- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Can someone answer this question for me??!! If all of this 8/24 stuff is so FALSE, then why hasn't Bungie/MS come out and shot this down before it has gotten out of control?! Usually they shoot most of these theories down very QUICKLY if they are false..correct me if I am wrong.
Posted by: GameJunkieJim
And thank you for the concise and clear post Bray. It has been said before, but you have made it quite succint.
It deserves to be put up twice:
Posted by: Bray D
1. Both Microsoft and Bungie said it will come out on Nov. 9. They both have it listed on their websites and it has been stated many times by MS and Bungie officials it would come out on Nov 9. Never once has it been said by either of those companies that it would come out on August 24.
2. They already started advertising that it will come out on Nov. 9. They spent millions of dollars on merchandise, posters, theatrical trailers and various other things that all say it will come out on Nov 9. Why would they spend all of that money saying its comeing out Nov. 9 and then switch it to an earlier date?
3. In this weeks update Frankie said it is NEARLY complete, he never said it is complete. He also said that it is still broken and untextured at times. With that in mind, it would almost be impossible to complete the game, finish testing so there wont be any bugs, send it out to make the million+ copies of and then ship all of those copies to all of the retailers worldwide that would be selling it. All that would have to be done in less than 24 days.
4. Mass marketing hasnt started for it yet. True some marketing has started, but not alot. It wouldnt really be that smart of an idea to start selling a game when no form of advertisment has been done saying it would come out on Aug. 24. All marketing that has been done so far said that it would come out in November. And about 98% of everybody who wants to buy Halo 2 thinks it is coming out on Nov. 9. So it wouldnt really sell that well at first when everyone, except some, believe it is coming out in November. It would be bad for business if it was released early without any prior notice when the majority of people thinks its coming out three months later.
5. NOTHING has been said that it is coming out on August 24. Everything says its coming out Nov 9. It is only speculation that it is coming out in August. And just because a timer ends on the 24th doesnt mean that it is going to be released that day. True, something is going to happen that day but Halo 2 isnt going to release that day. Get over it already, Halo 2 is going to come out on November 9.
Everything i mentioned above is based on facts, not speculation like the August 24 release date is based off of.
Ahhh Sweet Sweet tru7h....