The 360 thread!

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:28 pm 0

Yeah they've caught on I think - my locals now showing Mon 24th onwards etc.

But I do have a reservation number...

I would be really surprised if I got away with it.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:33 pm 0

Aghh. Denied. Between me finding a store nearby and clicking the reserve button it went out of stock. Fuck.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:57 pm 0

All the argosi have been faxed now...

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:11 pm 0

Woo - seems to be legit.

Just placed a reservation and then hot-footed it into town. The Kiosk machine wouldn't accept my reservation number - thought I was stuffed. But it turns out it only refused it because Halo 3 is age restricted and therefore you must be served 'in person'.

Anyway, saw one of the cashiers, payed my cash and i've now got a nice shiny new copy of Halo 3 sat here on my desk. Baah, just a shame i'm stuck at work and in the midst of a house move - I might squeeze 30 minutes in later tonight - if i'm lucky......

Absolute_Zero · Post by **Absolute_Zero** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:16 pm 0

^ cool, I was starting to feel bad for posting...

The going rate seems to be ~Â£150 unwrapped on the bay... if so inclined.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:21 pm 0

Absolute_Zero wrote:The going rate seems to be ~Â£150 unwrapped on the bay... if so inclined.

I'd noticed a load of them going for stupid money on eBay - but to be honest fleecing some poor soul would have only made me feel guilty.

Oh, and just in case there's any doubt - here's the evidence of my nice shiny new copy!!

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:21 pm 0

WiredWorm wrote:Anyway, saw one of the cashiers, payed my cash and i've now got a nice shiny new copy of Halo 3 sat here on my desk.

BTW: it seems it scored 10/9/9/9 in the latest Famitsu.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:49 pm 0

WiredWorm wrote:Anyway, saw one of the cashiers, payed my cash and i've now got a nice shiny new copy of Halo 3 sat here on my desk.

Makes note of gamer tag, emails friend at Bungie...

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:51 pm 0

Flabio wrote:Makes note of gamer tag, emails friend at Bungie...

Thankfully I don't believe it's a crime to purchase the game early - but am I correct in saying that Argos could get it's wristies slapped possibly?

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:57 pm 0

Argos will most likely get a telling off, yes. Probably not by MS directly, but by whoever Argos source from. Might be GEM, might be Koch. There are penalties for breaking street dates for retailers, the main point of them is to make sure that all stores will have copies of popular titles on release day, not just the bigger stores that buy in higher numbers and have their own delivery networks to get stuff to the shelf.

Expect there to be lots of really whiny editorial in MCV this Friday.

The only reason it bothers me is that it makes it increasingly hard to actually go anywhere on the web if you want to avoid spoilers. NTSC_UK have made posting spoilers of games before release a perma-ban offence, but it's only going to take one accidental click on gametrailers...

hyphz · Post by **hyphz** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:07 pm 0

Seems that Argos's website has now blocked the catalogue number.

Tuur · Post by **Tuur** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:13 pm 0

Flabio wrote:Expect there to be lots of really whiny editorial in MCV this Friday.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28313/Halo-3- ... igh-Street

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:18 pm 0

hyphz wrote:Seems that Argos's website has now blocked the catalogue number.

I don't think so - there seems to be a glitch on their site whereby sometimes it won't recognise the numbers.

But if you search for "Halo 3" it's still there - catalog number 5684665.

Edit: Ooops, seems you get a page error when you try to Buy or Reserve this item!! Guess they've caught on.....

Absolute_Zero · Post by **Absolute_Zero** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:59 pm 0

Allegedly...

In related news, word out of Microsoft has it that those playing Halo 3 before the official September 25th or 26th release date will see their Live accounts banned, even if they don't take Halo 3 online. Apparently, the console will remember which games are played and will inform Microsoft that the title was played prior to launch when a user next connects to the 360 online service. It therefore seems the only way to negate a ban if you've an early copy of Halo 3 is to avoid connecting to Live in any form before next week's launch.

http://play.tm/story/13230

hyphz · Post by **hyphz** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:03 pm 0

Absolute_Zero wrote:Allegedly...
In related news, word out of Microsoft has it that those playing Halo 3 before the official September 25th or 26th release date will see their Live accounts banned, even if they don't take Halo 3 online. Apparently, the console will remember which games are played and will inform Microsoft that the title was played prior to launch when a user next connects to the 360 online service. It therefore seems the only way to negate a ban if you've an early copy of Halo 3 is to avoid connecting to Live in any form before next week's launch.
http://play.tm/story/13230

Or just create a new Silver account and use that. Woops.

Or just sell it on eBay to a sucker who hasn't read the news. Woops.