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I'm going tomorrow to pick up a copy, apparently it's not out in Canada until the 8th according to EB.. They better have a copy! :wacko:

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who cares :)

That's the spirit :rolleyes:

I would imagine the guys at Epic and Microsoft care, but hey, let's not worry about those they get more than enough money. Why should you give them yours ... :no:

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Nothing says I'm a pirating ###### quite like a screenshot

:no: :no: :no:

Looking at them pics there?s a sky+ box there so he's from the UK... I wouldn?t blame him one bit for pirating it, we get screwed over time and time again and don?t get the game for another week and a :angry:angry: I hope he?s got a pre order:)hough :)

However if you live in America there?s really no excuse you can walk in to a shop and buy t:Ds game :D

9days until my pre order hopefully gets here!

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One of the reasons I bought the XBOX 360 was for GOW another was judging from the previous xbox releases the UK always did well, where as $ony delayed PS2 game launches in the UK, the PSP is a joke, I had to get mine from Japan and still not really that many good games, maybe apart from GTA.

Delaying GOW in the UK / Europe will only push people to pirate games, after months and months of build up, internet advertising showing the US launch date, an extra 2 weeks (ish) is a slap in the face for none US owners.

That and the fact the trailer was gold membership only to start with. How the f**k does that work, I have to pay to see an advertisement for a product I may want to buy, or for a demo? That completely the wrong way round, hows about they pay to advertise their products on the chance I will be impressed and buy the product.

Also my 360 is in for repair right now as the DVD drive was going. They wont send a custom box to ship it in (microsoft take note of apple here) they say dont ship in original box, but the box has to be suitable or will invalidate the warranty. Include hard drive, even though it wasnt the cause of the problem. We will probably wipe the drive so back it up. Cant really back it up though. This is not great service, and looking at the 3 month warenty they give the Americans, its the least they can do legally.

Apple on the other hand, arrange a collection, with a custom box, security tags etc. Have a very fast turn around, have a decent tech support, online repair tracking, and will even compensate you if you push it a little. I got ?70 off an ipod video.

In the end I shipped the 360 in a box apple sent me a while ago for my laptop, it fitted well and I thought was kind of ironic!

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Strange, i also phoned up with my dvd drive going (wasn't ejecting properly).

They told me to remove the hard drive and arranged a collection with DHL and sent a custom box, with stickers to seal the box etc. Had a very fast turn around in 4 days, actually received a brand new console with another hard drive attached! (sold that now! :laugh: )

And i'm from the UK too!!

One of the reasons I bought the XBOX 360 was for GOW another was judging from the previous xbox releases the UK always did well, where as $ony delayed PS2 game launches in the UK, the PSP is a joke, I had to get mine from Japan and still not really that many good games, maybe apart from GTA.

Delaying GOW in the UK / Europe will only push people to pirate games, after months and months of build up, internet advertising showing the US launch date, an extra 2 weeks (ish) is a slap in the face for none US owners.

That and the fact the trailer was gold membership only to start with. How the f**k does that work, I have to pay to see an advertisement for a product I may want to buy, or for a demo? That completely the wrong way round, hows about they pay to advertise their products on the chance I will be impressed and buy the product.

Also my 360 is in for repair right now as the DVD drive was going. They wont send a custom box to ship it in (microsoft take note of apple here) they say dont ship in original box, but the box has to be suitable or will invalidate the warranty. Include hard drive, even though it wasnt the cause of the problem. We will probably wipe the drive so back it up. Cant really back it up though. This is not great service, and looking at the 3 month warenty they give the Americans, its the least they can do legally.

Apple on the other hand, arrange a collection, with a custom box, security tags etc. Have a very fast turn around, have a decent tech support, online repair tracking, and will even compensate you if you push it a little. I got ?70 off an ipod video.

In the end I shipped the 360 in a box apple sent me a while ago for my laptop, it fitted well and I thought was kind of ironic!

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who cares :)

No Warez (links) & Cracks.

Help, requests or posts that discuss circumvention. This includes linking to illegally obtained software, movies & music files - posting about it, and suggesting to get it.

https://www.neowin.net/?act=rulesforum

Since you technically did not post that screenshot and someone else did from your website, I am letting you slide without a warning, but someone does care, so no more talk about it, especially admitting it.

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Thats really strange!

I dont know if that was costing them too much then and they decided to cut back or if it depends on which call centre you get through to. I even had to download and print off the DHL sticker for the box. The guy did sound American but that means nothing will all the tricks the call centres employ.

What came across was the reluctance to service the machine, and the obstacles, however small they were putting up to put me off. Like we will probalb wipe you hd, a badly fitting box could invalidate the warranty etc...

Rather than what I have experienced from other companies with similar items, where you have to use their box, they organise the collection etc...

As long as it works when it comes back I will be happy though, its a great machine, xbox live is fantastic, HD is awsome and the price it just right. I was never a microsoft fan, releasing buggy products, taking ages to fix problems etc... (my old windows phone was forever crashing) but the 360 is so polished, everything just works, like the ipod connectivity, the demos, the trailers reminds me a bit of Apple.

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Well just got a call back for a new job today so. Its penny saving time gonna try and save all my wages from now till xmas and buy this, a 360. a wii and a new gfx card :)

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One of the reasons I bought the XBOX 360 was for GOW another was judging from the previous xbox releases the UK always did well, where as $ony delayed PS2 game launches in the UK, the PSP is a joke, I had to get mine from Japan and still not really that many good games, maybe apart from GTA.

Delaying GOW in the UK / Europe will only push people to pirate games, after months and months of build up, internet advertising showing the US launch date, an extra 2 weeks (ish) is a slap in the face for none US owners.

That and the fact the trailer was gold membership only to start with. How the f**k does that work, I have to pay to see an advertisement for a product I may want to buy, or for a demo? That completely the wrong way round, hows about they pay to advertise their products on the chance I will be impressed and buy the product.

Also my 360 is in for repair right now as the DVD drive was going. They wont send a custom box to ship it in (microsoft take note of apple here) they say dont ship in original box, but the box has to be suitable or will invalidate the warranty. Include hard drive, even though it wasnt the cause of the problem. We will probably wipe the drive so back it up. Cant really back it up though. This is not great service, and looking at the 3 month warenty they give the Americans, its the least they can do legally.

Apple on the other hand, arrange a collection, with a custom box, security tags etc. Have a very fast turn around, have a decent tech support, online repair tracking, and will even compensate you if you push it a little. I got ?70 off an ipod video.

In the end I shipped the 360 in a box apple sent me a while ago for my laptop, it fitted well and I thought was kind of ironic!

I am still waiting for my pre-paid label to send the console back again! so far it has been a week and no email. I phoned earlier and they said my repair request was cancelled due to invalid something or other. So i thought that was nice that they told me. They have a quick turn around when they have the console but getting it sent off is a nightmare. I don't like relying on them to send off my console., i would rather send it myself and pay the postage. I really want a complaints email address so i can complain about this service because it is terrible (even worse than PlusNet).

I said today on the phone i wanted the console back by next week as Gears of War is out then. If i don't get my console back by next thursday i will sell all my 360 games and accessories and never touch their console products again. It isn't like it is my fault it is broke... it was their well tested update that caused the console to break.

Also i was told today i am not to send the Hard Drive back even though the last time i had too... i was told i would get my hard drive back which never happened.

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ugh wtf...i ordered it online at best buy and i just looked it says mine in on back order. what a bunch of bull****.

you are telling me... I just checked my status and saw that BOTH GOW and COD3 are on backorder... I am going to KILL SOMEONE @ BB!!!!... i am going to attempt to find a GOW today and then just return the bb one whenever it gets here.... im leaving for NC tomorrow and need to play TONIGHT.....

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ok, I just got this today. I woke up said "F*** Class" and went to bestbuy. got there and they still didn't have any.... i was ****ed so i walked around for a bit then saw people with them. went back to the games and grabbed the LAST copy and this was at 10:10am.... and bestbuy opens at 10am....

haven't gotten very far, the controls are amazing, im still getting used to them. can't wait to see what multiplayer is like.

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update... so after Best Buy screwed me over... i decided i am going to pick up the game from EB games... then just return the bb one to eb when i get it(i used giftcards and got the 1600 ms points deal from bb).... ill pick up Tony Hawk from ebgames to make up for it.. .

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update... so after Best Buy screwed me over... i decided i am going to pick up the game from EB games... then just return the bb one to eb when i get it(i used giftcards and got the 1600 ms points deal from bb).... ill pick up Tony Hawk from ebgames to make up for it.. .

good luck with that...i checked online and it says all gamestops and eb games in my are are sold out too.

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good luck with that...i checked online and it says all gamestops and eb games in my are are sold out too.

i just called... they said they have "enough" .. im going at lunch so unless there is a huge rush to my local ebgames i should be ok...

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i am going to stop home at lunch (like 10 minutes away anyways) and see if my copy from EBgames.com is there, if not I'm going to the local EBgames and will just buy a copy (and then return the online copy whenever they hell they actually get it here).

[Edit] It's "Out For Delivery" ...bout freakin time :whistle: Guess we know what I'll be doin all night :woot: [/Edit]

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