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Microsoft Makes things right

You might remember a story from a couple weeks ago about Nathaniel, he sent in his autographed X-box 360 in to get it repaired and they sent back the 360 with all the autographs and pictures wiped clean.... Nathaniel had traveled around with his 360 getting autographs from Dozens of people from the 360 team as well as from Bungie, now all his hard work was erased. You might also remember a week or 2 after that Bungie sended Nathaniel a Halo 3 themed goody bag along with autographs from the Bungie team.

Included in that Goody-Bag(incase you didn't see the original story) was
* Legendary Edition Helmet signed by most–if not all–of the studio staff
* Halo 3 Soundtrack (two disc) signed by Marty O'Donnel (with "DO NOT ERASE!" written under his name)
* Bungie Jacket
* Bungie T-Shirt
* Halo 3 Messenger Bag
* Two Halo 3 Limited Edition Wireless Controllers (one covenant, one human)
* Halo 3 Faceplate and Skins for Xbox 360
* Four McFarlane Action Figures (MC, EVA Spartan, Brute Chieftan, Jackal Sniper)
* Halo Actionclix Preview pack (Target exclusive sticker on the front)
* Halo Actionclix Game Pack 4
* Halo 3 Wall Graffix
* Halo 3: Ghosts of Onyx Novel
* Halo Graphic Novel
* Halo 3 Wristband
* Halo 3 Hackeysack

Well now a few weeks later Nathaniel received a second package from Microsoft themselves including a new xbox 360 signed by members of the 360 team and a Faceplate signed by Bill Gates himself.

The full list of items is this

* 1 Xbox 360 console (signed by original RT signers, new artwork by Luke McKay, signatures from Xbox 360 team, additional signatures from Bungie Staff)
* 1 Xbox 360 faceplate (signed by Bill Gates, among others)
* Devil May Cry 4
* Lost Odyssey
* Rainbow Six Vegas 2
* Gears of War
* Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
* 2 'What's Your Gamerscore?' Bumperstickers
* Xbox 360 CD Wallet
* Signed picture of Bill Gates

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decapitator5890d ago

Well dang, Kudos to Microsoft. Am thinking about getting a new 360 and pulling a stunt like this just to get this royal treatment...

LJWooly5890d ago

MS did nothing. It was Bungie's idea.

ambientFLIER5890d ago

Bungie forged Gates' signature?

LJWooly5890d ago

Sorry, I misread the article, and it was too late for me to edit it out...

Now I look all silly :'(

texism5890d ago (Edited 5890d ago )

Ouch LJwooly. You got owned by your own bias. You didn't even bother to read before commenting.

kalle5890d ago

LJWooly - Now we all know that PS3-fanboys just come in here whitout reading and starting to do all the r3tard bias posts.

kosha5890d ago

ye alright stop going all fanboy on ljwooly he did apologise and sed he mis read it

DARKKNIGHT5890d ago (Edited 5890d ago )

im happy for this guy and i hope he does not have to send his unit in for repairs.

Anything THAT custom, has to be worth 1500 at least.This is a great collectors item.

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Majere5890d ago

M$ and Bungie went way out of their way for this, kudos to both!

GutZ315889d ago

I still think its less then stellar, the console before had class, and actually wasnt cluttered with poorly written text, and a quick drawing that makes the lost work look 100x better.

Although it is a great gesture, the fact is that it still happened, and that we are still awaiting to see that it never does happen again, that is the whole point of this.

pp5890d ago

couldn't have exspected less from the big M

Danja5890d ago

Pity that the Big M is still ripping you off with having to pay for Online Play....ohh there still shipping Ticking Time Bombs to retailers also....

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Danja5890d ago (Edited 5890d ago )

umm Welfare...???.LOL...dude im not you...besides what the FU*K is $50 dude ?? Try again>>> ur so called insult was so f--ing lame...If I was on Welfare I would probably have a 360...but I dont I own the 'ELITE' console.."PS3"..suck s 4 you.

ur paying for was a great interface..on XBL..?...or is it Retro games ??....maybe it just crappy P2P servers >>> laggy online play .?

ambientFLIER5890d ago (Edited 5890d ago )

Way to spam up a great article, DanjaDouche.

Phil Harrison Mk45890d ago

Well they can't sell all that stuff!!!!!!!!!!!! ;-D

Little King5890d ago

just another 33.333% of there total consumers to please

Fat Bastard5890d ago

Microsoft sent him another console. Now why would that be? Maybe cause they knew the one Bungie sent him would surely RROD in a few months and they didn't want him pissed, and it's not like the extra they sent him cost any money. They just have to go to the electronics dump and throw whatever they find into a nice white box. Haha

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Marceles5890d ago

Damn...I think Nathaniel has forgiven MS haha

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Perfect Dark Zero - A Chance to Replay Before the Reboot

With the Perfect Dark reboot set to launch later this year, it's time to look back at Perfect Dark Zero, nearly 20 years later.

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"Unlock the Force: Get the Cantina Band Jam Track in Fortnite's Star Wars Event

Discover how to acquire the iconic Cantina Band Jam Track in the Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration. Gear up for an intergalactic musical journey in Fortnite's latest event.

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Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

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Terry_B3d ago

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

Vits3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

darthv723d ago

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

Kaii3d ago

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

anast3d ago

Every game in the last 2 decades...

INMATEofARKHAM3d ago

It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.

gunnerforlife2d ago

Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.

S2Killinit2d ago

That game was just plain good game. It didnt improve, it was just good.

gunnerforlife2d ago

I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!

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