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Subject: The Great Release Date Debate

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Poll: Which do you think?  [closed]
November 9th:  60%
(37 Votes)
August 24:  32%
(20 Votes)
None of the above.:  8%
(5 Votes)
Total Votes: 62

Well since there are so many threads about when the release of halo 2 is going to be, i figured why not make it an official debate. So, What do you think? November 9th 2004, or August 24th 2004. Make you decisions or explain your decisions, this is the place to do it.

I'm am for November 9th for the reason that, since everyone who has ordered halo 2 from a store (not internet stores), it would be a very stupid mistake for bungie incase anyone who didn't have the internet, did not know about the new release date. So their gona be waiting until November 9th, thinking they'll be the first to get it, but would get shamed as it was release earlier.

  • 07.31.2004 2:11 AM PDT
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First of all. Halo 2 is the biggest thing to hit the Xbox, so we know that Microsoft will advertise the hell out of it because they know their going to make a crap load of money off it. The only advertisement for it really is that trailer that started all this. No commercials, magazine add, nothing. And I bet you that a month or so before it comes out, NOVEMBER 9th, we wont be able to watch anything without HAlo 2 commercials. Secondly, To ship the game to all the retailers it would take days and maybe weeks to first off, make enough games to sell to everyone, and then they'd have to ship it all, which could take several days and weeks for that, and the 24th is 24 days away only 3 weeks, not a lot of time. Plus all the retailers would have make a preorder on how many games they want, and they would have had to have (whoah) already done that, and someone in some store would say the news that they did do that. Another thing is that I saw an episod of Pulse on g4techtv that said on Aug 24 that there would be a single player demo with the OXM Holiday Preview. Also it would be stupid to release the game this early. It wouldnt be as fun as if it was released in Nov (they could add a whole new level to the multiplayer in that time, or a whole new gametype. Nov is the beggining of the Holiday season and old uncles and parents that know nothing of ilovebees and Aug 24 are going to be buying little jonny his christmas gift of this new game that EB games has posters advertisising it becuse it is a new game and a huge game, so they will buy that game because its new and well advertised, whereas if it was 2 months old it wouldn't be as special. THere are hundreds of more reasons why Halo 2 is coming out Nov 9, but i simply have wasted enough time with this lenghty article and i wont indulge in anythign else. ANy skeptics of what I have just wrote should consider this question. Why in the hell would Bungie, Microsoft, and every on else say the Halo 2 is coming out is coming out Nov 9 and then actually put it on the shelves in Aug 24th when the non-hardcore gamers, that know nothing of ilovebees yet still want to buy Halo, aren't expecting it to come out. It doesn;t make any sense. Sorry for making you read all this but i am bored and a little frustrated.

Probabilty of Halo 2 coming out on Aug 24th, the same probability as Captain Keyes being in Halo 2.

  • 07.31.2004 2:17 AM PDT
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actaully.. there have been magazine ads... but yes i generally agree with you that it will not come out on the 24th..

  • 07.31.2004 2:21 AM PDT
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what about these.... magazine ads u speak of

  • 07.31.2004 2:33 AM PDT
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the only magazine adds ive seen are the ones in OXM and there is just two pages of one add

  • 07.31.2004 2:34 AM PDT
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This is a total rip off my thread if you read my thread than you might understand y
it might come out on aug 24

  • 07.31.2004 2:38 AM PDT

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sorry, i guess i didn't see it.

  • 07.31.2004 2:41 AM PDT
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there was an add at the back of a GAME stores, mag, which i got free with a load of xbox -blam!- i bought

  • 07.31.2004 4:16 AM PDT

HALO 2 will rule 4ever. It is Halo and it is enougth. Thanks Bungie, our life will never be the same.

only in 11 of november in europe and in portigal special ediction only in october so if it will be a world release it only came to shops in 9 nov in usa

  • 07.31.2004 4:30 AM PDT
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uh, it's not like the non hard core gamer is just going to forget about halo 2, i mean come on, 700,000 preorders, which most retailers call you when you have a preorder that comes in, so i'm thinking most will hear of it, and those that don't will arrive a few days later, tops. word gets around. i hope it comes out august, but i doubt it. i just thought of one thing, i've got the week off during november so I would have a whole week playing, if it does come out in august i'm screwed!

  • 07.31.2004 4:55 AM PDT
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i have faith that the almighty bungie can realese it in august it is not impossible. anybody who thinks it is impossible that the almighty bungie cannot realese it on the 24 does not have faith enough

  • 07.31.2004 5:59 AM PDT
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Nov 11th, stupid Europe release date

  • 07.31.2004 6:00 AM PDT
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Why is this a debate? It isnt...The release date for Halo 2 in the US is November 9th. and the release date for Halo 2 in the Europe is the 10th or 11th I'm not shure about the other country's...But i hope Canada is Last.. hehehe we can make them suffer

[Edited on 7/31/2004 6:18:23 AM]

  • 07.31.2004 6:05 AM PDT
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If somehow Bungie was done with the game, they do indeed have a limited amount of time to ship it. Distributers like EBgames would have to preorder the amount they want shipped. They would have already have had to do this in order for them to be able to get all the games, and if they did i bet you there is some Halo fanboy who is a stockboy or manager for a distrubutor that would come on her and say that they recieved the copies of Halo2. And since there hasnt been one its hard to believe it. Sure you may say that they will do that soon, but the longer that is the less likely it will hapen. Where are you Halo Fanboy Stockboy.

  • 07.31.2004 6:12 AM PDT
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Maybe it doesnt relese it just goes Gold?

  • 07.31.2004 6:15 AM PDT
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Posted by: EnlightendSniper
Maybe it doesnt relese it just goes Gold?


Wouldn't you have to be physcic to know that because how could they not know that it Goes gold on the 23

  • 07.31.2004 6:19 AM PDT
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My Cusin works at EB and i just called to ask him and he said they havent gotten any notice that Halo 2 was coming out on the 24th. He said for shure it is coming out on November 9th. so whoever wants to question My Cusin.. ha..i think he knows more than yall about it.. but.. who knows.. maybe he was sworn to lie about it... never know

  • 07.31.2004 6:21 AM PDT
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ah so nice

Posted by: JonnyManiac
My Cusin works at EB and i just called to ask him and he said they havent gotten any notice that Halo 2 was coming out on the 24th. He said for shure it is coming out on November 9th. so whoever wants to question My Cusin.. ha..i think he knows more than yall about it.. but.. who knows.. maybe he was sworn to lie about it... never know


feels good

Posted by: JonnyManiac
My Cusin works at EB and i just called to ask him and he said they havent gotten any notice that Halo 2 was coming out on the 24th. He said for shure it is coming out on November 9th. so whoever wants to question My Cusin.. ha..i think he knows more than yall about it.. but.. who knows.. maybe he was sworn to lie about it... never know


one more time for good measure

  • 07.31.2004 6:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: JonnyManiac
My Cusin works at EB and i just called to ask him and he said they havent gotten any notice that Halo 2 was coming out on the 24th. He said for shure it is coming out on November 9th. so whoever wants to question My Cusin.. ha..i think he knows more than yall about it.. but.. who knows.. maybe he was sworn to lie about it... never know

  • 07.31.2004 6:23 AM PDT
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This debate has been going on since the whole revelation of the i love bees site. A lot of people believe in eiter release date....I myself am still inclined to trust Bungie's word on this matter.
But...I was browsing the soapbox section in immense boredom a few minutes ago, and saw this line at the end of this article: "And now for the Revisited Topics Hat Trick: now more than ever, game release dates are utterly fake and you should not pay attention to them. That is all."
http://www.bungie.net/Inside/CustomPage.aspx?section=Soapbox& amp;subsection=Main&page=8 (I'd lazy link it, but I'm too lazy)
I know it was witten in Feb last year, but, hmm....


  • 07.31.2004 7:38 AM PDT
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Halo 2 comes out nov 9

Demo comes out august 24th

Why simply because stores like best buy only take preorders a month in advance and august 24th is closer then a month away and those stores are not taking preorders.

  • 07.31.2004 7:42 AM PDT
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Though in defense of the august 24 people whos to say they finished it when the trailor came out what if the game has been done for 6 months now and bungie has just been making updates up.

  • 07.31.2004 7:45 AM PDT
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you know, i think it will come out on the 24th, or something big relaited to halo2. there is a article at gamespot.com that tells you all of the clues, but lets you draw your own conclusion. like that bungie loves to put the number 7 in a lot of things (exe 7x7x7=343) and 8/24/2004 is 77days bofore the 11/9/2004 date...

  • 07.31.2004 7:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: BentTwig
Posted by: EnlightendSniper
Maybe it doesnt relese it just goes Gold?


Wouldn't you have to be physcic to know that because how could they not know that it Goes gold on the 23


Cause you cant have a game go gold and realese it the next day...

  • 07.31.2004 8:00 AM PDT