- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Great find. I would love to see it come out on August24th! Who would not love that??? So from the article I can summarize
1 - Everyone will know on August 10th that the release date has changed (if it changes at all)
2 - There already is a ESRB rating on the game - which means the final version is ready to go - bungie said in their last update they were getting approvals from the Europeans, didn't that seem like a rush event, maybe it was to get approval sooner than planned(?)
3 - The game is a sure thing so why not release it as soon as they can
4 - If the game is released early it would be positive press for Bungie and Microsoft, and then would allow for other titles to sell at Christmas.
And I just thought of the 5th reason... which is the most potent of all of them...
Remember XBox2 is coming out in 2006, so if they release the game sooner, there would be fewer people holding out from buying the game. This is a killer xbox app, and if it released later, say at Christmas time, some people would hesitate and and wait for XBox2 to come out. Now they can release it and all those XBoxes will sell...
I never put much credit in this theory, but it is plausible... remember, before flaming, it is plausible...
:-)