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Re: MS/Bungie buyout... ::sigh::
Posted By: jamesa	Date: 10/25/01 11:07 p.m.
In Response To: Re: MS/Bungie buyout... ::sigh:: (Lophan) : Or... there's nothing better than your favorite gaming company being bought : out and made the premiere developer for Microsoft's newest and most : advanced piece of hardware (btw, ALL software is buggy... don't believe : me?... try the initial release of Mac OS X 10.0... I love it, but it's got : and still has A LOT of bugs that need to be fixed), thereby giving said : gaming company vastly more exposure to a new market segment (which dwarfs : the numbers of PC/Mac gamers, btw) and being smart enough to let that : gaming company develop the game on their own with minimal interference. But that's the thing. I don't want Bungie developing for "Microsoft's newest and most advanced piece of hardware". They've made games for the Mac and the PC, and now I see the risk of them being swallowed into X-Box only. Yes, I know they say Halo is coming for Mac & PC - but what about the game after that? And the game after that? Bungie are still making great games, but they've become a cog in the machine that they always used to disassociate themselves from. : And, at the risk of being redundant, Halo would likely be vaporware (like the : much-loved "Duality") had Microsoft not stepped in. Besides, do : you really think the current state of Halo is worse or better than : what it would have been were it realeased over a year ago? Seriously... yeah, and I'm sure if they held back for another year, it'd be better yet. That's like saying I'm not going to buy a PC now because there's a better one just around the corner. Of course it's true, it's a damn truism. : I'm a realist. The Buyout, while not (in a perfect world) the most : desireable, was probably the best outcome given the circumstances. Gaming : companies are dropping like FLIES due to financial difficulty, and : Microsoft STILL has over $38 Billion in cash reserves. You do the math... Bungie had an extreme loyal following on both sides of the Mac/PC divide. They had a big publisher backing them. I don't get to see their books or anything, but I think with such a following it would be awfully unlikely that they collapse like some of the smaller game houses. : So, yes, it was my favorite moment... because once the buyout occurred I knew : FOR A FACT that Halo would be made and see the light of day (even if that : light is from some star in some uncharted part of the galaxy). Ans the : resources of Microsoft (and hence, of Bungie) allowed the game to take the : form that it's currently in... and I'm happy with the result. :) I'm not so much interested in Halo. I mean, I'm really looking forward to it, but Bungie means more to me than just Halo. That's why I didn't like it when MS took it over and turned it into a console games manufacturer. Cheers loph, -- james

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What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memory?	Lophan	10/24/01 9:26 a.m.
E3 2000 video, when it came out, ...	Djof@School	10/24/01 9:57 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Nate	10/24/01 10:01 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Nate	10/24/01 5:47 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	toolboi	10/25/01 12:08 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Harry	10/24/01 10:05 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	RAZORBACK	10/24/01 10:50 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Mark Levin	10/24/01 11:13 a.m.
That's mine as well *NM* *NM*	Miguel Chavez	10/25/01 8:33 a.m.
The first Halo web page with the first screenie.	Jester	10/24/01 12:10 p.m.
Re: The first Halo web page with the first screeni	Johnny Rotten	10/24/01 12:27 p.m.
The possibilities were endless	Dorram	10/24/01 12:46 p.m.
Forum guy goes nuts?	Outsource	10/24/01 12:46 p.m.
Going to E3 2001 and playing Halo firsthand	Psyrixx	10/24/01 12:58 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	vector40	10/24/01 2:10 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	MSN	10/24/01 2:37 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	RAZORBACK	10/24/01 2:45 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Dorram	10/24/01 3:38 p.m.
Where are those Pimp at Sea screens now? *NM*	Djof	10/24/01 8:49 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	CPN_piccard	10/24/01 4:45 p.m.
developer diary 4....	op_ivy	10/24/01 4:57 p.m.
Re: developer diary 4....	Facist	10/24/01 10:50 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Steve Campbell	10/24/01 8:18 p.m.
Seeing THE Original Forum Members still around :) *NM*	LTJ	10/25/01 3:20 p.m.
Re: Seeing THE Original Forum Members still around	Steve Campbell	10/25/01 7:45 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Omniscient	10/24/01 8:23 p.m.
GAMESTOCK 01 VIDEO!!! *NM*	Pillar of Autumn	10/24/01 8:46 p.m.
ROFLMAO *NM*	noddy99	10/25/01 4:48 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Joseph "JoeDaMac" Haake	10/24/01 8:48 p.m.
Finding out what BLAM! was and the first Halo Vid!	Matt(Uh...#5?)	10/24/01 9:00 p.m.
Re: Easy enough	Hethal	10/24/01 9:18 p.m.
Re: Easy enough	FatWalker	10/25/01 9:56 a.m.
THIS ONE IS THE BEST	zoso	10/24/01 9:37 p.m.
Re: THIS ONE IS THE BEST	Tech	10/24/01 9:41 p.m.
LEAST favourite memory	jamesa	10/24/01 10:25 p.m.
Re: MS/Bungie buyout...	Lophan	10/25/01 7:29 a.m.
Re: MS/Bungie buyout...	jamesa	10/25/01 8:30 a.m.
Re: MS/Bungie buyout... ::sigh::	Lophan	10/25/01 11:00 a.m.
Re: MS/Bungie buyout... ::sigh::	jamesa	10/25/01 11:07 p.m.
Re: MS/Bungie buyout... ::sigh::	vector40	10/26/01 12:01 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	fatboy18	10/24/01 10:55 p.m.
ahhhhh...	Cpt. Sqweky	10/24/01 11:20 p.m.
Favorite moment	eva05	10/25/01 12:15 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	DER SCHEINER	10/25/01 4:56 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Cannon Fodder	10/25/01 4:58 a.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	fAt1	10/25/01 5:43 a.m.
Least Favorite 2	Rakki	10/25/01 11:13 a.m.
Re: Least Favorite 2	Eric Trautmann	10/25/01 1:31 p.m.
This is too easy...	FriendlyFire	10/25/01 12:03 p.m.
When i Saw the first few videos and screens*NM* *NM*	wAco-KiD	10/25/01 2:48 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Andrew	10/25/01 4:00 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Louis Wu	10/25/01 4:08 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Cannibal Harry	10/25/01 5:18 p.m.
Re: What is your favorite "Waiting for Halo" memor	Ferrex (Dead)	10/25/01 5:22 p.m.
Does the Rampancy of the Core count as Halo? *NM*	Andrew "Darth Oosha" Nagy	10/31/01 2:12 p.m.