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Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net> | Date: 7/13/11 8:18 a.m. |
In Response To: Wow. (Louis Wu) : I saw this bit yesterday morning (a link to a nothing blog that mentioned the : OXM article showed up in my Google newsfeed), I followed it to the OXM : piece, I saw the quote (which had been sensationalized in the nothing : blog), and I noticed the date of the OXM piece (over a month ago) - and I : decided it was old news. (It IS old news. He said pretty much the same : thing, albeit with slightly less inflammatory phrasing, to IGN, a week : later , and nobody sneezed.) Actually I noticed it then, but I think I didn't post about it. : He's Phil Spencer. He's the VP of Microsoft Game Studios - for him, the
Absolutely agreed, and not entirely unexpected when a franchise strays from a proven formula. The titles that show the strong growth curve are the MC-Cortana titles. Halo Wars, ODST, and Reach all stray from that, not only in terms of absolute numbers, but also in terms of the percentage of the addressable market. You're right, from that perspective, ODST was probably fairly cost-effective, but unremarkable, and Reach was likely a disappointment. : He's drumming up support for a title that they are now 100% invested in - and
If he didn't want anyone to interpret it that way-- which, to my way of thinking, is so inescapable it almost looks intended-- then Spector should have put more effort into making it look less like this is want he intended it to mean. I have always strongly suspected that the MS-Bungie relationship was both more complex and less friendly than publicly portrayed. This, to me, read very much like a belated "don't let the door hit your ass on the way out" while MS plans to put the Halo franchise back on their logarithmic growth curve and dismisses Bungie for their creative hubris for thinking that Halo's success was a result of their creative input and effort instead of luck and circumstance. That's my very personal interpretation. : I still don't really see this as Halo news - but I guess I have to, given how
As it goes to the heart of what the owners of the Halo franchise think has been, is, and should be, I'm hard pressed to identify anything that better qualifies as "Halo news" on the horizon, at least until the release of HCEA.
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One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | padraig08 | 7/11/11 7:05 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | SonofMacPhisto | 7/11/11 7:12 p.m. |
Phil Spencer is wrong about ODST. | Captain Spark | 7/11/11 7:45 p.m. |
Re: Where's the step forward? *NM* | pete_the_duck | 7/11/11 7:13 p.m. |
The foot in his mouth. *NM* | rhubarb | 7/11/11 7:16 p.m. |
Re: Where's the step forward? | padraig08 | 7/11/11 7:27 p.m. |
Re: Where's the step forward? | SonofMacPhisto | 7/11/11 7:33 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | squidnh3 | 7/11/11 7:22 p.m. |
Well when going up against Bungie..... | PsychoRaven | 7/11/11 11:44 p.m. |
Re: Well when going up against Bungie..... | Kalamari | 7/12/11 10:24 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Kalamari | 7/11/11 7:25 p.m. |
That's what I'm afraid of. *NM* | padraig08 | 7/11/11 7:27 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Dagoonite | 7/11/11 7:37 p.m. |
Two More Steps into Pseudo Journalistic Crap. | DEEP NNN | 7/11/11 7:43 p.m. |
Re: Two More Steps into Pseudo Journalistic Crap. | General Vagueness | 7/11/11 8:05 p.m. |
Re: Two More Steps into Pseudo Journalistic Crap. | Cody Miller | 7/11/11 8:20 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Azo 'Galvat | 7/11/11 8:11 p.m. |
Things that make you go "Hmm." | AngelicLionheart | 7/11/11 8:45 p.m. |
I believe one of the reasons people want MC now... | Leviathan | 7/11/11 9:13 p.m. |
Am I the only one... | Phoenix_9286 | 7/11/11 9:35 p.m. |
Welp, looks like Microsoft has no idea about Halo | Avateur | 7/11/11 9:44 p.m. |
Beautiful. | Hyokin | 7/11/11 10:01 p.m. |
Re: Welp, looks like Microsoft has no idea about H | SIX min WHISTLE | 7/11/11 10:44 p.m. |
Re: Welp, looks like Microsoft has no idea about H | Azo 'Galvat | 7/11/11 11:54 p.m. |
I disagree | ghost faction | 7/12/11 1:45 p.m. |
Re: Welp, looks like Microsoft has no idea about H | General Vagueness | 7/12/11 1:56 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Ragashingo | 7/11/11 9:46 p.m. |
Joystiqs take on it | Sqorck | 7/11/11 10:28 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Avateur | 7/11/11 10:33 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | ZackDark | 7/11/11 10:37 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | DEEP NNN | 7/11/11 10:49 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Avateur | 7/11/11 11:14 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Avateur | 7/11/11 11:18 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Phoenix_9286 | 7/12/11 12:27 a.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Ragashingo | 7/12/11 1:00 a.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 6:36 a.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Avateur | 7/12/11 5:18 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Quirel | 7/12/11 5:35 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Avateur | 7/12/11 6:42 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 6:18 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Avateur | 7/12/11 6:45 p.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 7/12/11 6:17 a.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 6:28 a.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 7/12/11 6:50 a.m. |
Re: Joystiqs take on it | Narcogen | 7/13/11 8:23 a.m. |
Git the Hell off mah lawn! | Quirel | 7/11/11 10:52 p.m. |
Re: Git the Hell off mah lawn! | Asian Inferno | 7/12/11 11:47 a.m. |
That's annoying | Joony Joon | 7/12/11 6:53 a.m. |
Wow. | Louis Wu | 7/12/11 9:05 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | Beckx | 7/12/11 9:36 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | Leviathan | 7/12/11 9:57 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | Hedgemony | 7/12/11 10:06 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | Revenant1988 | 7/12/11 10:27 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | ZackDark | 7/12/11 11:37 a.m. |
Re: Wow. | Kermit | 7/12/11 2:46 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | Hedgemony | 7/12/11 5:19 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | Avateur | 7/12/11 7:01 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 2:28 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | Louis Wu | 7/12/11 2:41 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | SIX min WHISTLE | 7/12/11 5:41 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 6:32 p.m. |
Re: Wow. | Narcogen | 7/13/11 8:18 a.m. |
Screw their H4, I want my Halo Wars 2 dammit! *NM* | kornman00 | 7/12/11 10:53 a.m. |
Re: Screw their H4, I want my Halo Wars 2 dammit! | Asian Inferno | 7/12/11 11:48 a.m. |
Halo 4 and Halo Wars 2 *Major SP* | NsU Soldier | 7/13/11 5:04 a.m. |
Re: Halo 4 and Halo Wars 2 *Major SP* | Avateur | 7/13/11 5:24 a.m. |
Re: Halo 4 and Halo Wars 2 *Major SP* | NsU Soldier | 7/13/11 7:51 a.m. |
Also.... | NsU Soldier | 7/13/11 9:58 a.m. |
Re: Also.... | Avateur | 7/13/11 10:48 a.m. |
Yeah, he doesn't get it. *NM* | BlueNinja | 7/12/11 3:29 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Time Glitch | 7/12/11 5:01 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 6:35 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Avateur | 7/12/11 7:07 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | DEEP NNN | 7/12/11 7:28 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Louis Wu | 7/12/11 8:13 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Avateur | 7/13/11 3:51 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | DEEP NNN | 7/13/11 7:01 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Narcogen | 7/13/11 8:30 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Louis Wu | 7/13/11 8:53 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Cody Miller | 7/13/11 11:41 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Louis Wu | 7/13/11 12:44 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Cody Miller | 7/13/11 8:12 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | General Vagueness | 7/13/11 1:24 p.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | RC Master | 7/13/11 9:10 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | Louis Wu | 7/13/11 9:34 a.m. |
Re: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back. | RC Master | 7/13/11 5:11 p.m. |
Halo 1, ODST, and Reach... | SPARTAN-034 | 7/12/11 9:30 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1, ODST, and Reach... | Quirel | 7/12/11 11:47 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1, ODST, and Reach... | MacGyver10 | 7/13/11 4:33 p.m. |
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