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!"

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

Re:$265?

[Arcturax]

No you aren't missing anything, but whoever is paying $265 is certainly missing something.

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?

Priorities

[rackhamh]

$265 to play a video game a few days early.

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

Re:$265?

[zoobaby]

Kind of funny, because even with overnight shipping, they might not get the game until Monday. To garuntee a Saturday delivery, I bet that will add even more cost, close to $50 or more just for shipping.

Can't wait to hear about Halo2 buyers remorse!

Meijer Thrifty Acres should have known better.

[AtariAmarok]

Meijer's should have known better. They'll pay big for this. That will teach them. Next time, they'll give away free cracked copies of "Halo 3" or whatever. Anything is better than actually selling properly-licensed packaged software to customers for the proper price.

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?

Re:Priorities

[Squareball]

Like 13 blowjobs from a hooker? Damn, they'd still have $5 left for a Big Mac meal afterwards!

Big deal...

[Rorschach1]

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

Viral marketing

[Anonymous Coward]

We've already had the bees, this is simply another way to make buzz, "heat in the channel". Thank you /. for giving them free advertising.

Worse still, Microsoft might assume $265 or whatever is bid, is the actual value of the game, although it only reflects the valuations of a few desperate nerds.

Even though the obtaining-of-software-before-the-release-date goes against the principles of intellectual property that M$ hold so dear, we all know how they make exceptions for themselves, being so big and all.

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:$265?

[bigman2003]

Yes- Half Life 2 has proven it's greatness over and over...as it missed each promised ship date. It just keeps getting better and better.

Doom 3 was supposed to be the greatest thing since masturbation. It didn't quite cut the mustard.

I really can't say which will be better- Half Life 2, or Halo 2. But a game I am actually playing, will always beat a game that isn't available yet. So, let's see which game actually ships. And then when they BOTH ship, that is the time to make comparisons.

Re:People are stupid

[dykofone]

Keep in mind that number represents only registered idiots.

*puzzled look*

[Faust7]

Halo ][

Since when does Apple make Halo?

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.

Re:voting

[lowe0]

Sadly, something tells me the two hours this youth spent in line to vote is about the same thing he's going to encounter Monday night.

wait a minute

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

HL2 is great and all, but don't feed the sharks guys!

How do you know HL2 is great?

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.

Re:Violation

[Arcturax]

Yeah but I really hate those Covenant guys with the swords, especially the invisible ones.

Re:$265?

[Olix]

Yeah - I've had o beat a friend to death with my crowbar for saying that Halo 2 would be better than half-life 2...

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?

[sglane81]

No you aren't missing anything, but whoever is paying $265 is certainly missing something.

Well, I wouldn't exactly say I've been *missing* it, Bob.

Re:People are stupid

[dcocos]

Learning From Example
Early polls showed that Kerry was in the lead so I declared him president!
Later it was found out that the polls were wrong, but since I already declared him president I'm going to refuse to admit my mistake or even call it, a "mistake."
With thinking like this I may be able to get a job advising policy for the administration.

Re:$265?

[karnal]

Doom 3 was supposed to be the greatest thing since masturbation. It didn't quite cut the mustard.


So what you're trying to say is it was supposed to be like the best orgasm you've ever had, but turned out to be one big fart?

(and I do agree here... haven't tried the ducttape mod yet; that might shed new light on Doom3.)

Re:Violation

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

A covenant without a sword is but words among men.

A Covenant without a Sword is a lot easier to kill.

Re:Violation

[Deadstick]

Next thing you know, CPU and video card manufacturers will start introducing new products at jacked-up prices and then tapering them down as they run out of deep-pockets customers.

rj

Re:$265?

[gvonk]

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

I hope it WASN'T a typo.