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Subject: Halo 2 - Early Distribution? Not Gonna Happen!
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I hope some Bungie Employees can respond and answer to my story. It's actually quite funny.

One of my firends told me today that he would be recieveing a copy of Halo 2 a month earlier than the rest of us. His reason: "My friend's Dad has a friend who works for the X-Box magazine or something, and he's gonna get me copy of Halo 2 a month earlier than the rest of you."

I find this story preposterously unbelievable. For one, I would assume that Halo 2, being the highly guarded game it is, would never in a thousand years be given out before it's original release date. Another thing, This would undoubtedly cause much chaos. Halo fans would most likely become angry about this.

What I'm trying to ask is... Will Halo 2 be released to the public before it's intended release date of November 9? Perhaps a Bungie Employee can answer this. However I am confident he is either making that story up, or was just gullible when his friend told him that his father's friend was able to destribute Halo 2 a month earlier. (Which is undoubtedly a huge lie)

  • 05.14.2004 10:06 AM PDT
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It's my understanding that the game ships to game companys the night before it is going to go on sale, so I strongly doubt anyone but bill gates (possibly) could get their hands on it prior to that.

  • 05.14.2004 10:22 AM PDT
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Which is why I severely doubt my friend's story.

Score 1 for me, and I'm already pwning.

  • 05.14.2004 10:26 AM PDT

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An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

There are times when games will be distributed weeks before release. Games like Midtown Madness 3 and Project Gotham Racing 2 come to mind. I would love for your friend to get a copy of Halo 2 a month early (I'd be so jealous!), but the chances of that happening are slim to none. Hell, I actually know a guy that handles Xbox sales for my region, and even I won't be getting a copy of Halo 2 before Nov. 9th.

  • 05.14.2004 10:31 AM PDT

The version that the Xbox mags get works only on special Debug Kits, so your friend is talking out of his arse. Unless your friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend lends him work's Debug Kit (unlikely).

  • 05.14.2004 10:39 AM PDT
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OH, so the versions they use are Debug! That makes sense now!

Heh, now I'm 100% positive he's lying.

  • 05.14.2004 11:18 AM PDT