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Re: Halo on the Mac (or anything other than xbox)
Posted By: Dan JohnsonDate: 5/24/02 10:24 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo on the Mac (Hamish Sinclair)

:I doubt we'll be seeing it on
: any other platform for some time. This is just my opinion though FWIW.

: Cheers
: Hamish

I must agree. I'll bet that the vast majority of PC/Mac Halo was done at the time of the MS buyout (the movies suggest it). However, if xbox isn't selling like you want it to, *and* you've got major lawsuits that you have to pump tons of money into, then you're gonna withold releasing the reason for people to _not_ buy an xbox. You need to acquire more market share for your proprietary platform, which secures further development, products and income over the long-run.

One could argue that if Bungie fans buy an xbox, maybe they'll decide that it's actually pretty cool and get hooked on other xbox games, too, thus increasing MS's market share. I think that you could also apply the witholding argument to the reason for the absence of Halo for Playstation and Gamecube (xbox's direct competition).

If I were in Bill's shoes in Redmond, I think that I would cover my own butt in just the same way. Tell the public that it's coming (soon), and maximize xbox sales to those who can't wait for the PC version. I also would make sure that the PC version is *no* better than the xbox version, because that would lead buyers away from xbox.

Please excuse the rambling nature of this post- I dashed it off a bit too quickly. I hope it's good flame-fodder. Enjoy.

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Halo on the Macarc23 3/7/02 1:38 p.m.
     Re: Halo on the MacHamish Sinclair 3/7/02 1:50 p.m.
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           Re: Halo on the MacDan Aris 3/7/02 3:42 p.m.
                 Re: Halo on the MacBoomer 3/7/02 4:03 p.m.
                       Re: Halo on the Macarc23 3/7/02 5:22 p.m.
                 Re: Halo on the MacClaude Errera 3/7/02 8:26 p.m.
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                       Re: Halo on the MacHippieman [B.Org] 3/8/02 12:44 a.m.
                       Re: Halo on the MacDan Aris 3/8/02 5:46 a.m.
           Re: Halo on the MacM-Class 3/8/02 2:03 p.m.
           Re: Halo on the MacStill Thinking 3/9/02 7:13 p.m.
                 Re: Halo on the MacDjof 3/9/02 8:55 p.m.
                       Re: Halo on the MacBoomer 3/10/02 6:40 a.m.
                       Re: Halo on the MacAndrew Nagy 3/11/02 8:44 a.m.
                             Re: Halo on the MacDan Aris 3/11/02 2:20 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo on the Macdead headless 5/22/02 4:57 a.m.
                       Re: Halo on the MacCameron the ill fated 5/21/02 8:44 p.m.
                       Re: Halo on the MacERaZer 5/23/02 8:17 a.m.
                             Re: Halo on the MacDorfie 5/23/02 12:35 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo on the MacBoomer 5/23/02 2:56 p.m.
           Re: Halo on the Mac (or anything other than xbox)Dan Johnson 5/24/02 10:24 p.m.



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