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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:36PM (Unverified) said

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Got my Prestige Edition pre-order at Gamestop and then found out they stopped taking pre-orders the next week.

Glad I got my pre-order in but now I'm not so confident that they will be able to fulfill it.

Anyhow, as long as I will be able to play what will be the greatest video game ever made I will be happy, goggles or no goggles.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:10PM Obienator said

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I pre-ordered mine from Amazon, they had free shipping and $10 future purchase credit.

Plus they are less evil than Gamestop. ;)
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:19PM Tonezorz said

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Remember how all the pre-orders for the Halo Helmet Edition ran out?

Too bad you can STILL find them on deal sites for ~$60.00 Brand New.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:23PM PantsParty said

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Hey Obie, Do you know when that $10 future purchase thing went into effect? I don't remember seeing it when I pre-ordered my Prestige Edition from Amazon. Maybe I'll get it when the game ships?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:23PM (Unverified) said

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do you really think this is going to be the best video game of all time? seriously? that's sad.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:27PM Obienator said

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Pantsparty: From what I understand, the moment your item ships you get the $10 in your account to use for any following purchase.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:31PM modifiedbears said

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Such a waste of money.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:38PM Danthok said

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Yeah just like the Halo 3 Legendary Edition was limited. Then you saw them sitting on store shelves a couple weeks after launch.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:54PM Jim Halpert DM Xbox Live said

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Funny. That's sounds familiar. Felt like I just read that somewhere.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:25PM whylekat said

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Ahh hahaha clearly not in the headline. Reading paragraphs is a problem for some people it seems.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:35PM Wickerman22 said

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Exactly. Actually many months later both Gamestop and Amazon were blowing the Legendary Halo 3 for half price.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 7:33PM Konrad said

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Very true, but the article implies they kept making it after the game was released. The factory that made the helmets was built and then torn down before the game came out.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 8:42PM (Unverified) said

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For most retailers the Legendary Editions were for the most part limited. Its just that alot of people would pre-order one and when the game came out decided they didn't want to spend 130 on a game and picked up the regular edition. I know my store had about 30 LEs pre-ordered and about 20 of those customers switched to the normal edition.

TL:DR The Legendaries are just those that weren't picked up by pre-orders
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:54PM BananaBoat said

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The difference is that they continued to make the legendary edition of halo 3 even after the launch of the game. This turned out to be a bad move, since the only people willing to drop 130 dollars were the die hard fans that were pre-ordering anyway. The result is that you can find the Legendary edition of Halo online for 40-50 bucks if you shop around. I actually got it for 50 bucks myself, and then I sold my LE copy to a friend and basically came out with a 30 dollar cat helmet in the deal. For 30 bucks, it's damn sweet (not for 70 though, which is the premium you had to pay to get it at launch).

Unless I see some review that glows about how these goggles are so much better than the toy version you can find at Wal-Mart, I won't be buying the prestige edition. I have no doubt that there will be stock of them left after launch day, even if supplies are limited (it's a recession, and NVG's aren't exactly a necessity)
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Posted: Aug 7th 2009 12:29AM Special Agent Steve said

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The gaming community really throws the word "limited" around with little thought of its meaning. Walk down the Xbox 360 aisle of any GameStop -- there's more Halo 3 Limited Collector's Editions than there are stars in the sky. However, it sounds like Infinity Ward's upcoming blockbuster Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will have a limited edition worthy of the adjective -- no additional copies of the Prestige Edition of the game will be made following the title's release.

In an interview with IGN, Infinity's Robert Bowling discusses the creative forces behind the opulent, night-vision goggles-equipped collector's edition, and explained its eventual scarcity. According to him, only one set of individually numbered Prestige Editions will be produced -- though retail chains have requested the developer create even more prestigious units. Seems like parties interested in acquiring the bundle will need to act quickly -- lest they be forced to resort to desperate, crafty measures.

HA, I ONE UP-ED you Danthok
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:39PM bongoes said

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How can it be limited when the sweatshop's churning 100 of these out every day?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:43PM RANDOM G Joystiq Troll Slayer said

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I think I'm finally getting sick of this sweatshop stuff.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:43PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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I hope its more than 100 or they really WILL be limited....

hell this is going to sell at LEAST 100k in the first day
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:00PM bongoes said

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Random G, yeah now that I think about it it is getting pretty old.

Chris D, typo, I meant way more.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:32PM RANDOM G Joystiq Troll Slayer said

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Farewell friends, I'm off to seek my fortune elsewhere. Good luck with the sweatshop.

In the words of the late Mr. Longhorn, Mission Acomplished!
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:40PM (Unverified) said

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Basically buy this prestige crap, wait a couple months, sell on eBay for huge profit.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:44PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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be careful....I said that about Wii Sports Resort and got blasted to oblivion....lol
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:50PM Miketor said

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You thought that they were going to run out of Wii Sports Resort in the near future?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:52PM Vidikron said

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Actually, I think he bought a bunch of WM+ units anticipating that WSR would cause them to sell out.... I still see them everywhere though :)
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:54PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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yea I did...lol...I mean hell Nintendo does that shit on purpose...

Mario Kart, Smash Brothers, Wii Fit were ALL hard to find for almost 6+ months after they came out....did the same thing with them
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:04PM (Unverified) said

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or maybe it was because all those games were selling a shit ton and stores had trouble keeping them in stock...

nope, definitely not that. They intentionally decided to make less money by shipping fewer units to stores so they could....make more money? Yeah, that works
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:42PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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Walk down the Xbox 360 aisle of any GameStop -- there's more Halo 3 Limited Collector's Editions than there are stars in the sky

Gamestop has aisle??

and you guys are right about that Halo 3 thing....I've seen those all over the place...hell my Circuit City had like like 40 of them when they were a week away from closing...they were marked down to like $40 and sold like crazy
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:32PM Duke said

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Yeah that was a pretty good example of fake limited pressings. The damn things are all over the place.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:45PM (Unverified) said

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Actually all the Gamestops I have been in have enough copies of Assassin's Creed for the 360 to build another gamestop with them.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:45PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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I think Chris Hansen should do another "To Catch a Predator" episode following the release of the "Prestige Edition".
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:46PM (Unverified) said

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Good news for people buying then selling them on ebay lol.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 1:55PM MewMewtwo45 said

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The Halo 3 thing is outdated actually. Months back all GameStops were instructed to remove copies of the game from the Limited Editions and convert them to a normal SKU then give the heads away to customers. If you see a GameStop with Halo 3 head boxes, they just head a fetish for Master Chief's skull at this point--they're not supposed to be there.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:03PM ai3rocks57 said

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That sounds stupid. How much were they selling the heads for do you know?

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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:22PM Haggard said

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Wet sounds stupid. Away with you, agent of Bethesda!
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:02PM FOI said

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The goggles are quite phallic. Looks a bit like a big black dong coming out of gray-boy's forehead.

Fitting given the price I guess.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:09PM Scratchcard said

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Sometimes, night vision goggles are just night vision goggles!
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:15PM Obienator said

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Paging Dr. Freud!
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:41PM TheDarkWayne said

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i dont think a dong coming OUT of a guy's head could ever be appropriate
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:05PM 343 Guilty Fart said

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But... but I paid full price for my master chief helmet!!! Whaaaa.....
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:06PM horngreen said

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I'll bet they are just saying this to get more people to buy the prestige edition. They'll make as many as they can sell. A fool and his money soon part.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:09PM wardob said

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Nope, not falling for it. I think I'll stick with the regular edition this time, thank you very much.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:11PM (Unverified) said

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seriously, how much does a pair of decent night vision goggles cost? I mean, even if you drop $100 on a pair, they'll probably be better than these
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:35PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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SOMEONE BUY ME THIS NOW...

http://www.eyeclops.com/
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:40PM TheDarkWayne said

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a decent one, like actual Sam Fisher quality would probably be in the high hundreds, but you can get toy ones for like 60. Ars Technica had a review of some 60 dollar ones, i think actually the ones from the company capn planet just linked and they wre pretty good.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:49PM wardob said

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Well of course you have high standards for your equipment, I mean you are Batman after all.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:12PM MewMewtwo45 said

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The Master Chief head had dropped down to $60, regular price at the time this happened. So they weren't losing any money on the conversion and it freed up space.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:14PM MewMewtwo45 said

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Well I don't know how my reply got all the way down here by the wrong comment, but there is your answer sting.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:26PM (Unverified) said

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thanks for the clarification. i was trying to figure out what the hell he was talking about Halo special editions, the gamestop in town here has nada.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:22PM PantsParty said

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Hey Obie, Do you know when that $10 future purchase thing went into effect? I don't remember seeing it when I pre-ordered my Prestige Edition from Amazon. Maybe I'll get it when the game ships?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 2:34PM (Unverified) said

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I don't see why so many people are so infatuated with this "Prestige Edition."

What are you honestly going to do with night vision goggles or the first call of duty game? (which can be found easily for next to nothing)

If you really wanted both of those so badly wouldn't you just buy them separate?
Also how do you know this game is going to be good?

Have you played it before?

No.
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