Bungie Bids a Silly and Fond Farewell to Halo 2
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And so passes Great Halo 2, The Pioneer of Online Console Gaming, We shall miss you old friend, we shall miss you.
I didn't ever play Halo 2 all that much, but this raises an interesting question: What is the shelf life for online games like this? For Bungie & Micro$oft, the answer is obvious, despite the fact that there are still many people who'd like to be able to play online.
How many years of online play does your $50 (or $60) buy you? Five? Three? As many as the developer or publisher feel like?
I understand that it costs money to keep servers running, and that companies that make these games are ultimately about making money, but I feel that there is a disconnect between what players may expect and what publishers are willing to divulge. What if a game is a commercial flop and the studio decides to drop the servers shortly after launch? Or the developer is bought out by a larger company that decides the whole thing isn't worth the effort? (See Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2)
As the costs of new games and consoles ever increase, somehow I feel that we gamers are getting less and less bang for our buck. Just my two cents...
How many years of online play does your $50 (or $60) buy you? Five? Three? As many as the developer or publisher feel like?
I understand that it costs money to keep servers running, and that companies that make these games are ultimately about making money, but I feel that there is a disconnect between what players may expect and what publishers are willing to divulge. What if a game is a commercial flop and the studio decides to drop the servers shortly after launch? Or the developer is bought out by a larger company that decides the whole thing isn't worth the effort? (See Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2)
As the costs of new games and consoles ever increase, somehow I feel that we gamers are getting less and less bang for our buck. Just my two cents...
That's not the point of my post. It still had internet capabilities. Which the PC has had for much longer. I don't care if it was a unified service or not, realistically that's the only way any console could have gone this generation. Xbox Live is just not the massive innovation everyone's making it out to be.Fredrick2003 said:
It's a sad day indeed. Halo 2's online revolutionised online gaming on consoles, and paved the way for much of the services that we see today. Any nay-sayers are either fanboys or just hate Halo because it's the "cool" thing to do. It's a shame Halo 3 wasn't as dominant, because maybe then we'd see it's influence spread rather than more shitty CoD elements.
That, and it was a riot. 12 players on a LAN was great. 16 players online was brilliant.
You shall be missed.
That, and it was a riot. 12 players on a LAN was great. 16 players online was brilliant.
You shall be missed.
Leave it to Bungie to go out with a smile. This is why I consider Bungie as one of my favorite developers. Because they are always willing to interact with their fanbase in funny ways.
But if the orginal Xbox Live is getting pulled, then perhaps we'll finally be able to add more then 100 friends on our accounts. Seeing as how I remeber an article that claimed that Halo 2 and the orginal Xbox Live was one of the reasons why they couldn't allow it.
But if the orginal Xbox Live is getting pulled, then perhaps we'll finally be able to add more then 100 friends on our accounts. Seeing as how I remeber an article that claimed that Halo 2 and the orginal Xbox Live was one of the reasons why they couldn't allow it.
I... What? Are you serious? Your first two sentences are lol inducing. How was online console gaming happening more successfully on PCs? The rest of your paragraph doesn't even make sense.Mr. Mike said:
Halo 2 made what online console gaming is today. If you like PCs, fine. If you think they're better, fine. But this is a fact, and they DO get props for that. Your fanboyism doesn't change it.
And if you're going to argue, let's set a few ground rules: Don't come back telling me why online PC gaming is better. Don't come back telling me why online console gaming sucks. Don't tell me why Halo is a terrible game. Tell me how Halo 2 didn't make online console gaming what it is.
Spoiler alert, you can't.