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Subject: U.K. gets Halo 2 LAST!?!?!
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Yes this wound seem to be the state of it as was suggested in this week's weekly update. If you read the quote i have from the update very carefully it would appear that the U.K. is one of the last reagions to get Halo 2
Frankie:In Bungie weekly update 6/8/04
Halo 2 will still release on Nov. 9th in the US and most other places, and Nov. 11th in the UK.

Now if you read the "and most other places" bit this would seem to suggest that not just the U.S.A. will get H2 on the 9th. It suggests to me that almost all the other places in the world will get H2 before the U.K.

Now please don't flame with posts like "ha ha serves you right for all that "we get H2 first" stuff" i didn't start that.

Personally i think that this is aboslute bullocks! Microsoft is one of the richest companies in the world. If they wanted to they could charter a special ship just to bring the copies of H2 to the U.K. for the 9th. Obviously when the sated their "global release date" they don't seem to include the U.K. in that. i mean c'mon we're not on the Moon for God's sake!

  • 08.07.2004 1:49 AM PDT
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by "U.K." they probably mean everywhere in europe, i dont think germany would get it before you guys.

whats bullocks? :P

  • 08.07.2004 1:56 AM PDT
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by "U.K." they probably mean everywhere in europe, i dont think germany would get it before you guys.

whats bullocks? :P


Erm bullocks is kind of slang for crap, rubbish etc. It's an exclamation of displeasure. :)

  • 08.07.2004 2:00 AM PDT
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HA!, New Zealand Gets it first! Ha!...

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I dont mind waiting the 2 extra days - feel like I'm the only one though - personally I kinda like the anticipation. Most frustrating is that the stores in the UK (that I've spoken too) are still expecting to get the game the previous week - sometime around the 5th - wtf??!

On Nov 9th I'm gonna turn off my pc/log-off the forums and play through Halo for probably the last time, in prep for Halo2.. oh and read First Strike again.

  • 08.07.2004 2:33 AM PDT

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It's all about street dates, and has nothing to do with Microsoft being lazy. In America (and I assume the places listed as "other places"), game launches occur on Tuesdays. In the UK, it's Thursdays. It cannot be helped.

  • 08.07.2004 2:36 AM PDT
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Ummm.. no offense Mr Shishka... Sir, but in the UK the day that games hit the shelves is always a Friday. Maybe they ship on a Thursday but you can't buy them until Friday mornings. Just to set it straight, I dont want Halo2 to be put back till the 12th though!!

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  • 08.07.2004 2:38 AM PDT
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Well, I don't think they have a factory over there large enough to manufacture all the needed copies, so they'll probably have to ship them from the US, which takes time. And quit -blam!-ing, just think of all the poor people that'll never even be able to experience the joy of playing Halo 2. I am of course talking about the Nintendo and PlayStation fanboys.

  • 08.07.2004 2:40 AM PDT
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i aint that bothered really.

If you can wait another couple of months,2 days arn't going to make much difference

  • 08.07.2004 2:43 AM PDT
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Posted by: Shishka
It's all about street dates, and has nothing to do with Microsoft being lazy. In America (and I assume the places listed as "other places"), game launches occur on Tuesdays. In the UK, it's Thursdays. It cannot be helped.



errrrrr no
its a friday in the uk
thats why its a bit odd to me.if MS didnt want the 9th(tues) then why noy put it back to the 12th(or normal release day)

p.s im not saying put it back again tho !!

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i just thought id say this to most people staying in the u.k. because i stay here in scotland,if youve ever heard of g-force,they dont care much for street realease dates,and you can pre order from there,i can pretty much promise that they'll realase the game straight of the truck

i only say this because three days before hitman contracts was to be realased,they were selling them like hot buns,i asked the guy "isnt this out on friday?" n he said"yeah,but whats a few days"

  • 08.07.2004 3:02 AM PDT
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wait a minute... does this mean that australia and Nz will also get it on [color=red]november 9th?![/color]

[Edited on 8/7/2004 3:13:27 AM]

  • 08.07.2004 3:11 AM PDT
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lol, we dont, cause as the guy said, they sell them NTSC from america, and, GAMESTARS LIVE. we can play halo 2 there, full 16 player, and thats not something you get on live often,
4 with 4!!!

  • 08.07.2004 3:13 AM PDT
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lol, we dont, cause as the guy said, they sell them NTSC from america, and, GAMESTARS LIVE. we can play halo 2 there, full 16 player, and thats not something you get on live often,
4 with 4!!!


yer but gamestars live will be cack if you want to play

the amount of peeps there is to much plus you only get a set amount of time on each pod before they chuck you off :(

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  • 08.07.2004 3:43 AM PDT

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Yeah it would of been nice if they took into consideration our shipment dates but alas.....I'm wrong anyway probably, I bet it can't be possible to find a proper world-wide release date to suit everyone.

  • 08.07.2004 3:46 AM PDT
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good quote form red vs blue.

  • 08.07.2004 4:57 AM PDT
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Believe it or not - I was just coming on to mention this!

I was also wondering why we're getting it 2 days after most other places do - and as someone said above - M$ is a very rich company - surely they'd be able to ship it out slightly early and have a special release on a Tuesday for once, no?

I know most shops probably will start selling early - I mean Dixons started selling Project Gotham Racing 2 about a week early!

That's why I love the big game-selling companies over here - they are too big to worry about theor suppliers complaining because they give the suppliers so much business and it would be a big loss for them if they stopped supplying stuff to them - hence if they do sell things early - they're hardly going to complain in case they lose out on business!

Of course, I'm just about to pre-order mines from Amazon.co.uk - paying for delivery, OF COURSE - so hopefully I'll get it relatively on-time... :D

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  • 08.07.2004 5:52 AM PDT
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In France we'll have H2 on november 10th :D
Because november 11th nobody work (armistice 1918 W.W.1)
So I'll spend my time playing Halo 2 during 2 days (at least)

[Edited on 8/7/2004 6:07:13 AM]

  • 08.07.2004 6:06 AM PDT