Halo 2 Leaked !!!!

Originally posted by dark1365
Oh...I was just kidding. And I have no doubt that Bungie's employees took an oath not to leak information. Yep, I can just imagine it now.

(All standing in front of the Master Chief's statue in cafeteria...it's true.)

CEO:"Hold up yer' right hands....that's yer' left, Simmons."
Simmons:"Oops...sorry, sir."
CEO:"Repeat after me. I hereby solemley swear not to leak any relevant information directly related to the Halo games, unless my superiors allow me to with written confirmation."
(All repeat except for Simmons)
Simmons:"Wait, wait....what was that again, sir?"

u dont wear sarcasm very well...how long did it take u to write that??

if it gets leaked then tough shit.....i aint gonna lose any sleep over it
its called security...if it gets leaked then who's fault is that
and if i had the chance to download it then i would ...
💃

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
No, it isn't invalid.
I suppose you buy albums you don't like just for one song?
You've never heard of anyone changing their minds before, huh? Odd. People do it all the time.

Sure people change thier mind.. just like crackheads 'decide' they'll never smoke crack again... but then when you turn your back they're smokin it.. anyways I'll just take your word for it.. and rather than saying 'invalid' I suppose I should have said 'faulty'. Also, again this thread may not be 'based' on ethics.. however, this subject's backbone consists very heavily of moral/ethical reasoning. Regardless if the thread poses the question of the actual downloading of the game being bad, people will bring it up because thats the next feeling after reading that it was leaked.
As for buying an entire album just for one song.. I stopped doing that crap years ago. Anyways Im not the one preaching anti-file-share

This is about Halo 2 anywayz not about dowloading music.

We were just discussing music because it relates to file sharing and it being illegal. It can easily become exemplary of the Halo 2 leak (artists songs being downloaded before they've been manufactured onto cd's and such).

Personally Im going to wind up buying the game anyway because I dont feel like modding my xbox and voiding my warranty. Especially with how sensitive the inside is.. (I had a lil irregularity in my first copy of halo that prevented level 2 from loading.)

Originally posted by dean7879
u dont wear sarcasm very well...how long did it take u to write that??

if it gets leaked then tough shit.....i aint gonna lose any sleep over it
its called security...if it gets leaked then who's fault is that
and if i had the chance to download it then i would ...
💃

About thirty seconds.

look at it economically...

halo 2 DOESN'T get released online

1million real halo fans by it
0 others buy it
profit: 1 million sales

halo 2 IS leaked
0.2 million download it
0.9 real halo fans buy it
0.1 million real halo fans who downloaded it ALSO buy it in English
profit: 1 million sales

conclusion: people get to try before they buy, microsoft doesn't lose money, and a few thousand people are happy with their free copy of H2, but that doesn't matter, since they wouldn't buy it anyway 😄

Originally posted by dark1365
About thirty seconds.

if only that was true..id be proud of ya

Originally posted by dave123
look at it economically...

halo 2 DOESN'T get released online

1million real halo fans by it
0 others buy it
profit: 1 million sales

halo 2 IS leaked
0.2 million download it
0.9 real halo fans buy it
0.1 million real halo fans who downloaded it ALSO buy it in English
profit: 1 million sales

conclusion: people get to try before they buy, microsoft doesn't lose money, and a few thousand people are happy with their free copy of H2, but that doesn't matter, since they wouldn't buy it anyway 😄

well said
i hope this calms a few people down who are moaning about it beaing leaked..microsoft wont lose money..u can have a good nights sleep now 😉

so would it be the same issue if say the new zelda got leaked a year or 2 from now?

while I think dave has made a good example, I think its also a hasty generalization. You cant exactly guarantee that someone who's downloaded the game will buy it when release comes. All in all good stuff tho 🙂

you are quite right, but think of it like this.... my local game shop has a 14 day return policy

anyone who would settle for a french copy, obviously would just return the game before the 14 days, so they still don't lose money 🙂

i played it and its pretty awesome, a guy at my school had it set up in the main campus center running it, which is pretty stupid of him considering the illegealness but not my problem it was pretty cool to play a little early

a friend of mine has downloaded it too

yeah, it's a pretty good game single player/co-operative

it's not all that fancy on multi-player... i'm disappointed

what do u mean by " not all that fancy " ?

omg..have you all no morals...

waiting til Nov 5th to fork over 50 bux.. VS t3h big download... which side will 'you' choose~?

Originally posted by Robo-Chocobo
omg..have you all no morals...

yes but not then it comes to video games

Originally posted by dean7879
if only that was true..id be proud of ya

Ooookay.... 😮‍💨 🙄

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
waiting til Nov 5th to fork over 50 bux.. VS t3h big download... which side will 'you' choose~?

or pay 100,000 dollars by downloading an illegal game and getting your ass sued

woops!... guess I made a HUGE typo on the halo 2 release date.. sue me.... and who's going to get sued and they cant even find the downloaders?... I guess you feed too much into the "click and go to jail" ad campaign