Zeus
09-23-2007, 07:44 PM
HMV has expressed anger at UK retailer Argos' recent Halo 3 street date break. A HMV executive commented that MS are key partners of theirs and they'd never do anything to jeopardise their relationship and the company always plays by the rules. However, HMV are also hoping that MS will have a change of heart and come down stronger on Argos stating that they should receive approrpriate sanctions which will discourage them from such behaviour in the future.
"hmv.com certainly have no intention to sell Halo 3 before its September 26 release date - Microsoft are key partners of ours, and there's no way we want to let them down by selling one of the biggest games of the year ahead of the rest of the market. Doing so threatens to jeopardise what is a fantastic relationship with Microsoft, and more importantly, would give us an unfair advantage on the rest of the market - we like to play by the rules.
"However, we hope that any competitors that blatantly flout street dates, and let everyone else down, will face appropriate sanctions, so that such behaviour is discouraged in future."
News Source: <A href="http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/21-09-2007-6512.html" target="_blank">Pro-g</a>
"hmv.com certainly have no intention to sell Halo 3 before its September 26 release date - Microsoft are key partners of ours, and there's no way we want to let them down by selling one of the biggest games of the year ahead of the rest of the market. Doing so threatens to jeopardise what is a fantastic relationship with Microsoft, and more importantly, would give us an unfair advantage on the rest of the market - we like to play by the rules.
"However, we hope that any competitors that blatantly flout street dates, and let everyone else down, will face appropriate sanctions, so that such behaviour is discouraged in future."
News Source: <A href="http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/21-09-2007-6512.html" target="_blank">Pro-g</a>