd of november (I think) which means retailers could sell it nearly a week early! Where as USs delivery date is only just before Halo2s release. So, they delay the UK delivery to the next Wednesday in UK (November 10th) to stop retailers from selling early over here. Thus america get it on the 9th and us brits get it on the 11th.

I think thats right :S I've heard that reason twice.

  • 07.11.2004 3:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Oingy Boingy
I'm from the UK and have a plan to get Halo 2 early.

Game shops get games a week or sometimes even a couple of weeks early. A famous example was when in the UK 'PC World' sold Project Gotham 2, 2 weeks early and made tons of money from impatient buyers who wouldn't have bought it from PC world otherwise.

Anyway my plan is to go to some independant shop (not some chain store like GAME) and ask them politely to sell me Halo 2 a week or so early (whenever they have it in stock.) I think they'll do it as they'll want to get rid of their stock ASAP so they can order more and sell more and thus make more money.

If this plan fails well then my cousin works in GAME in stock control so he can get games as soon as the shop gets them in. So I'll get him to get me a copy.

I thought ahead...

the game ships the night before the release, so how will u do that?????

  • 07.11.2004 4:30 PM PDT
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I don't see why you're pissed off technically you only get it 40 hours after the West coast (uhh I'm assuming an 8 hour difference and a release at midnight).

  • 07.11.2004 7:17 PM PDT
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Heh American users will be too tied up playing Campagin instead of online. Then the Comps begin.

  • 07.11.2004 7:21 PM PDT
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ya

  • 07.11.2004 9:15 PM PDT
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Not pissed off, just disappointed. It was only on E3 that they announced a world wide release date of Nov 9th, I just didn't realize that their world only consists out of the United States.

But really, it doesn't matter that much. It's not like we can create Halo 2 Clans with unique names starting Nov 9th, and you guys get to picks all the good names and we get all the left-overs.

'Cause then I would be really disappointed.

  • 07.12.2004 12:30 AM PDT
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Well what can we do....? Just looks like us Brits are gonna have to wait

  • 07.12.2004 2:50 AM PDT
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This post is SO snipped

[Edited on 7/12/2004 7:59:20 AM by goweb]

  • 07.12.2004 3:30 AM PDT
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What's with all the flaming from the Americans?

If I wanted to, I could name a a thousand things that are better in the UK than in the USA. President Bush has has the same IQ as a glass of water, it definitely shows with some of his recent decisions.

At least the UK isn't full of airheaded, slack-jawed, inbred mongrels. You're all really bubbly and hyper, which makes you the most annoying people on the planet.

Yeah, its true we get a GAME (probably the greatest game ever) 2 days after you, but who really gives a s**t after we ALL have been waiting for it for something stupid like 2 years. Its like, 4 months till it comes out anyway, so there's still time left to tick away.

Instead of sitting and waiting for the game to come out why don't you go all go ouside and get some exercise? The sheer weight of your country could pull us all under the ocean (I know that's impossible, just making a statement).

I'm only dealing out the flaming because you are doing it for no reason (so I apologize to any reasonable Americans that have been OK with this situation).

I'll leave you with:
Go and polish your guns you hillbilly mongrel and... Have a nice day, now don't go shooting anyone :)

  • 07.12.2004 6:42 AM PDT
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Not pissed off, just disappointed. It was only on E3 that they announced a world wide release date of Nov 9th, I just didn't realize that their world only consists out of the United States.

But really, it doesn't matter that much. It's not like we can create Halo 2 Clans with unique names starting Nov 9th, and you guys get to picks all the good names and we get all the left-overs.

'Cause then I would be really disappointed.


I totally agree, it doesn't bother me that much, but it's still dissappointing.

Apologies people, my previous posts were made by my mate without me knowing. Won't happen again, and I'm really not a whiner!!!

  • 07.12.2004 9:52 AM PDT
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It is a bit of a dissapointment, I guess its just so the yanks can get a head start ;)

  • 07.12.2004 12:14 PM PDT