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Re: See it on Xbox, then decide to care
Posted By: punditty <nomail@thisaddress.com>Date: 11/11/01 8:33 p.m.

In Response To: New Thread, Same Old Story (Matt)

One of the occupational hazards of browsing Toys R Us stores is seeing the Xbox display; one was actually running Halo so I watched for a bit, played for a bit... and I can honestly say I no longer care whether or not it ever gets ported out of console land. The reality just ain't meeting what the promise of it was, folks.

(and no, I don't intend to buy an Xbox either).

: One of the occupational hazards of this job is that someone will always try
: to twist my words so it looks like I'm saying something else.

: When I said "Jason Jones is still unsure how we're handling the PC
: version," certain people chose to interpret that as me saying Jason
: wasn't sure it would happen at all. No one on this board, naturally. Some
: other board where you have to sit through two pages of ads before you can
: register your account. (Actually it's just one page of ads, but if you
: don't buy anything the first time you see it, they show it to you again
: and shame you for not consuming enough. Might have something to do with
: why I don't post there.)

: I will try to say this again a little more clearly so that no one
: misunderstands.

: We still plan to do a Mac and PC version of Halo, but there are a lot of
: questions that must be answered before we can make the Mac/PC versions
: happen. It's like driving across town to a friend's house. You could take
: the highway, but it's rush hour; maybe it would be better to take side
: streets? Do you have enough gas for the trip, or do you need to make a
: side trip to a gas station? Can you park on his street for free or do you
: need to bring cash for a parking garage? These are all important questions
: that you'll need to answer before you start the trip, and will certainly
: affect the trip itself - but they don't affect the destination. You're
: going to your friend's house one way or another. Unless you live in the
: Puget Sound region, the land which inspired my forthcoming country song,
: " The Roads To Your Heart (Were Built By Competing Logging Firms In
: The Nineteenth Century, And That's Why It Takes Me An Hour To Figure Out
: Where It Is And By The Time I Get There I'm So Pissed Off And Frustrated
: That I Just Turn Around And Go Home) ."

: I have asked many questions about the Mac/PC versions in recent days, because
: I want to know what's going on so I can get the "I have confirmation
: it's never coming" wankers off the community's back. I have asked
: people who are in the best position to know what's going on, like Alex and
: Jason. They don't have answers to all the questions yet, and they don't
: want to say anything until all the ducks are in a row, but they know what
: they have to do. If pressed to choose between an "anonymous
: source" referenced by some random guy on a web forum, and two real
: people with names who have confided Bungie secrets to me for years, I'll
: pick the latter. And I cheerfully invite the anonymous sources, if they
: actually exist, to come on over to Bungie HQ and chat with Alex and Jason
: and myself so we can eliminate the communication breakdown.

: I'm running out of ways to rephrase this answer that don't involve swearing.
: Hope this tides you over for a while.

: -Matt


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Replies:

New Thread, Same Old StoryMatt 11/7/01 3:15 p.m.
     Werd! *NM*Theocracity 11/7/01 3:19 p.m.
     good ol' mattslumbermonkey 11/7/01 3:23 p.m.
     Re: Copy and Paste in other gaming forums everyone *NM*kayas 11/7/01 3:23 p.m.
           Re: hehehe...im quicker than Mr. Wu *NM*kayas 11/7/01 3:40 p.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old Story*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 11/7/01 3:23 p.m.
           Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryLouis Wu 11/7/01 3:39 p.m.
     Good man :)vector40 11/7/01 8:27 p.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old Storytst6597216 11/7/01 11:16 p.m.
           why should they?AlexK 11/8/01 7:36 a.m.
                 well saidslumbermonkey 11/8/01 7:40 a.m.
                       Rent the console then!Miguel Chavez 11/8/01 8:59 a.m.
                             Re: Rent the console then!Waldi 11/8/01 10:01 a.m.
                                   uh, what are you talking about?Miguel Chavez 11/8/01 10:06 a.m.
                                         Re: uh, what are you talking about?Burning 11/9/01 12:28 a.m.
                             yeah..slumbermonkey 11/8/01 11:27 a.m.
                 Re: why should they?Geoffrey Miller 11/8/01 4:57 p.m.
                       Re: why should they?Lophan 11/9/01 7:39 a.m.
                             Re: why should they?Geoffrey Miller 11/9/01 7:17 p.m.
                                   Re: why should they?Burning 11/11/01 3:36 a.m.
                                         Re: why should they?Lophan 11/11/01 9:37 a.m.
                                               Re: why should they?Burning 11/12/01 9:53 a.m.
                                                     Re: listen & learn...Lophan 11/12/01 11:22 a.m.
                                                           Re: listen & learn...vector40 11/12/01 5:55 p.m.
                                                           Re: listen & learn...Geoffrey Miller 11/13/01 3:28 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Hmm.... interetsing points, but my rebuttal:Lophan 11/13/01 10:23 p.m.
           Re: New Thread, Same Old Storydiseaser 11/8/01 10:22 a.m.
     Why software reps shouldnt try to use parables...Lilricky 11/7/01 11:23 p.m.
           Re: Why software reps shouldnt try to use parablesbeef 11/7/01 11:29 p.m.
           Re: Why software reps shouldnt try to use parablesstrykerwolf 11/8/01 1:04 a.m.
           dumbass *NM*slumbermonkey 11/8/01 7:06 a.m.
           Re: Why software reps shouldnt try to use parablesMike 11/8/01 8:15 a.m.
                 Re: Why software reps shouldnt try to use parablesSam 11/8/01 8:40 a.m.
           Re: Why stupid people shouldn't have computersLophan 11/8/01 9:20 a.m.
                 good one *NM*slumbermonkey 11/8/01 2:03 p.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryEl Bastard 11/8/01 8:46 a.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryRobert Silcox 11/8/01 11:06 a.m.
     The Highway to Bellevuerosignol 11/8/01 12:42 p.m.
           Re: The Highway to BellevueLouis Wu 11/8/01 3:53 p.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryT15net 11/8/01 2:01 p.m.
           Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryLophan 11/9/01 7:34 a.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryGeoffrey Miller 11/8/01 2:31 p.m.
           Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryGeoffrey Miller 11/8/01 2:46 p.m.
           Mebbe Louis should put the box back....rosignol 11/8/01 7:25 p.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old StoryPatrick (Germany) 11/9/01 12:39 a.m.
     Hmm...dunno what to think bout it!$oldat 11/9/01 7:04 a.m.
     Re: New Thread, Same Old Storyefeffe 11/10/01 7:27 a.m.
     Halo is dead - do not bother making a PC versionRune 11/11/01 8:30 a.m.
           OK, bye *NM*Harry 11/11/01 9:04 a.m.
           Re: Halo is dead - do not bother making a PC versiLophan 11/11/01 9:35 a.m.
           because you've backed yourself up so well..slumbermonkey 11/11/01 10:00 a.m.
           You are the weakest link, G'BYE!beef 11/11/01 10:49 a.m.
           Not ANOTHER idiotSpeaker-To-Animals 11/11/01 11:50 a.m.
                 roflHarry 11/11/01 11:57 a.m.
     Re: See it on Xbox, then decide to carepunditty 11/11/01 8:33 p.m.
           Re: C'ya! Please forget to write! *NM*Lophan 11/11/01 10:05 p.m.
                 Re: C'ya! Please forget to write!Harry 11/11/01 10:07 p.m.
                       Re: C'ya! Please forget to write!vector40 11/12/01 12:01 a.m.
                             Someone please explain...beef 11/12/01 1:41 a.m.
                                   Re: Someone please explain...Harry 11/12/01 6:08 a.m.
           Re: See it on Xbox, then decide to careMorphius 11/12/01 10:03 a.m.



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