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Re: Halo on the Mac (or anything other than xbox) | ||
Posted By: Dan Johnson | Date: 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
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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 Mac | arc23 | 3/7/02 1:38 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Hamish Sinclair | 3/7/02 1:50 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | arc23 | 3/7/02 2:04 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Dan Aris | 3/7/02 3:42 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Boomer | 3/7/02 4:03 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | arc23 | 3/7/02 5:22 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Claude Errera | 3/7/02 8:26 p.m. | |
lol *NM* | Djof | 3/7/02 8:46 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Hippieman [B.Org] | 3/8/02 12:44 a.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Dan Aris | 3/8/02 5:46 a.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | M-Class | 3/8/02 2:03 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Still Thinking | 3/9/02 7:13 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Djof | 3/9/02 8:55 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Boomer | 3/10/02 6:40 a.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Andrew Nagy | 3/11/02 8:44 a.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Dan Aris | 3/11/02 2:20 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | dead headless | 5/22/02 4:57 a.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Cameron the ill fated | 5/21/02 8:44 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | ERaZer | 5/23/02 8:17 a.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Dorfie | 5/23/02 12:35 p.m. | |
Re: Halo on the Mac | Boomer | 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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