legacyzero
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Frankie is trilling the SHIT out of the internet lol
So how is this any different with how Halo 3 is being handled right now?link? I'm sure I did something evasive - or dissembled the nature of the content, but I would not have straight up denied it after a certain point in its viability.
Pretty much.Frankie is trilling the SHIT out of the internet lol
Which is fine. Why would he out n out confirm it now?because instead of an actual, real denial he's just made flippant, Lupinko-level "I know something" posts
Which is fine. Why would he out n out confirm it now?
link? I'm sure I did something evasive - or dissembled the nature of the content, but I would not have straight up denied it after a certain point in its viability.
how does it add to the discourse in any way?
343 killed Halo, the least they could do is resurrect it. Do it, Frank.
If a franchise sells on consoles then MS is not going to put it on Windows. It's as simple as that. MS clearly sees PC gaming as a competitor as much as Sony or Nintendo is. It's not happening guys.
FFS somebody, anybody, please come out with a legitimate competitor to Windows OS so we can all be done with this damn company.
I remember last time Microsoft decided to make their come back to PC gaming. We got AoE Online (lol), Flight (loool), Fable III (loooool) and a revamped GFWL (loooooooooooooooool).
If a franchise sells on consoles then MS is not going to put it on Windows. It's as simple as that. MS clearly sees PC gaming as a competitor as much as Sony or Nintendo is. It's not happening guys.
FFS somebody, anybody, please come out with a legitimate competitor to Windows OS so we can all be done with this damn company.
If a franchise sells on consoles then MS is not going to put it on Windows. It's as simple as that. MS clearly sees PC gaming as a competitor as much as Sony or Nintendo is. It's not happening guys.
FFS somebody, anybody, please come out with a legitimate competitor to Windows OS so we can all be done with this damn company.
I remember last time Microsoft decided to make their come back to PC gaming. We got AoE Online (lol), Flight (loool), Fable III (loooool) and a revamped GFWL (loooooooooooooooool).
Meh, Microsoft has been loosening up lately. They even let Double Fine port Iron Brigade to Steam. Five years ago who would have thought we'd see Shadowrun on IOS? There's just no fucking telling what MS is going to do. I remember when people said MS would never allow generic USB storage on 360. Microsoft has demonstrated themselves to be in a state of transformation.
Iron Brigade was published by THQ.
Microsoft OWNS THE FUCKING IP. THEY OWN IT.
Tell that to Mark of the Ninja
and Deadlight
and Toy Soldiers
and... etc
...this time, we got Age of Empires 2 HD on Steam with Steamworks support.
I think Microsoft finally has their head on straight.
Microsoft OWNS THE FUCKING IP. THEY OWN IT. It doesn't matter who publishes it, it's only due to Microsoft's kind decision that this game exists outside of 360.
Mark of the Ninja developer: Klei Entertainment
Deadlight developer: Tequila Works
Toy Soldiers developer: Signal Studios
Those are 3rd party studios. And yet MS even pays money to keep games from those 3rd party studios timed exclusive off of PC. Including Alan Wake.
Age of Empires and Flight Sim were going to sell so well on xbox ...
As I said, if it moves consoles you arent getting it. You are probably not going to get a Banjo-Kazooie game. You are not getting Project Gotham racing. You are not getting Forza. And Windows sure as hell isnt going to get anymore Halo games.
Wow. You are a very excitable beer monkey.
I could have sworn the rights to the game were up in the thq auction. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
Iron Brigade is and © 2011, Microsoft Corporation.
...this time, we got Age of Empires 2 HD on Steam with Steamworks support.
I think Microsoft finally has their head on straight.
That happened because an ex-Enseble, current Hidden Path Entertainment guy nagged them for years to update the game for FREE just cause he loved the game and he knew oher people love it too. At a time he was also working for Valve.
I mean in the end it probably became more than a one man job and he probably got paid for it and it's nice they probably listened to him that it needs to be on Steam to be relevant but I doubt they would ever do that on their own.
So I see no great comeback.. yet.
The Halo trilogy of those old-ass but good games would be a good and meaningful first step but ehh let's see what happens with it.
Halo 2 even has problems running on Windows 7 (fixable if you care to google).. unbelievable how little they care for the existing games, let alone potential rereleases and new ports.
Also, Windows has gotten Halo games before. Why not now?
Mark of the Ninja developer: Klei Entertainment
Deadlight developer: Tequila Works
Toy Soldiers developer: Signal Studios
Those are 3rd party studios. And yet MS even pays money to keep games from those 3rd party studios timed exclusive off of PC. Including Alan Wake.
Age of Empires and Flight Sim were going to sell so well on xbox ...
As I said, if it moves consoles you arent getting it. You are probably not going to get a Banjo-Kazooie game. You are not getting Project Gotham racing. You are not getting Forza. And Windows sure as hell isnt going to get anymore Halo games.
Also, Windows has gotten Halo games before. Why not now?
"I dont even need a 360. All I need is a PC and a PS3 and I can have all of the games"
Spoken by many a PS3 owner earlier in this generation. Of course much like the "I played Crysis and it felt more like a tech demo" crowd, you can be assured that almost none of these people actually have a gaming level PC. It's just something people said about games they couldnt play. Unfortunately both Crytek and MS responded to trolls if they repeated the same lie for long enough.
From Atari owned properties like Centipede on Colecovision to Sega games on Turbografx to Sony's Wipeout on Saturn and N64, there is a long history of console rightsholders releasing their hot titles on competing consoles, and that is far stranger than anything about MS allowing older Halo titles on PC. People talk like this is insane and impossible, and that's absurd.
Friendly wager?
If Halo 2-3 come to Steam in 2013 then you gift me them on Steam. If they dont I will buy you a $50 game on Steam.
Lets see if he agrees to it. He's obviously extremely confident they arent coming so should be a free $50 game for him.Damn, I was going to make the exact same bet. Free PC Halo would've been sweet.
"I dont even need a 360. All I need is a PC and a PS3 and I can have all of the games"
Spoken by many a PS3 owner earlier in this generation. Of course much like the "I played Crysis and it felt more like a tech demo" crowd, you can be assured that almost none of these people actually have a gaming level PC. It's just something people said about games they couldnt play. Unfortunately both Crytek and MS responded to trolls if they repeated the same lie for long enough.
I want to do the same bet but at 30 dollars. Because when Halo 3 comes to PC it wont be 50 bucks. Wait, what was Halo 2's price on release?Lets see if he agrees to it. He's obviously extremely confident they arent coming so should be a free $50 game for him.
Is halo 3 coming to Steam/PC? Yes or No.
Whatever it is, its working lolhow does it add to the discourse in any way?
It honestly makes a lot of sense for these games to be on PC at this point. Halo's 1-3 are not selling consoles anymore. MS has nothing to lose by porting them.
I want to do the same bet but at 30 dollars. Because when Halo 3 comes to PC it wont be 50 bucks. Wait, what was Halo 2's price on release?
Anywho, if hes so sure he should accept all of our bets. Its easy money/games for him, right?
This talk of not porting to pc so xbox sells more makes sense, but not in regards to halo 3. Especially when the next xbox releases and we get next gen halo, porting halo 3 is not going to stop someone from buying the 720 because its a last gen game that won't exactly make the steambox look like its the place to be for halo action.
But, quite likely, millions to gain.
Seriously, if you're pricing it at $20 a pop (which is crazy for any game older than two or three years, which all three Halos are), and Valve takes 30% of the cut (I've heard it's higher, but whatever)... and you're the publisher/developer, that's around $13.33 a copy. You'd only need to hit 75,000 copies to get $1,000,000.
Granted, the cost of porting, based on some numbers I saw a while ago, was ~5 guys at $60k a month for 3 months. That's $900k right there, and doesn't include overhead/utilities/whatever, which, iirc, is double. So... 1.8 million.
To make up for the cost of a port, they'd have to sell around 135,000 copies.
With Halo 3, that's not unreasonable.
Now, that said? Alan Wake made back its money in just one day, and it sold for $35. Then again, Alan Wake had a PC version that was quite far along in development (the game was, after all, originally a PC exclusive), so they might not have had to have so many people working, blah blah blah.
Point is, if they sold 500,000 copies, at these COMPLETELY made-up and based on fuzzy memories of rules of thumbs numbers... they'd make like 4.87 million. I'm pretty sure they could pull off 500,000 copies in the first month, even at $20.
Now, that said? Alan Wake made back its money in just one day, and it sold for $35. Then again, Alan Wake had a PC version that was quite far along in development (the game was, after all, originally a PC exclusive), so they might not have had to have so many people working, blah blah blah.
Sony didn't own Wipeout until 1999 when they bought Psygnosis. Both the Saturn and N64 games came out before then.
That explains a lot. You like the game for one of the biggest reasons Halo fans hate it.I'm probably in the minority but I'm still enjoying Halo 4. This coming from a COD: Black Ops addict. There were some adjustments but the thrill of starting a round with your DMR and plasma pistol is quite awesome. I hate being forced to use the AR in the previous Halos.
I'm probably in the minority but I'm still enjoying Halo 4. This coming from a COD: Black Ops addict. There were some adjustments but the thrill of starting a round with your DMR and plasma pistol is quite awesome. I hate being forced to use the AR in the previous Halos.
I'm probably in the minority but I'm still enjoying Halo 4. This coming from a COD: Black Ops addict. There were some adjustments but the thrill of starting a round with your DMR and plasma pistol is quite awesome. I hate being forced to use the AR in the previous Halos.
I'm probably in the minority but I'm still enjoying Halo 4. This coming from a COD: Black Ops addict. There were some adjustments but the thrill of starting a round with your DMR and plasma pistol is quite awesome. I hate being forced to use the AR in the previous Halos.
Sony bought Psygnosis in 1993 and only by their approval did Wipeout hit other platforms.