Retailers forecast Halo 2 PC slip News
PC News by Robert Purchese
Microsoft was unable to comment this morning on rumours that Halo 2 Vista has slipped a week.
It was speaking in the aftermath of several leading retailers changing their listings for the game. European dates shifted from 18th to 25th May, and American schedules went from 8th to 23rd May.
Although it's far from concrete evidence, it's unusual for a retailer to be wrong this close to launch, or to switch away from the publisher-announced release date without reason.
Halo 2 Vista is a PC remake of the phenomenally successful Xbox title from 2004. It will feature new maps and an editor to create your own, as well as some graphical spit-shine and other tweaked bits and pieces.
It'll only be playable on the new Windows Vista, but will support Live Anywhere and have its own unique achievements to unlock.
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TwistidChimp
04/05/07 @ 09:54
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I still reckon they're going to sell about 10 copies. It was bad enough on the 360 2 years ago, the multiplayer was obviously great, but how on earth is it going to compete with all the pc games, both single and multiplayer that are launching near the same time ?
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BadBoyBonner
04/05/07 @ 10:08
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Agreed - Halo 1 on the original Xbox linked up to my projector and Dolby digital setup was a joy to behold at the time (over 6 years ago!!) and thought the game (library-aside) was amazing.
Halo 2 - equally as good story, better cut scenes (great voice of John Hurt) but the single player game felt less compelling (as Master Chief at least) and the ending was somewhat lacking. Vista Halo 2 will leave most cold, and is certainly not a system/OS seller. In fact staring a massive system hit in the face rather than the touted performance increase will put most off for a good while yet I would imagine. And if Crysis looks almost as good in DX9 form as DX10, then I can not see it making that much impact (edit - i.e. increase in Vista sales) – apart from providing lovely screen shot comparisons.
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insincere_dave
04/05/07 @ 10:31
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This reminds me a lot of game I played a couple of years ago on Xbox. I can't remember its name for the life of me though.
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I can't imagine many PC owners going ga-ga over a near three year old console port somehow no matter how good the game is. The fact that it only runs on Windows Vista also restricts potential sales massively, particularly as I think Vista sucks for games (I'm a dual booting PC user with both XP and Vista).
I predict the game will be a moderate hit at best but for most it's surely too little, too late. The Halo 3 beta is just two weeks away and the full game is out this November on the 360 so why bother? |
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Apart from the fact that it is a two years old game, it STILL looks two years old - or make that about 5, given the tech of original XBox.
Anything can 'require' DX 10 - using it is entirely another story. It is regrettable that MS would place their hope on such a been-there-done-that prospect. I think a DX10 patch for Flight Simulator X would have been far more successful, also attracting many console gamers. |
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cellar_door
04/05/07 @ 11:22
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I probably would have picked this up if it had been XP too. Vista exclusive means not a chance in hell.
I still think this will sell. Wasn't there news of this going gold some time ago or am I thinking of something else. Edit : Yep, http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view...
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TwistidChimp
04/05/07 @ 11:46
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hehe, well the 10 copies comment was a bit of an exageration. I think it will sell moderatley, but if MS are hoping this is going to be some kind of Vista seller, I think they'l be massivley dissapointed. Dont get me wrong, I loved the original Halo, but 2 utterly failed to bowl me over, and that was years ago. I fail to see how it can compete in any way with upcoming pc games like Crysis, Quake Wars, or TF2.
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quantumsheep
04/05/07 @ 12:57
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Yep - it's slipped to the 25th according to an ad for it in MCV this morning.
But really, does anyone care? (having said that I may play it on the 360 this weekend, just in preparation for Halo 3 ;) ) |
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TwistidChimp
04/05/07 @ 13:59
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Are you serious o_O
How can they possibly have had to remove co-op ffs !? They've been making this port for years and its not even going to be as good as the xbox version ? |
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JediMasterMalik
04/05/07 @ 14:07
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There's really no excuse for it slipping, hell there's no reason for it to be so late anyway.
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yagisencho
04/05/07 @ 18:06
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I never bothered playing it to completion on XBox. Came fairly close when playing it on 360 though. No reason whatsoever to pick up the PC version.
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immateriaux
04/05/07 @ 18:45
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The release of Vista itself was a real damp squib type of event but it will look like a Millenium Meltdown compared to the Halo 2 release ... Lord, I almost feel asleep off the chair just trying to type Halo 2 .... Has to be the the game release to garner the most indifferent response in gamers ever ... Should update Wikipedia on that point actually.
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subtlesnake
05/05/07 @ 18:44
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Split screen co-op is problematic on the PC, and even if they did it, how many people would take advantage? A tiny proportion of the game's userbase I suspect.
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suzakuseven
06/05/07 @ 04:09
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So add LAN co-op? Seems like a no-brainer. But then, I doubt anyone's really interested in this for PC so it's probably not worth the effort.
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