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Subject: new August 24 relese info that not many have seen
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Posted by: Helljumper76
You know what?You're being stupid. Use your brain. If you have one.Some of it isn't even textured yet. Also can you imagine the chaos that would be caused by an early release? All those people that preordered and are having it shipped probably wouldn't get it until November!!!!!! The same with the strategy guide. It wouldn't work. About a few hundred people would end up with the game and every one else would have to wait. An early release IS NOT POSSIBLE!!! Even if they finished today they wouldn't have time to mass produce and ship the games. A demo is a remote possibility but not a release!!!!!!!



1. He is not being stupid and i'm 100% sure he has a brain

2. Texturing could take only a day or two, depending on what he meant. Do they have to create the texture, put it in the game, We don't know what that means.

3 They'll get it the same time everyone else gets it, Aug 24th or nov 9th. the people who don't pre-order might have to wait a week, but it won't kill them

3. Who cares about the guides?

5 I bet everyone who pre-orders will get the game, all 1million plus. Maybe even some who dind't pre-order

6. If the game is done, an early release is VERy possible

7. If they finished today they could definalty make enough copies. Doom 3 went gold 4 weeks ago and came out today. They had about 2,000,000 copies to make. It's very possible for halo 2 to do the same.

8. A demo has less of a chance then the release since bungie, M$, and OXM said after the game is released.

As you can see, your points arn't too good.I'm not saying it's definatly coming out on the 24th, but it is possible

  • 08.03.2004 11:54 AM PDT
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I agree, unless they've been completely and utterly lying to us about -blam!- not being done, then there is NO way in hell its releasing this month.
A demo is however very possible, seeing all the people coming to play in the webcams, they could have very well been playing the demo, and the big thing that that guy couldn't tell us for a month, is that it WAS the demo that he played. I hope its a demo...

  • 08.03.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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as much as i would like to believe that an early release is possible, i wont, cause i dont want to feel like a jackass if it doesnt come out on the 24th..

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Posted by: UnholyBurger
Good finds....


Yeah Good Finds But.......................................................... .......... ..............................






NOT

GONNA

HAPPEN

E V E R!!

HALO 2 WILL NVR COME OUT AUG 24TH!!







HALO 2.... NOV 9TH 2004

So Get over it. HALO 2 WILL NOT COME OUT AUG 24th Maybe A Demo Thats The Facts.


Halo 2 will NOT be released AUG 24TH 2004!!


Shut the -blam!- up.
How is "maybe a demo coming out, and no full release" a fact? Do you work for Bungie? Didn't think so, so SHUT THE -blam!- UP!



Can't Make Me So I Don't See You're Point. If U Wanna Belive AUG 24TH IS HALO 2 FINE

BUT U'LL BE VERY DISSAPOINTED!! HAHAHA

  • 08.03.2004 11:56 AM PDT
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A demo is much more unlikely then a release. Microsoft, bungie, and OXM all said no, not until the game is done. So i HIGHLY that a demo would happen

  • 08.03.2004 11:58 AM PDT
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the JunitoNo was a hoax, it is some 15y/o playing a joke on us all

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Posted by: Spartan 6000
Posted by: UnholyBurger
Good finds....


Yeah Good Finds But.......................................................... .......... ..............................






NOT

GONNA

HAPPEN

E V E R!!

HALO 2 WILL NVR COME OUT AUG 24TH!!







HALO 2.... NOV 9TH 2004

So Get over it. HALO 2 WILL NOT COME OUT AUG 24th Maybe A Demo Thats The Facts.


Halo 2 will NOT be released AUG 24TH 2004!!

its people like you that really piss me off, we're are have a nice conversation and you come along and say all this shiz. We can think what we want and if it dont come out the 24th no biggie

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Posted by: Spike99
A demo is much more unlikely then a release. Microsoft, bungie, and OXM all said no, not until the game is done. So i HIGHLY that a demo would happen


Yeah, but Microsoft, Bungie, and OXM also said that the game was coming out on November 9th.

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Posted by: Spike99
A demo is much more unlikely then a release. Microsoft, bungie, and OXM all said no, not until the game is done. So i HIGHLY that a demo would happen


Yeah, but Microsoft, Bungie, and OXM also said that the game was coming out on November 9th.


But none of them denied it would come out on aug. 24th. OXm said, a couple days ago, NO Demo until after the release. A full release that date would be more likely though it probably won't happen. But time will tell.....

  • 08.03.2004 12:11 PM PDT

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An early release would be a great marketing scheme! Everyone is all hyped up for a release in 3 months and they cant wait, imagine if you could play the game early! Some ppl say " the longer the wait the sweeter the reward" but i just think thats crap, i want the game now! not in 3 months...

  • 08.03.2004 12:13 PM PDT
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this thread has turned to -blam!- now so best be getting it closed cause most of you are ruining it for the rest of us by coming in and saying know

  • 08.03.2004 12:13 PM PDT
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Sorry i was late on this, but very good job silver. Non-believers are a pain in the ass.

  • 08.03.2004 12:15 PM PDT
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[color=lime] I believe ! [/color]

  • 08.03.2004 12:16 PM PDT

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Silver spartan is right, NO ONE knows what is goin to happen, only bungie and M$ so dont go flaming ppl for posting their own veiws and opinions!!!

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i am glad some ppl at least see it the way i do

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There is a lot of info/speculation going around. I have read every tid bit of info from ign to team xbox and I have been reading all these different theories in the forums that have been going around. it is compelling to say the least but I honestly don't want to get my hopes too high only to have them crushed on the 24th. You do have good points, just like every other theory that I have read but for now I am being very careful with the way i think about all this. I would rather be surprized on the 24th than heart broken because my hopes were crushed. On the 24th we all shall know the truth.....and it will set us free.

  • 08.03.2004 12:23 PM PDT
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Silver,

Those where some well thought out conspiracy theories, I'll be sure sure to go to my local EB on the 24th. Don't listen to these -blam!-s grippin' atcha, they just can't live with the fact others out there other than them have imaginations. Anyways, nice theory pal

  • 08.03.2004 12:25 PM PDT
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Could be the new version of XboxLive that is coming out (with the clans and whatnot). Halo 2 is going to support clans, so i figure xboxlive would come out before halo2 comes out?

  • 08.03.2004 12:27 PM PDT
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ok that is good i am just saying i have a gut feeling that it is coming out the 24 and i think you all should believe me

  • 08.03.2004 12:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Silver Spartan
ok that is good i am just saying i have a gut feeling that it is coming out the 24 and i think you all should believe me



i wouldnt say we should believe you .........but i hope your right

me myself thinks it will be out nov
but im happy to think the 24th also........just im not sure it will

hope to play you all on the 24th tho :)

[Edited on 8/3/2004 12:34:17 PM]

  • 08.03.2004 12:34 PM PDT
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I think that an early release is definately a possibility. If the game is, in fact, gold, they've definately got enough time to produce all the copies. Microsoft has already said that those who don't preorder won't be able to get a copy until a few weeks after the game is released. I personally think that whatever the heck is happening will be announced in 7 days (when the "This medium will mestastize" counter reaches zero.) Because if they are releasing the game (or a demo, for that matter) early, there's no way they could keep it a secret until the day it releases, it will have already been at the game stores for quite some time, and employees of those stores would definately be talking.

Oh well, I'm not getting my hopes up, but an early release would be pretty cool.

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Posted by: Capn Hank
Could be the new version of XboxLive that is coming out (with the clans and whatnot). Halo 2 is going to support clans, so i figure xboxlive would come out before halo2 comes out?


Xbox Live 3.0 has already been released. The first game that uses it is Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow (which ships today).

  • 08.03.2004 12:37 PM PDT
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trust me it will u should all believe me if u do not i am going to laugh at your ass

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Posted by: Silver Spartan
* The blog, which was created by Microsoft/Bungie indicates that something extremely important will happen on this date, something on the same level as other major historical events. [color=red] That could be many things [/color]
* The date 11+09+04 if added to create a sum is the number 24.
* From August 24th to November 9th there are 11 weeks, which of course are 7 days a piece. The SPARTAN number for John, Master Chief is 117. [color=red] Interesting, but I think thats a coincidence.[/color]
* The game has been tested in alpha/beta stages for the past year, sufficiently long enough to collect enough data for a release, especially based on the excessive in-house testing that has occurred at Bungie over the last two months. [color=red] Last I heard beta wasn't even done yet. Not to mention the beta hasn't been going on that long even if it is done. [/color]
* The game recently acquired its international and ESRB ratings, something that happens usually right before or after a game goes gold, not three months in advance. [color=red] Could happen anytime as long as they have a near finished game, which means they still could need wall textures etc.[/color]
* Recovering from the "delays" which have plagued the game, it would justly serve the fanbase for an early release. [color=red] That's true[/color]
* It would remove Halo 2 competition from other potential great games to be released in Fall/Winter, which would intern benefit Microsoft. [color=red] The only game threat left in that time frame is Doom 3 which isn't going to take away many sales. [/color]
* The game was 90% complete during E3, in May. We are now three months off that date. Frank, has already said he has played through a near-complete campaign build of the game. Complete enough to be rated by the ESRB and foreign rating firms. This would indicate a game just shy of gold. [color=red] Yes, but they also said the last 10% will take the longest. [/color]
* It's the only modern game which could successfully survive and still exceed profoundly in sales with a "stealth release." [color=red] Thats not really a fact.[/color]
* It's a sure thing. With copies already on hold at every electronic gaming outlet, there's no need for a pre-emptive marketing ploy. Just like the ARG/blog, marketing can occur word-of-mouth with a game like this and still be successful. [color=red] i won't disagree with this.[/color]
* A stealth release would only secure even more of a spotlight, being that its the only one done within recent history and its being done with the most anticipated second-generation game ever. It would demand media attention just due to the covert nature of the release. [color=red] Halo 2 will get a spotlight no matter when it is released, stealth or not.[/color]
* A two-week, fourteen-day media blitz (from 08/10 to 08/24) would be much more affordable for Microsoft in promoting the game then a drawn out, five-month promotion ring for a game to be a top-seller for Christmas.
* The original "Fall" release date for the game was September 1st, before the Bungie marketing campaign at E3 2004 set an "official" release date as November 9th. The previous date is less then a week from the date in question and is closer to the original, estimated date of March - June which was set by Microsoft, based on information gathered from Bungie on the date by which they would consider the game ready to ship back in 2003.[color=red]There was no original release, Bungie never made an release date before November 9th [/color]
* Bungie has not denied this as of yet. With the rampant information, it would only negatively reflect against their marketing scheme by promoting a countdown to something apparently this significantly. With thousands of fans, all over the world, now expecting this, it would behoove Bungie to allow it to be perpetuated without some sort of rebuttal simply restating the release date. [color=red] Of course Bungie won't deny anything. This whole thing is to jack up the hype.[/color]
* Recent webcams have indicated that the entire staff seems to be involved in a daily meeting with men dressed in business suits. This has only started happening within the last week, indicating a drastic change in pace from their frantic activities of the "crunch-time-weeks" just prior. [color=red] Which defeats your point. If Bungie was going gold, they wouldn't be playing Halo 2, they would be textureing surfaces, fixing bugs, not lying around playing the game.[/color]
* The date is a Tuesday, which is the normal date a video game ships.


Not so much that I think everything is wrong, I'm just trying to point out both sides of the issue.

  • 08.03.2004 12:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Silver Spartan
trust me it will u should all believe me if u do not i am going to laugh at your ass



lol i hope you do (means your right)
but dont blame me/others if they say i told you so

  • 08.03.2004 12:39 PM PDT