It looks like the inevitable has, um ... inevitably come to pass.
Nick Millen sent in a tip a few moments ago revealing that UK retailer Argos has begun selling copies of the über-anticipated Halo 3 a full week before they were supposed to hit High Street. Taking a few moments off from the enviable task of being one of the first people on the planet to play the gold copy of Halo 3, Nick sent in the above picture to prove his new acquistion.
Of course, Microsoft can't be too pleased about this situation so we're assuming it's only a matter of minutes before a team of Daleks arrive at his home hellbent on vaporizing his guts, hair and any other part of him even remotely recognizable as belonging to a human. Tom Baker, wherefore art thou?
[Thanks Nick, and seriously we all hate you right now.]
[UPDATE: I covered the last 4 digits of his credit card that were still exposed to stop you larcenous, jealousy-fuelled kiddies from trying to swipe his life savings so you could ransom it all for a video game. That's my good deed for the week. From here on out, it's pure evil, 24/7. -- Nex]
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Lucky
Why is the receipt in his mouth? :/
nerdgazm
BTW, don't play it while connected to Live dude. You could risk getting banned!
Hmm... you can see a bit of his credit card informations..
lol, he prints recipe!
Bleh, go up the stairs, that would stop proper daleks.
Eh, I can wait a week.
No I can't, I'm a liar. I hate that guy.
Damn, he's the first person to get to trash talk lil kids on Live. So jealous.
Eh, game will be suck.
Quick, someone see if his card number is on the receipt!
He just bought me a copy here in the States!
Nick Millen for let me borrow your CC#!
Nice Lad he is!
But lem! The new Daleks can fly!
Shh, you hear that? It's the sound of Halo fanboys crying and cutting themselves.
I agree reap, but I didn't want people TRYING, then ending up with myopia and suing the site for millions that could otherwise go to buy me a helicopter.
I rang up argos and sadly they dont answer their phone but I tried ordering it over the phone and no luck. I might pop in tomorrow and try my luck.
WTFZOMG!!!! There is a HALO 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAD NO IDEAR!!!!
Halo 2 is like the bestest game evarz! Why didnt anyone tell me they were making a sequel? And to keep it a secret until this close to launch. Those doods at Bungie are amazing!!! I wonder if they will port it to the PS3 so i can play it when im done mastering the speedrun of Lair, my favoritest game of all times! This is totally why i read the internets!
<-------- Shocked O_o
Destructoid's getting a helicopter?! Sweet!!!
Buck fitches has a .gif of the destructoid helicopter.
A helicopter that drops flying Daleks... that's what we REALLY need.
Be right back guys, I'm going to Argos.
I'll have to scope out the local stores, but with all of them advertising midnight releases I kind of doubt any will break it.
I tried to get a copy, it went something like this:
Me: "OmGz!1! Teh Hal0z iz outzz? CaN i Has?"
To which reality replied, "No, you can not."
Darn it, I want!
Does anyone else think that he looks like a hostage for the Taliban? Holding the receipt in his mouth as a proof of the date? They should just go ahead and lop off his head off with a PVC saw. We have teh Haloz, if you want to ever see your plump little boy again you must release all hostages from Abu Gharib, and pull your forces out of the US!!!
I can wait, no biggy. I have skate, thats all that matters.
I wonder; can he or the store get sued for this. Microsoft might want to castrate them financially for this
Whats the point? *sigh.
I am ashamed to even know halo fans :p.
Blindside you might be the only one of us not playing this game.
Sweet. I spose I'd better finish Halo 2 first though.
Boy, I hope nobody posts the ending on YouTube.
And now Microsoft are planning to ban the Live account of anyone who plays it online ahead of the release date.
That tells you everything you need to know about MS really. They screw up by allowing the units to be released a week early instead of making it a 'just-in-time' delivery or putting in place massive penalty clauses for retailers, and then the gamer has to pay for it by having their account banned!
"They screw up by allowing the units to be released a week early instead of making it a 'just-in-time' delivery"
It takes a while to get 2 million copies of a game around the world. teh Haloz has been complete for a bit now, they had a couple weeks to ship it everywhere. Its really the stores fault for breaking the release date. MS is just trying to level the playing field by banning anyone who goes on live. Besides, who is he going to play against? The one kid from Norway who got a copy?
@lem: Nah man, they can float.
Im thinking this game will sell like hotcakes, so my plan is to wait a month until all the dudes ahve completed it, then pick it up on ebay for a tenner ;¬)
I'M SHOCKED!......
They cant really ban you..
1. you cant play online as the server is not up.
2. the achievement list is not even there..(im on the 3rd chapter with no achievements unlocked..)
3. not my fault the store sold the game early..
Mwahahaa
Njackson, your dumb. Someone was already banned till the year 9999. Read the news.
@The Dude, with a pre-order of over 1.5 million orders you can't just send everyone the shipment at the same time and time it to with in one day...get real. SONY only wishes they had any game ever on any SONY console did this good. Also to NJackson---yes MS can ban you and they will even if you don't play online or even if you disconnect from the internet connection completely once you log in after the official launch day you will still be banned because of the systems history will list when you originally started playing the game. Please don't be dumb and say it's the stores fault so blame them, nope..? Blame your self for knowing that you shouldn't have it and you still bought it anyways. So the only reason anyone would want the game early is to not have to stand in line on launch day. If you've played it already I;m sorry because your doomed already. Since when an account is banned your IP (from internet provider) is blocked and your XBOX 360 serial number is blocked as well. I know since my friend was banned for (*******) reasons and he tried to bring it to my house to connect and it would not log in no matter what. Peace
*edit* last post the first part was aimed at DolphGB..sorry The Dude I mixed up names since I read the quote from your post. sorry man. peace
Again this was aimed @ DolphGB the sony fanboy.
What a bastard.
Where does he live?
@ZMTToxics and jorgiex
There's a big difference between Njackson and the guy that got banned till 9999, the banned guy got access to a non-public build by illegal means (glitching) Njackson BOUGHT the copy, but yeah, in the end MS CAN ban him, it's in the contract ;)
Someone's gonna get banned...
Wow. I so don't care! Except for the duocles. Those rule.
I'm working the Halos3 launch, I will have more than my fils of it by 2am, I'm sure, especially when I have to work at 7:30am ugh.
Wherefore actually means why, not where. Juliet's not asking Romeo where he is (he's right there under the balcony), she's asking why he's a Montague. The whole rose/name/smell thing comes from that. So, you'd be asking Dr. Who why he is, not where he is. Anyway, I'm a jerk and the guy who has halo right now instead of me is one, too. I pulled a nerd muscle.
I'd be eatting the receipt too if it said I had purchased Halo 3 before everyone else. mmmmm...delicious
I guess NJackson has nothing to worry about anyways since now Microsoft has changed the policy to customers and is only targeted to Microsoft employees. Here's the link: http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/19-09-2007-6492-1.html
Yea looks like im not such an idiot after all.. make sure you clarify everything before you go running your mouths off!!
Booya!! I'll get back to finishing the game off!!
@Azereki:
The receipt is in his mouth because the one hand holds the game and the other hand holds the camera to take the picture.
Halo?
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