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Halo 2 Retail Date Broken in Midwest

Posted by Zonk on from the bungies-gonna-be-ticked dept.

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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  1. $265? by BlueCodeWarrior · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why would anyone pay $265 for Halo 2? 1. It's on the Internet if you want it now. 2. If you're that much of a Halo fanatic, you've got Halo 2 preordered. Which means you're garunteed a copy in 4 days at 1/5th of that price. Is there something I'm missing here?

    1. Re:$265? by retrev · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Collectors might want this "special" copy. There are people with too much money and too little sense.

    2. Re:$265? by HiredMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Not to mention that XBox live will probably ban you and send people to your house and shave your dog for trying to play a game on-line that hasn't been released yet.

      And you'd deserve it for logging into a Microsoft server running a Microsoft program that isn't (supposed to be) available yet to advertise that you have it.
      w00+! 1m l33+!

      That's like clicking "Yes - Check to see if my software is legal" on the M$ site when you're running a pirated copy.

      =tkk

      --
      Bill Gates - Creationist?!?
  2. Um, who cares? by EvilMagnus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The game has already gone gold. MS and Bungie will still get money from the sales. Some rubes on eBay will be out some more $$$ just for bragging rights. All that will happen is that some PR prick will feel as though their spectacular launch day has been violated.

    But tomorrow, the sun will still rise and Halo 2 will remain just a game.

    The bees, on the other hand... the bees will soon control the world.

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    -EvilMagnus