Buying Crackdown or Playing Halo 2??

It is not a surprise that Microsoft’s beta-sign-ups for Halo 3 multiplayer are now sort of a “forbidden realm” for most of the fans. Well, Microsoft thought at giving those unfortunate fans another chance.
Halo 3, the third game in the best selling Xbox game franchise Halo, is a highly-anticipated first-person shooter video game under development by Bungie Studios for the Xbox 360. An official announcement on the developers' website states that Halo 3 will end the current story arc of the Halo trilogy. A public beta test will be available this spring, with the full game coming out sometime later in the year.
Since fans are eager to test themselves Halo 3’s pre-release slogan “finish the fight”, Microsoft came up with the idea to shoot two targets with a single bullet. For those who buy the Xbox 360 game Crackdown with a specially marked box, Microsoft will provide an invitation to participate in the coveted “Halo 3” multiplayer beta program when it becomes available.
According to the official press release, when the “Halo 3” multiplayer beta surfaces in autumn 2007, owners of “Crackdown” with access to an Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, hard drive and a valid Xbox Live Gold subscription simply need to load their copy of “Crackdown” into their Xbox 360 console and use the disc as a key to download the beta from Xbox Live Marketplace and join the battle in “Halo 3” multiplayer.