Halo 4 Leaked

[Baldr]

Can somebody please explain to me why M$ is panicking?This leak can stir up much more hype than CGI trailers.If they think they are going to lose sales,they should be smoking a bit more money to realize that people are going to buy it anyway,be it 16-year olds or grandmas.
Sure it's not a complete build that's not representative of the final product,but some people want to see GAMEPLAY,has anything changed and is it good?
ME3 leaked,sold through the roof.Deus Ex:HR leaked half a year before release,still sold over a million.Crysis 2 leaked,still sold well for a sequel.
This is just PR peeing in their pants and nothing more,do they have to make it into a drama?

Actually if someone finds something out bad about the game whether it is representative of the final version or not, could snowball into backlash against the game. I don't think leaks help sell games, of the games you listed, the reputation of the previous games help boost the sale of those games.

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

I'm afraid I must spoil the game for everyone

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Warning spoilers ahead

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Seriously this is your last chance to turn back

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I'm serious guys, do not click this!

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That's it, don't say I didn't warn you.

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Master Chief accidentally tampers with a Coke vending machine and must now answer to the Coca-Cola Corporation. This indirectly causes Major T.J. "King" Kong to ride the atomic bomb that sets off the events of the Fallout series.

*grabs suitcase full of money and runs*

 

[llubtoille]

Can somebody please explain to me why M$ is panicking?This leak can stir up much more hype than CGI trailers.If they think they are going to lose sales,they should be smoking a bit more money to realize that people are going to buy it anyway,be it 16-year olds or grandmas.
Sure it's not a complete build that's not representative of the final product,but some people want to see GAMEPLAY,has anything changed and is it good?
ME3 leaked,sold through the roof.Deus Ex:HR leaked half a year before release,still sold over a million.Crysis 2 leaked,still sold well for a sequel.
This is just PR peeing in their pants and nothing more,do they have to make it into a drama?

Microsoft as a business probably doesn't care terribly much, as you said they'll still cash in on this either way.
However this does cause them to loose face in general, it shows they're susceptible to such leaks.
The ones who are probably most disapointed with the leak would be the makers who for the last three+ years have poured their efforts into making the game, their glorious unveiling has now been rather tarnished.

A bit like if a famous artist spent three years painting something in secrecy, then a month before it's finished someone sneaks in and snaps a shot of it.
Everyone who's interested will see this unfinished piece of work and judge it as the final product; in addition it will prematurely burn public interest, so by the time the actual piece is unveiled, most will say 'yeah we saw that a month ago' and not be interested.

TLDR: it's not always about the money.

 

[pretzil]

This will be the Obama administration's watergate, Obama personally leaked halo4 so that nerds wouldn't be busy on Nov 6 and would vote for him.

You heard it here first

 

[emeraldrafael]

I actually think its quite hilarious and ill be sure to search for the more legit leak spoilers (not priatete game just search around) to annoy the everlovi8ng piss out of my roommate and the rest of the halo fanboys at my school.

... why yes I do hate halo.

 

[MrTub]

Pretty much all big brand games get leaked 2-4weeks before release date on Xbox 360

 

[SnakeoilSage]

So what? It just means some pirate gets disappointed with another lackluster title before the people who pay for it. The only difference is someone other than the game's developers will know it's uninspired and can look down on the buyers beforehand.

 

[Marowit]

Master Chief takes off his suit. Turns out he's two midgets standing on each other's shoulders.

I'd actually play this game. the real halo 4 probably not.

 

[Evil Smurf]

people always "leak/lose" their products to drum up publicity

 

[theultimateend]

If you bleed while making a video game you either have a bad complexion like I do OR you are doing something wrong.

"So wait, a razor blade keyboard is not the only way to go?! "

"The internet is an awesome place... until it's no longer an awesome place."

Paraphrased: "Freedom is good till it affects our bottom line."

That paraphrase is the statement from basically every business that was once small and is now big.

 

[Scorpid]

Poor guys at 343 studios... They make their first game in which is on top of that a legacy series like Halo and it gets pirated 3 weeks before they can even ship the game. Got to feel bad about that for them.

 

[Brainst0rm]

Heh. Leek.

 

[Terramax]

Master Chief takes off his suit. Turns out he's two midgets standing on each other's shoulders.

This is interesting. How do two people stand on each others' shoulders at the same time? Do they take turns, or does one have to handstand?

 

[Dumoras]

Yeah, I've seen a few of the spoilers, and they've already had full streams of the game. A bit depressing, to be honest.
I'm curious as to who and/or where they got the disks from.

10 bucks says the guy speaks fluent french and is not from canada

 

[MagnusX7]

Oh no Halo 4 might lose some of it's mega cash...Well actually it's sad because we are that much further from living on microsoft's mine planets as someone F@#$ing called. Everyone might have gotten three square meals in such a future,and I might have ended up working next to my favorite Australian with a chip on his shoulder. Well I've officialy met my morbid quota for the day so for something happy checkout. http://soundcloud.com/circletree-productions

 

[Mike Rapajic]

I'm sorry but it's out there now and they'll never stop it. Especially since it happened 3 whole weeks before the game is set to come out. Sorry, Microsoft, but the pirates win this round. Better luck next time with Halo V!

 

[Callate]

Maybe they should scramble for an earlier release. You know, one that isn't on Election Day.

Sorry. I'm not saying they deserved to be pirated because of it, but someone should have thought twice about that one.

 

[tangoprime]

Master Chief takes off his suit. Turns out he's two midgets standing on each other's shoulders.

I hear that at the end, MC takes his mask off and you get to pick whether his eyes are Red, Green, or Blue, but it makes no difference.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Why can't they just be honest? Is it so hard to say "we want your money so don't d/l the leaks"? Instead they feed us this "piracy is evil, you won't experience the real game if you play a leak" nonsense. We all know by now some people will never buy the game, leak or not, and it's better to ignore those people and after all, they might love the game and spread the news to prospective purchasers.

 

[oliver.begg]

Microsoft as a business probably doesn't care terribly much, as you said they'll still cash in on this either way.
However this does cause them to loose face in general, it shows they're susceptible to such leaks.
The ones who are probably most disapointed with the leak would be the makers who for the last three+ years have poured their efforts into making the game, their glorious unveiling has now been rather tarnished.

A bit like if a famous artist spent three years painting something in secrecy, then a month before it's finished someone sneaks in and snaps a shot of it.
Everyone who's interested will see this unfinished piece of work and judge it as the final product; in addition it will prematurely burn public interest, so by the time the actual piece is unveiled, most will say 'yeah we saw that a month ago' and not be interested.

TLDR: it's not always about the money.

to be fair this is a gold disk, unlike PC digital xbox has to press teh final game over a month before release to ensure it gets to the stores on time.

if it was digital only you would be right, most of those only gold master the week before release and then work on a day 1 patch.

the funnist part is how console is coming full circle and becoming more like PC every week, now game release unfinished and are patched, you have to install them, there is more and more DRM and account locking. it makes me sad