Does Microsoft Know What Limited Edition Means?

Console-Central:

"What does this all mean? Limited edition means for only a certain amount of time and then discontinue the product. Apparently Limited Edition means nothing to Microsoft. People went up to the midnight launch including myself along with a few friends to get Halo 3. While disappointed I thought to myself that I still was one of the few that manage to get their hands on the limited edition Halo 3 Legendary Edition.

I forked over $130 for that dumb package and it wasn't even worth it. The DVD's sucked the game sucked all that was maybe worth something is the helmet to store your games. But one has to learn the hard way. Halo 3 Supposedly sold 8.1 million copies up to date then why the hell do they have plenty of Halo 3 Legendary Edition Packages. Did they print many so that each and every single person has one? I don't know. All I know is that the idiots over at EBgames and Gamestop are selling the Legendary edition for only $79.99. What kind of S#!% is that. "

Please note some grammar and spelling has been corrected.

[Relcom]

I don't think the guy who wrote this is a happy person....

[BrianC6234]

That was funny. Poor kid sure wasted a lot of money. Instead of wasting $60 he could have wasted only $20. Here's some advice on these limited editions. Don't be fooled. You won't be able to sell them on eBay later on for a big markup. They're just a way to get more money from you. He could have bought two games with that $120.

[llamaman13]

this is the LEGENDARY edition, not the limited edition. retard.

[Regret]

And "legendary" is supposed to be limited.

[Mu5afir]

This is the limited edition "retard."

[CrazzyMan]

jsut go on amazon ant type halo 3.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref...
You will get:
simple edition - $59.99.
limited edition - $69.99.
legendary edition - $129.99.

well, limited edition is still available, but all complains about legendary edition is kinda bullshit.
neither i do support M$, but just stating FACTS, like i always do. =)

[Bill Gates]

Stop using the word "retard", or "retarded".

Let me just say this, I know no one who is mentally challenged, or handicapped in any way, but I still find it very offensive, and hurtful when people use that word to put others down on this, or any other site.

I call people BABOONS, robots, or xbots, but it's all in fun and humor, and because I know that no one on this site is truly any of those things. But I at least have the commonsense, and good heart to refrain from using such a harsh, and offensive word as I know someone on this site may be, or may have a loved one who may be mentally/physically challenged, and using such a word may hurt them.

Name calling will always be a part of this site, and so it should be. It's funny, and keeps us coming for more. Baboons, phony boy, xbots, droids, it's all in good clean non-hurtful fun. We're gamers, and gamers like to have fun, and talk smack, but let's not take that smack talking to a level of being a heartless asshole.

So please people, stop referring to people as "retards". It's hurtful.

[lawgone]

I actually agree with Bill for once.

[uxo22]

"Limited Edition" does not have to mean limited time. It could also mean limited quantities, and those quantities are determined by the distributor. It could be 1000 units our it could be 3,000,000 units. If there is a set number of the product made and no more than that number will be made then it is a "Limited Edition" product.

This guy should just except that these type of things happen life and quit whining to the world about it. Suck it up and grow up dude, we've all been there.

[Blackfrican]

RETARDS...

Just because you are retarded does not mean you are not human. Retard means slow. Retarded people are slow. Keep bending over and taking it from behind from political correctness, retard.

[Ahhhh]

And, also, Limited Edition means that their is only a certain amount not for a certain time..

[Jack Bauer]

i knew this would happen...yet i still bought it

[TheExecutive]

lol he spent 130 bucks on a game?

[Relcom]

Thats two games and a meal or two. Screw that, no game is worth that.

[ReBurn]

I bought the $59.99 version and it wasn't even worth that much to me. I traded it after about 3 weeks.

[wallace1000]

I guess some people like the little extra bits that come with it. I went with the normal version personally, i wanted the game and thats it. A little helmet and some bonus discs isn't really worth it in my eyes.

[BrianC6234]

But he got a cool helmet too. Oh boy, a helmet. I wonder if he can wear it? If it isn't a real helmet it isn't worth an extra $60. The videos should just be extras in the game. They can have you get to a certain spot in the game to unlock it. Nobody should have to pay extra for videos of the game.

[heyheyhey]

M$ dont know the meaning of a lot of things like:

-reliability
-consistency (vista sucks)
-acknowledgment (buried their head in the sand for a while during RROD fiasco)
-garbage, oh wait......... they do know that one
-corruption, no wait a second..........

[LJWooly]

I'm not a 360 hater, but man, you just got Microsoft in a nutshell.
Congrats.

[BaMYouRDeaD]

Well, you can obviously tell this guy is a fanboy, but he does have somewhat of a point.

I bought the Legendary Edition the first day it came out. I went to Best Buy a week ago and saw at least 6 of them stacked up and being sold for $90. Although I loved the game, I can't help but feeling slightly ripped off since the Legendary Edition isn't very "Legendary" in rarity.

There's really no point of making any sort of limited edition package for a game if you're going to make that many copies.

[crck]

the Legendary Edition to preorders. Hahaha But Honestly anyone gullible enough to pay $60 extra for a plastic cat helmet has no one to blame but themselves.

[thedude17655]

i wouldn't want to story my games/dvd inside the thing anyway, it would screem up the rythem of my shelves, i would use it as a cookie jar or a place to hold my condoms.

[ReBurn]

Might as well put your condoms in it. You aren't using them for anything else, amirite?

J/K...just a friendly joke.

[thedude17655]

i was waiting for someone to say that

[MrWeymes]

Think about it..You're getting intimate with a woman, and you motion towards the Master Chief helmut sitting in the corner of the room. GAME OVER, bra..Unless she's into Halo, I suppose in which case she'll call you Master Chief. Classic

[OOG FunK]

yea I was a huge fan of halo as well but not stupid enough to pay the price of 2 games just for 1......especially when I could buy the game for 60$ and another good game

[bootsielon]

But again, that happens when you're so gullible. How can you buy anything Microsoft that isn't necessary in the first place? You deserve it.

[ohhthegore]

What a waste of money

[HarryEtTubMan]

Halo is for Homos......

Gaylo

[Silent]

If yall halo fans were to get the Legandary Edtion this wouldnt happen, i blame the fans for being cheap lol

[McValdemar]

is the guy that have been quoted in this "NEWS".
Rushing to spend 130$ at midnight on something without spending 5 minutes to understand what are you buying...
...can only show how idiot a guy can be.

Then we could add that this is the Legendary, different from the limited one.

Then we could simply understand that the fact that I can find limited editions even of highly popular game doesn't mean that the limited was not so limited.
May be simply that people didn't like it.

And we you read the hater saying that the game "Supposedly sold" all you can see is a fanboy that hates MS and that has to show to the wold how idiot he is.

Achievement unlocked: show to the world the idiot you are.

[jorellpogi]

I feel sorry for the guy who made the article. He felt mad of being ripped off my MS.

[LJWooly]

Exactly, yet the guys above are still calling him a 'retard' or an 'idiot'. They're obviously inconsiderate jerks, or die-hard 360 fans.

[Charlie2688]

I think the author shouldn't be complaining about the Legendary Edition that is only a case of MS overestimating the demand for it...

BUT complaining about the Limited Edition and the whole scratched disc fiasco >.>

cuz yes I did got a visit from Mr. Brutally scratched discs T.T

...100million on Halo3 and yet the LE box cant even hold the discs -_-

[heavyarms]

Thats what you get for being an idiot. Games are freaking expensive has hell and if people like you continue paying that kind of money for sh1t than guess what companies like microsoft will continue to milk you for all you got. I dont know about you but i hate paying 60 bucks for any game, limited edition or not games should not cost this much. Idiots like you help those companies highjack the prices to whatever they want because they know that this country is full of idiots. yes I'm talking about yo moron. Quit your B1tching and just dont pay the high prices.

[heavyarms]

In spanish we say this happens to you Por!! Por PeN!!! Pendejo. SUCKER!!!

[Bubble Buddy]

I bought creed limited edition and i thought it was a rip-off, stay away from those unless it's a big big game

[ElfShotTheFood]

Somebody thought that poorly-written hissy-fit was news?

May I ask why?

[MrWeymes]

This is clearly ground breaking news. Microsoft = bad. I believe I've read this article 1,000 times already.

[Game13a13y]

i feel sorry for the guys who bought the stupid helmet for 130 bucks that comes with a mediocre shooting crap called Halo 3. LOL...

[uuaschbaer]

Now that's why Bill Gates is rich.

[Skerj]

That's what he gets for ponying up $130 bucks in the heat of the moment. Of course it's 80 bucks now, who the hell is going to buy it for the original asking price 4 months later? You can't even wear the helmet, so my voice changing Optimus Prime helmet owns all. Besides it's fun to get drunk and put it on, then freak out the panhandlers who run to us downtown.

[WilliamRLBaker]

they aren't producing the legenardy edition that i know of but not every one bought them and their are still copies left.

[Tyrael]

If Gears of War 2 comes packaged with a Torque Bow or a Lancer (chainsaw gun) I would gladly buy the "limited" edition for $120

[MrWeymes]

..came with a can of "quiet down the 12 year olds screaming in your ears", I would spend $120 as well.

[TrevorPhillips]

halo 2 was better then 3 seriously didnt like this one kinda stuffed it up even with the resolution 640p wtf man when i play 2 players with my brother the black part shows in the corner stupid ass bungie what did u do now i play cod4 its way better even the multiplayer and im waiting for battlefield bad company thats gonna own even GTAIV

[Tyrael]

Lol dude, ill give you a bubble for bustin your ass here, but you should really use the period from time to time eh?

[Primetimebt]

I'm sorry if you buy a game that has limited edition on it you really must be a nerd, or need a girl. I haven't seen no game with limited edition actually gain in value in my 20 years of gaming. It's just a scam game maker use to say "hahaha you geek we just got u to spend more money."

[name]

Eh, I spent just as much on guitar hero. I don't play that anymore.

[lawgone]

This does not even come close to meeting the guides for submitting "news" yet here it still sits.

[MrWeymes]

LOL

[she00win99]

this proved that all 360 owners are retards!!!

[ravenguard88]

Thanks. I'm reporting you.

[MrWeymes]

..people that own a PS3, and a 360?

[ravenguard88]

seriously?

[otherZinc]

When my son (2nd grade) & daughter (kindergarten) got home from school & saw the Legendary helmet on the table: the look on their faces were absolutely Priceless!

They rushed & put the Chief in their rooms, we played Halo 3 co-op through the mission for six weeks without playing another game, it was everyday Halo 3 for six weeks.

My kids were happy as hell, I didn't need the Helmet but my kids loved it to death and still do today. My daughter puts one of her princess crowns on the Chiefs head & calls it Spartan 458.

I wasn't looking to sell on ebay, when I bring home a Halo action figure they play with it immediately.

$275.00 well spent for me.

[Pacifist]

wow kids playing halo at such a young age....isn't it rated mature?

[otherZinc]

You see things worse on Sponge Bob. Also, my kids know better, they don't run crazy, they hit the books hard and do very good in their sports leagues & other activities.

Kids need to have the kind of fun they want for a period of time, its great balance.

Besides, The Master Chief is the most Elite Marine! We should be proud he saved Earth.

Now take your hat off & solute The Chief!

[ScottEFresh]

Sponge Bob kills grown men and swears to squidworth while playing online? I must have missed that episode. ...It's rated M ...for Mature...kid that young shouldn't be playing Halo...sorry...theres no excuse for it.

[VigorousApathy]

At the bottom of the article snippet it says...

"Please note some grammar and spelling has been corrected"

Priceless

[ScottEFresh]

Someone got ripped off by Microsoft again and they are complaining? Huh, thought you M$ faithful would be use to that by now.

[DJ]

It's Microsoft. Do some research before you buy.

[Auron]

for 59.99 at wal-mart.

[retro]

I'm not sorry for this guy.

C'mon, Limited Ed. of Halo 1 still fly around on shelves, it was the same with Halo 2 and I even bought the Legendary Edition FULLY KNOWING that this would happen.

No, I'm not sorry for this guy.

[Torch]

Wow, it took only three-plus months for this guy to realize what a good majority of the planet knew upon first glance of this tacky, overrated cash-in.

:P to you, then.

If all else fails, you can always wear that helmet in shameful disguise.

[TheXgamerLive]

This is a LIE!

It's a article written buy an unhappy sony fan if you follow his other stuff, and same goes for any MS fans, we don't need to fabricate story's and pretend something or a game sucked when it didn't.

Halo 3 was and is an incredible game and the best Halo ever including the multiplayer in all it's glory but what this guy said tells me he's not nor ever was an Xbox 360 fan.

[DJ]

with the hardware, software, and services provided to them on their console? That doesn't sound very realistic. Hell, I'm a PS3 owner, and even I have a wishlist of things I want Sony to implement.

[Genki]

When you start using terms like best ever, and especially perfect to describe your console or it's games, then you're probably a fanboy. There are MANY things that could be different with all 3 at the moment.

One thing I find funny is how fanboys somehow blame their company's shortcomings on the other side...

[SYSTEMS-at-WAR]

I can agree and disagree with what the author of this article is saying. He is right about the "Legendary Edition" of the game. I forked out allot of money on release because they said it was limited quantities. My friend went to a game store and ended up spending around $80. That is kind of disappointing.

However, he mentioned that the DVD's and game sucked. I agree that the DVD's weren't really all that great but the game rocks! I have no clue what would make the author hate it so much but it is a game that is well worth its cost.

[Hades1337]

Microsoft have limited editions of alot of 360 titles (Bioshock, Mass Effect, Forza 2). They only do it to get more sales, not because theyre actually 'limited' in supply.

[solar]

i actually got to play some lan Halo3 for the first time last night. o.O that is what ppl are going crazy for? it was very average at best. eh, too each his own i guess. and i agree with the author. id be pissed off too. and its not news.

[Lygre]

Hey, Donny from Console Central. YOU SUCK!!!

Now how does that make you feel?

There's too many whining bastards in this world...

[astrobrights]

How did this article get approved in the first place? They never stated that it was limited.. they called the package "legendary"

[captainpwn]

The first mistake he made was spending more than $10 on a Halo 2 expansion pack.