The Halo 3 Zune!

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:08 pm

Man, Msoft is just milking Halo's name. They've dubbed a Zune in it's honor.

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Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:27 pm

This was announced with Halo 3's release date, 9 days ago.

It's hardly milking the brand in this case, because it does come with a lot of content. It's not just a regular Zune with "Halo 3" slapped on it.

I won't buy it. I don't like the idea of buying a $250 device which is solely for media.

XBC-Requiem · Post by **XBC-Requiem** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:16 pm

It definately looks sweet, comes with some KILLER albums, and has some videos... I've been contemplating a Zune for my AIT training in January, since I'll be gone for 16 weeks... some music would be nice.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:17 pm

I like it.

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:20 pm

I have never wanted a Zune before, but I like this one a lot, and it makes me feel like getting one, lol

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:20 pm

I remember seeing this like three weeks ago. >__>
Still cool nonetheless. They'll get OMGFANBOYMONEYS.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:35 pm

Tural wrote:
It's hardly milking the brand in this case, because it does come with a lot of content. It's not just a regular Zune with "Halo 3" slapped on it.

While that is true in a sense, they could have just released a Zune with all these features as a different name. Yet they put a Halo 3 design on it and loaded it with some Halo content for Halo 3 promotional purposes.
I personally don't see the point...then again I'm just happy with my clippy iPod shuffle.
Also, they are taking advantage of fan's excitement by releasing all of this "Halo 3 exclusive" crap which they know people will buy (thing such as the Zune). I dunno why they can't just leave it how they did with Halo 1 and 2...but meh, their choice.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:38 pm

I don't consider releasing a bunch of original content to be milking the brand. That's like saying putting out a new game in the series is milking the brand.

They're doing it for Halo 3 because it's the grand finale of the story arc.

If people will buy it, it is good business. It's a win-win situation. People who buy it get the item, the company gets the money. The sole downside is that some people don't like it. That doesn't really hurt them much at all.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:41 pm

Tural wrote: They're doing it for Halo 3 because it's the grand finale of the story arc.

Yeah... I can see why they'd want to build excitement for it... But I still think all these little nick nacks and stuff they are releasing are kinda irrelevant to the game.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:41 pm

Indeed.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:29 pm

A point worth mentioning is that Zune is American only...pffft...
I have something better (IMO) anyway, but its more the fact that I hate American exclusives (dont get me started on xbl marketplace)

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Fri May 25, 2007 12:32 am

Do you not get the XBL marketplace at all? o_0

We also don't get the Zune here, I've never seen one. Are they actually good? Better then iPods?

I'd probably import one just to be different, most of my friends wouldn't have a clue what a Zune is. That would make me cool, I mean... Cooler.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:24 am

iGeo wrote:We also don't get the Zune here, I've never seen one. Are they actually good? Better then iPods?

Don't open that can of worms....

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:24 am

iGeo wrote:We also don't get the Zune here, I've never seen one. Are they actually good? Better then iPods?

I've never used one, but from what I read on the file restrictions/DRM and such, I'd say no.

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:31 am

GametagAeonFlux wrote:
iGeo wrote:We also don't get the Zune here, I've never seen one. Are they actually good? Better then iPods?
I've never used one, but from what I read on the file restrictions/DRM and such, I'd say no.

I should have thought about that, being Microsoft and all... silly me.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:06 am

Being a user of both, I can easily say that the Zune is far more superior. Even though they say "oh DRM all bad...." you can actually modify the Zune to add shared folders that dodge the 3 Day-3 Play stipulation. And the fact that iPod Fanboys rag on the Zune for having Wi-Fi, but no internet. Last I checked, theres no way an iPod, Wired or Wireless to share music at all without going to one's house and loading it via iTunes. Besides, for a Zune-Equivalent iPod, It('s):

A: has better scratch resistance and doesn't collect fingerprints as easy
B: has actual Music sharing capabilities
C: interchangable Hard drive to boost it from 30GB all the way up to 100GB without Physical size increase or dimensions of the Zune itself.
D: FUGGIN' WIFI! Great potential on such a device.
E: Actual changeable theme. Not just a white background, but customizable wallpapers.

Only issue I got with it, is that it's really dark, and can sometimes be really hard to see in direct sunlight. There's no option to turn off the backlight completely so unlike the iPod, you cannot fully turn off the backlight.

Also for you non Americans, Have you tried buying one via eBay or through a friend or relative in the states?

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:52 pm

I may buy one when I'm over this summer. I'm not too fussed about the Wi-Fi and all that shenanigans, for obvious reasons. (Nobody here has one to share choons with =/)

So it'd just be a replacement for my iPod mini, will it suffice?

DWells55 · Post by **DWells55** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:09 pm

Zune = big, ugly, bad in general.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:17 pm

Thanks for that factual description and participation in the discussion.

It's good to know we have someone unbiased to help with the decision making process.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:15 pm

Have you properly used the zune Dwells? Or have you just seen someone else with it or used it for 2 seconds with a handful of bias? Or you just browse the internet and join the anything but xbox by microsoft is bad buggy ugly and copied parade?

Australia doesn't get a good video marketplace for xbl, shoulda said that...

Anyway, A h3 zune looks pretty kool...But as I said about having another, rather good mp3/4 player, no need to try and import it...Plus I have always disliked large players like the iPod, Creative players and yeah the zune...