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Play Halo 3 Early get banned
Play Halo 3 Early get banned
Kotaku - September 19, 2007
Submitted by csinning (722) at 9:57AM PST on September 19, 2007
Microsoft has found a nice way to deal with those breaking street date on Halo3. If you play the game before the official release date they will ban you from Xbox live.
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3Just_Ben posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 2:23PM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get bannedbids
3Laoldar posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 2:12PM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get bannedbids
1Animate posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 12:42PM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
That is ridiculous. It's not the consumers fault they were sold the game early. So now they have their game and must stare at it for a week. What if they don't know about this policy. That's grea PR.[ Oracle ] [ Level 26 ] [ Rank: 241 ]bids
1Just_Ben posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:50AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
Yeah, i was about it to post it as knews, after hitting reload to be sure not to make a double post i saw yours. Posted the comment.Well after hit reload at kotaku i saw it, and don't wanted to do a new news for it.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
1csinning posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:50AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
Yeah I am not going to spam articles for DKP but Kotaku has now posted that the ban is only for MS employees as well.[ Elite ] [ Level 14 ] [ Rank: 722 ]bids
1csinning posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:48AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@Just_Ben,
Guess I was on top of things and got the ban notice up before Microsoft rescinded it. Clad to here they elected not to be quite so nasty.[ Elite ] [ Level 14 ] [ Rank: 722 ]bids
1charron posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:37AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get bannedbids
11Just_Ben posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:36AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
Halo 3 Ban Only For MS Employees
Earlier we reported that UK gaming site Pro-G had been in touch with Microsoft who had told them flat out that playing Halo 3 before launch day would get users banned from Xbox Live, whether or not they play the game while connected to the service. Pro-G has since been contacted by another Microsoft representative, who clarified to the site that the ban only applied to Microsoft employees who played the game early. It seems odd that a representative of the company would make such a huge mistake when talking to a popular gaming news site, doesn't it? I'm suspecting that this might have been a policy that quickly proved so unpopular that it changed in a rapid fashion. Either way, unless you work for Microsoft, game on![ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
1welshbloke posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:35AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@Laoldar,
This will almost certainly be a temporary ban such as those applied against people abusing the COD4 Beta. The ban was for only 24 hours and I suspect a similar ban for those who cannot look at sweets without opening the wrapper when mummy said no.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 60 ]bids
3jameseyryan posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:09AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
That's such a load of BS (not the article, hat Microsoft are threatening). People are dying to get the game for a long time and the stores slip up and give them out and microsoft is going to hold the gamers responsible?
Even those that have it aren't allowed to play it before release date because as soon as their history shows up on live they will see they've played it? We are in the age where advertising has taught us to be weak and give into temptation, something microsoft will be capitalising on in halo's opening weeks and they think people who get the game can have it sitting beside their 360 for another week without playing?
I could say i'm stunned at this but then I remember it is Microsoft and I just think...same old sh1t different day.[ Elite ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 225 ]bids
4Just_Ben posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:04AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
Lol really nice. Baning Players who bought a copy legally is really fair.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 112 ]bids
7Laoldar posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 10:03AM PST on September 19, 2007. RE: Play Halo 3 Early get banned@csinning,
That's an incredibly ignorant move. Consumers have nothing to do with retailers being sloppy (I've seen idiotic employees break street dates before without intending to) and to ban players is an over-reaction.
If they're freaking out that much about the street date (and let's be frank, it doesn't matter that much) they shouldn't ship them out until the day before. When you're going to brag about it breaking sales records, you should be able to afford a few courier shipments.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 182 ]bids
24csinning posted on Halo 3 (Xbox 360) at 9:57AM PST on September 19, 2007. Article: Play Halo 3 Early get banned
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Yup. The whole things a farce.
If you're Microsoft, and your EMPLOYEES are found to be dipping into your hottest product early, are you going to ban them from xbox live? Come on. Maybe fire them, but banning them is laughable.
Microsoft's either backpedaling as fast as possible, or really just doing any damn thing to get people to talk about Halo 3.