Halo 3 on sale in Chesterfield: Tesco

Joe 90 · 22-09-2007, 20:22

Indeed - thats the word on the street - just been informed by a good friend that its on the shelves of tesco in Chesterfield - unfortunately its not on the shelves of the tesco in front of my flat

karbon · 22-09-2007, 20:50

a friend of mine turned up at the house with a copy today. apparently though, since it's MS published if you go online with it they'll charge you with breaking the streetdate, with a personal fine of up to £10,000 (not sure on the truth of this, 2 of the gentlemen involved in the conversation are ex game empolyees so i think it's pretty spot on)

petemc · 22-09-2007, 20:53

I'm currently enjoying Halo 2 before Halo 3. I can wait

Daz · 22-09-2007, 21:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by karbon

a friend of mine turned up at the house with a copy today. apparently though, since it's MS published if you go online with it they'll charge you with breaking the streetdate, with a personal fine of up to £10,000 (not sure on the truth of this, 2 of the gentlemen involved in the conversation are ex game empolyees so i think it's pretty spot on)

Totally unenforcable, as the consumer wasn't in the wrong. They can punish the retailer for breaking the street date, that is of no concern to the consumer.

MS have already said they wont do anything to the accounts or consoles of anyone who's playing or will play Halo 3 before the release.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=83828
http://kotaku.com/gaming/halo-3/micr...o-3-301615.php

Quote:

"We can confirm that Microsoft is not taking any action (such as banning Xbox Live accounts) against gamers who are playing Halo 3 before the official street date. Any rumours or speculation to the contrary are false," reads the statement issued by Microsoft this evening.

Joe 90 · 22-09-2007, 21:18

i guess Argos have since stopped selling it?

Daz · 22-09-2007, 21:20

Aye. And they wont lose out much either by the looks of it:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=83824

Davey_Pitch · 22-09-2007, 22:25

Am I the only person who's not overly bothered by Halo 3? I love the idea of 4 player co-op but that's the only real thing that is drawing me in. For online stuff I'd rather wait for COD4 in Nov which should be amazing.

Joe 90 · 22-09-2007, 22:36

yes Davey, you are certainly in the minority...

Halo is one of 2 games i can think of as changing my outlook of gameing...the other being TimeSplitters as its the first time i used analouge sticks for movement...

can't wait

it looks so much better than halo 2

(thanks to the forge and Saved Films)

SidewinderINC · 22-09-2007, 22:40

I don't remember the last time i played a computer game

PC is having the old DS3 boot issues so i'm constantly using the mac now.

And i don't own any consoles (bar a NES)

Joe 90 · 22-09-2007, 22:53

unlucky...

go buy an Elite

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