Microsoft hints at 'HaloCon' event Comments by Johnny Minkley

Is it me being cynical, or did anyone else read that as "yeah, we screwed up...sorry Bungie, have your own expo, please don't run off to someone else..."?

EDIT: Heh, just re-read that last bit...should turn back the clock and make it like the barmy UK shows of the Eighties, like the PCW. And bring back the crumpet while they're about it.

It has certainly been the least conventional announcement of a new game that I've witnessed for a while.

I read his comments as "I worked Bungie, but now I'm at Microsoft, so I can see things from both sides". Either way though Frankie is just a story writer, so isn't really responsible.

HaloCon?I like that idea

@ Wonga

Consider the prep for this and the fact that Bungie had a timer and masses of speculation on their site before this was pulled. Expressing their disappointment is toy-pram throwing? Get a grip.

"Is it me being cynical, or did anyone else read that as "yeah, we screwed up...sorry Bungie, have your own expo, please don't run off to someone else..."? "

Somehow I really doubt that they are afraid of that. And if they are, they are the biggest idiots in the world for letting bungie go and do business with the competition.

In other news: The sun will rise tomorrow.

No surprise that Microsoft want more exposure for their cashcow.

Coming soon:

Halo-oke!

Scene It! Lights, Camera, Halo!

Viva Pinhalo!

Halo Ware: Covenant Game Mayhem!

And other such games based on the Halo "franchise" that will appeal to "the non-core gamer".

Is it just me, or is anyone else a bit..."Another Halo Game? Meh." It doesn't seem like 5 minutes ago we had H3. Now they're dangling another one, which lets face it, going off Bungies super fast delivery service, won't be with us for at least another year. At least! More than likely 2 or 3. All those Halo fans thinking this'll be a quick turnaround like GOW to GOW2 had better get ready to do some serious waiting again.

Sounds like probably the worst idea ever
Not a chance in hell it'd rival QuakeCon and BlizzCon
Both of which are based around multiple series that have seriously influenced a generation, and video games in general.
What has Halo done besides be another mediocre alien-shoot-fest?
Granted the first in the series had a good storyline, but that all went to shit with 2 and 3.
Are there really enough 'hardcore' Halo fans to warrant a BlizzCon-esque event in its name?

Good of you to mention "O'Connor"'s first name at any stage of the article. ;)

So, empty words to try to cover the E3 fuckup, plus they want to make more money from the fans.

Very good, Bungie, very good [pats Mr. Halo's head]

Frank O'Conner doesn't work at Bungie and had nothing to do with the decision to shelve the announcement. As an individual he's entitled to give his opinion isn't he?

Christ, you're a bunch of cynical fuckers.

Don Mattrick is a lemon

"Sounds like probably the worst idea ever
Not a chance in hell it'd rival QuakeCon and BlizzCon
Both of which are based around multiple series that have seriously influenced a generation, and video games in general.
What has Halo done besides be another mediocre alien-shoot-fest?
Granted the first in the series had a good storyline, but that all went to shit with 2 and 3.
Are there really enough 'hardcore' Halo fans to warrant a BlizzCon-esque event in its name? "

Spot the clueless fuck.

Sad.

Why is there always a couple of grade 'A' twats in the comments with any news piece regarding Halo. People like it, get over it you idiots!! Your not cool, smart, or funny for doing so either!

"Are there really enough 'hardcore' Halo fans to warrant a BlizzCon-esque event in its name? "

There seem to be enough for collectible card games, miniatures, books, video games, t-shirts, ...

"Take your own advice mate. It's a shit game. Popular games do not equal good games necessarily. Unless you think that The Sims is the best game of all time of course."

Amuse me, why is it a shit game? The opposite is also true with what you say.

Oh and it's not a shit game. You may not like it or think it's cool to hate something popular (it just makes you look like a twit) but it most definitely isn't a shit game.

"Yes it is. Derivative, tired and boring. It's pants mate and if you like it you have shit taste. "

Yes, because obviously if someone has fun with something and you don't they're "wrong", and should immediately realise that deriving enjoyment out of something that you can't makes them inferior individuals, who should immediately conform to your tastes.

And obviously you're the sole judge of whether a particular game works or not: if you didn't have fun, then it's unconceivable that others might have fun, because that would entail that people are *gasp* different, and that the value of a product might lie in our minds not actually in the product itself.

So if people did for some reason have fun then they must be deluded in some fundamental way, or be otherwise of low intelligence.

Yes, wouldn't the world be a wonderful place if everyone thought like you do.

"Yes it is. Derivative, tired and boring. It's pants mate and if you like it you have shit taste."

Oke, so we can safely say now that you are an clueless fuck that doesn't know what he is talking about.

Good going.

Heh. Compare this with the news article just below this one.

:-)

Oh, and Halo is fucking awesome. Not "awesome for a console FPS", but awesome for an FPS. You're entitled to think otherwise, but you'd be wrong.

@ seaside, and more:
very, very unfair comments. The most successful IP of the XXI century had 3 games in 8 years, and you talk about like they were doing a NFS thing or something.
I think you *want* that to happen, but it isn't, at least yet.

Meh, I don't think the industry needs a HaloCon. A "convention" for one or two games isn't a good idea. An Xbox Convention would be a better place to show it, I think. Mind you that'd probably be restricted to 1st and 2nd party titles so it might still be a bit too quiet.

Mind you, with the spin-offs like novels and card games they could really fill it out and with some sort of Halo-3-athon, multi-player championship then it really could work. And Bungie and other 1st/2nd party devs could use it to show off their new products (see I've corrected myself before I'm shouted at :) )

If they do, I hope they offer live streams of the event.

gd idea, at least then MS couldn't use Ninty and Sonys shit E3 showcases as an excuse not to show us what we'll all be throwing our money at next year.

I still think Bungie was right ;)