Halo 2 Retail Date Broken in Midwest

Thanks to c0nrad, who alerted us to a Gamespot article stating that Halo 2's launch date has been broken by a Midwestern store. From the article: "Several reports on the Gaming Age forums--which included photos of the limited edition of the game--said that several individual Meijer stores, a self-described grocery and general merchandise retailer that operates in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky, were selling the game early. However, calls made by GameSpot to several Meijer outlets made it sound like the franchise was sticking to the deadline." The reader continues: "Despite that, Ebay auctions have already gone up, with one having already reached $265!"

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Off to eBay

[JUSTONEMORELATTE]

/me creating a new auction for Halo ][ on eBay.

(please note that the auction ends on November 10)

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Ebay?

[sdo1]

Ebay auctions have already gone up, with one having already reached $265!

Repeat after me. "It's just a game".

Sheesh

-S

Re:$265?

[Anonymous Coward]

Your missing 2 things
1. The copy that is available on the internet cannot play online.
2. People are morons.

Hope that helps

Oh my!

[Anonymous Coward]

Halo 2 has been spotted! I'm peeing my panties! This is almost as good as the Cabbage Patch kids hype.

Re:$265?

[lukewarmfusion]

Obviously there's a benefit to buying a copy on Ebay (auction closing in another seven days, plus 7-10 days for transaction and delivery). I mean, why wait four whole days when you could wait two weeks?

Re:Priorities

[Kenja]

"Surely an undersexed geek can think of a better way to blow $265????"

Like spending a half hour with a 500$ an hour hooker?

Big deal...

[Rorschach1]

J'avais joué le Halo 2 pendant deux semaines, et appris à parler français, aussi!

Re:People are stupid

[dcocos]

Yeah, there is something you're missing: the fact that most people are idiots

Yes and by most you mean 59,459,765 (in the US at least)

Re:$265?

[UnrefinedLayman]

1. The copy that is available on the internet cannot play online.

Gee, I sure wish *I* could be one of the three other people that's able to play online.

Re:Halo Outlaws

[period3]

Each of the shrink-wrapped game cases has a sticker....under the shrink-wrap, that says "DO NOT SELL UNTIL 11/9/04." I've never seen a game this hyped or this heavily protected.

Yeah, those stickers are deadly guardians. I tried peeling one off once, and I cut myself pretty bad. Almost bled to death.

Re:$265?

[lukewarmfusion]

They said it wouldn't invade my privacy. And if you can't trust Microsoft, who can you trust?

Re:People are stupid

[dykofone]

Keep in mind that number represents only registered idiots.

Re:$265?

[Paradise Pete]

500 dollar reward for tip(s) leading to the arrest of the person(s) who stole my sig.

You'll never catch me.

Never seen Slashdot

[ribo-bailey]

...so excited over a Microsoft software release.

Re:Actually....

[HiredMan]

The interesting question is not "Why would Micorsoft punish the user?".

The answers to that are:
A: Because they can
B: It is their core competency
C: Bill was picked on as a kid
D: Developers! Developers! Developers!
E: All of the above

Instead the interesting question is "Why does the user choose to be punished by Microsoft?"

=tkk

PS For everyone that missed it I was posting at least _a little_ tongue in cheek. Except the part about the dog - that really happened to a friend of a friend of mine. Really. Completely shaved.

Why would Microsoft punish the user?

[AtariAmarok]

"The interesting question is not "Why would Micorsoft punish the user?".

Those of us who have used "Windows ME" asked that many times.

Re:$265?

[gvonk]

Conslutant.
Holy shit.
That is the most accurate name I have ever heard.

I hope it WASN'T a typo.