sanzo said:
Aren't both Halo 1 and 2 out on PC as well? I guess since MS likes to ignore the fact they're losing to Nintendo they figure they can ignore PCs as well
They're actually doing better. Back in 2000, Bungie was developing Halo FOR THE PC, then MS came, bought them up and declared Halo exclusive system seller for the upcoming XBox. They released a pretty bad port for the PC later, which, to its credit, was not as bad as the similiarly delayed Halo 2 port. Basically, MS has been dicks to the PC gaming audience since the conception of XBox while paying lip-service to the contrary.
They're getting better, I think. Although, wait. No: They replaced being dicks with shooting themselves in the foot. Like, by offering a really shiny piece of technology named Direct3D 10 exclusively on a platform that no one really wanted, said platform being Windows Vista. I hope this will get better, what with DX11 being available to seven and Vista, so that developers can finally start to put all these nice features to use (and there really are some, especially 11 seems to have some stuff up its sleeve). I'm rambling, right?
I like Gowan's statement and the course of action. It's comforting to see that there seem to be companies without legal staff going berserk all the time. And for the last part - well, the stupid console wars are so much more fun when they're fought not by inarticulate teenage fanboys but by snappy coporate execs
