Halo 2 street date broken
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shoplifter
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On it tomorrow morning.
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Unfortunately it's pronounced "Mai-yer"Fifty said:
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Fifty said:
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The Faceless Master
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if only some place in NYC would break street...
I was just asking a co-worker at Best Buy tonight, that if we get it early if I could buy it. He said HELL NO, if you sell the game before Street date you are fired with no questions asked. Because of Lawsuits and all that. A assistant manager that was working there sold hisself The Lord of the Rings before it was release day and was fired on the spot by corporate. I hope Microsoft takes this store chain through the ringer. I really hate when people don't follow guidelines, Nov. 9th was supposed to be something special. 
...MrparisSM said:I really hate when people don't follow guidelines, Nov. 9th was supposed to be something special.
Street dates get broken. It happens. Games get leaked. It's better to make sure that all the stores have it on Nov. 9th and deal (via hefty fines) with those that break street date than to heavily advertise a date and not have your product in most stores on that day.
By the way, my Meijer (Muncie, IN) was a bust. And yea, at least here, they only sell games from 7am-11pm.
ninvampire
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So what if Microsoft did decide to call you up? All they would be interested in is which store you picked it up at. They can't do anything to the end-consumer for a retailer breaking a street-date.
shoplifter
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Sp3eD said:
Who cares? I don't have to tell them where I got it, and it's none of their business.
This is very early.
We've had similar recently in the UK, and when one store breaks street date, everyone follows suit - they can't afford not to.
So for GTA:SA, the distributor put in place a 'contract' that had to be signed by retailers before getting stock early. It said that they agreed not to sell early, or they get penalised by late stock. Every time they breach the contract, they get their stock delayed by 3 days. One breach, and they don't get shipments until the release date. Two breaches and they get no stock for release weekend.
We've had similar recently in the UK, and when one store breaks street date, everyone follows suit - they can't afford not to.
So for GTA:SA, the distributor put in place a 'contract' that had to be signed by retailers before getting stock early. It said that they agreed not to sell early, or they get penalised by late stock. Every time they breach the contract, they get their stock delayed by 3 days. One breach, and they don't get shipments until the release date. Two breaches and they get no stock for release weekend.
I believe this news. We weren't told that we would be fired, but that the store would be fined BIG TIME per infraction. Which of course would probably lead to being fired, but they never told us that, and I don't think we ever really had an issue with it.MrparisSM said:I was just asking a co-worker at Best Buy tonight, that if we get it early if I could buy it. He said HELL NO, if you sell the game before Street date you are fired with no questions asked. Because of Lawsuits and all that. A assistant manager that was working there sold hisself The Lord of the Rings before it was release day and was fired on the spot by corporate. I hope Microsoft takes this store chain through the ringer. I really hate when people don't follow guidelines, Nov. 9th was supposed to be something special.
Hellraizah
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I would not be surprised to see the Wal-Marts in Quebec break the street date on Halo 2. Most of their employees are probably too "good in english" to even understand what November 9 means.
carbonbased
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Who the hell cares? He obtained the game legally.MrparisSM said:
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Who gives a shit. Meijer's problem.
Guess I know where I'll be going once I put on some pants. The great thing about Meijer stores is they're basically run like a Wal-Mart or Target ('cept with better food items) -- if the VG section isn't staffed, you can just pick up the red phone and beckon a generic clerk. They don't give a rat's ass about street date concerns (especially since they usually get games in days late).
If they have Halo 2, I'll pick it up along with some soda, some Jelly Belly's, and probably whatever frozen pizzas are on sale for 4/$10.00
By the way -- This Saturday, Meijer is running a Buy One Game, Get the 2nd for 50% off promotion.
If they have Halo 2, I'll pick it up along with some soda, some Jelly Belly's, and probably whatever frozen pizzas are on sale for 4/$10.00
By the way -- This Saturday, Meijer is running a Buy One Game, Get the 2nd for 50% off promotion.
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