- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Dill X
I predict sometime in the late fall or early winter. Probably late October to mid-December 2007 though.
From a business stand-point it's the most logical. The closer you are to a large consumer purchasing holiday (in this case, Christmas) the more sales you will capatalise on. Even though I'm sure they would do fine releasing the game randomly at any time, they would largely increase their sales by releasing near Christmas, which is what most suspect they will do.
Sell the pre-orders around the Christmas season as gifts, then release it on New Year's Day, which by the way would be: 1/1/07...117, Master Chief's ID number. Think of it, all the news channels on New Year's Eve would not only premiere the countdown to the New Year, but also the countdown until Halo 3 is released to the public. The media coverage and the publicity would be massive. Absolutely brilliant...