- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: AHaloPlayer
Interesting that, as usual, the only reason against the release date being the 9th in the UK, is complete bull-blam!-. Now, let's play along a sec, and suppose that the "retailers might be tempted" arguement holds true. It applies anywhere - in the US, in Australia, in Asia, in anywhere where the game is sold. However, it's only an arguement for a delayed release in the UK.
It's not us (the consumer's) fault for whether retailers decide to be selfish and sell the game early, yet we get penalised for it. Fair? I think not.
Microsoft can easily afford to take retailers who don't play by the rules to court, and/or sue them (and with one of the biggest legal departments of any company, the chances of them losing are low).
Incidentally, when were Bungie planning on telling us? After hyping the 'Nov. 9th' release date, they failed to mention that it would be released on the 11th in the UK. Why? Are we not that important? Or was it just arrogance on the part of Bungie and Microsoft ("Hey, UKers aren't going to read any of the stuff at E3, no need to mention that it's the 11th for them")?
Considering the UK games market is one of the largest in the world, don't you think we deserve better treatment? Apparently not, either due to American arrogance that the only country that matters is the US, or because some people are highly ignorant.
And for those who just say "It's only 2 days" and are getting it on Nov. 9th, please, shut up. Feel free to say that if you're waiting the 2 extra days, but if you aren't, you don't have to put up with it, so just shut up. Period.
Well, if you're dumb-ass stores wouldn't sell their games before they were meant to be released, with every game, as proven by some posts on the first page, we wouldn't be haveing this discussion, would we? Bungie and Microsoft have the right to sell it whenever they want. It's their game! If they feel that the need to delay it 2 days in Europe, then they could. You're just lucky that Bungie decided to work on NTSC, and PAL discs at the same time, or the delay could be months. But they're nice, and cut that delay down to 48 hours. And I doubt it will even be that long, because the stores cant hold on to their games, and they will be trying to sell it right off the delivery trucks.
About this lawsuit issue...do you have any idea how easy it would be for the british stores to say "I have no idea what he's talking about"? You are an example of how biased the british are against americans, and I have reason to belive the judges would be the same way. Plus, I dont think Microsoft has the time to be dealing with the dumb-ass store owners.
And another thing. You said that is is unfair for the people to be penalised for retared stores. Well, I agree...BUT, life isn't fair. You should be screaming at the store owners, instead of the american people. Because it is their "arrogence", that they would sell all their games early. And it is this "arrogence", that is keeping you from playing Halo 2, on the 9th.
I actually liked the British. I really did. But after seeing some of these posts, I have come to the conclusion, that the world (this, now including the British) hates the Americans so much, that they will -blam!- at us, over a -blam!-ing video game. "This is only an arguement just so they can delay it in the UK"...Are you -blam!-ing kidding me? Has your hate for america reached the point, that you think that the a game company, that loves their fans as much as Bungie, would purposely delay it there? My God...get a life. But guess what? You will still buy it after the delay, because you are retarded.
And one more thing, you have no goddamn right to be calling americans arrogent, or ignorant. You don't know us. You probably never even -blam!-ing met one of us, in person. Because if you had, you would never have said that, because americans are some of the nicest goddamn people in the world. You can say all you want, but America will always be there for Britan, their 'little brother', whenever they need us.
This post will probably get deleted, but I dont care. I just can't stand some people.