Even if it is a 'bribe' who cares, it's ultimately the reviewer who decides whether or not they rate it good. People who say it's nothing more than a gift are probably PS3 Fanboys who need to find a reason why everyone likes it

The ungrateful git is just trying to get his name out there. If he really had a problem with it could've just quietly donated the bundle to charity and gave the game a poor review but no he had to sing and dance about it 'Hey everybody it's me Dean Takahashi.....I'm on the internets!!!'

It's just a marketing techinque. MS sends out these goodies to journalist, they will in turn mention something about Halo and show off the goodies on all the "limited edition" halo stuff. More people would then be aware of how big the Halo series in and probably would end up going out to buy the game anyway just to see what the hype is all about.



I admire Brian Lam at Gizmodo and what he did with his bag of stuff.

As above this guy is obviously desperate to have his name splashed on the net. I doubt anyone at MS gives a toss about what he has to say. They made there 24 hour sales figures and then some they are probably all partying too hard to care what he has to say.

since when do reviewers complain about freebies?



i don't really think MS was of the opinion that it needs to bribe reviewers for good reviews of such a great game.



Keith, which games are for normal or advanced people such as yourself? i would like to know so i can better myself and be just like you... retard.

First-person shooters are for the mentally inept? Go play Deus Ex then say that again. Or play Unreal Tournament and try to get just one kill against someone who is good. When you lose, come back here and tell me the guy you played against is mentally inept.

What a waste of energy, I really think that Dean for once probably got out of bed on the wrong leg. Normally he writes stuff of interest and generates worthy discussion. All major and many minor companies send out stuff at easter of Christmas to what they regard as potential clients or people that may have some influence to better their sales, its a marketing strategy that has been in existence for more years than i could quote accurately. Dean! whats the problem? as stated above give the game etc to a local charity so that they can sell at a profit and then make your review which you will or would have done regardless of the press package. By sending it back to make a pointless statement you have deprived a charity of selling a collectors item for money to do something good.