On Halo PC

To people who say that Halo on PC is "way too late": What shooter on PC has been Halo caliber since its release? I can't think of one. NOLF2 is good, as is MoH, but nothing I've played has matched up to Halo's overall quality. Doom3 won't be out for a loooong time, probably around the time Halo PC releases, maybe later. Unreal 2? Should be great, but why can't we have two great shooters out?

BTW I still feel that no PC game has touched Halo's visuals in the past year.

If the xbox is like a freaking PC I dont see whats so hard to port?

40% done, eh? That's more than double my remaining interest.

the argument that theres so many different pc configurations is bullshit cause its writen to directx, directx handles the many pc configurations itself. porting should be very quick. this is obviously bullshit. hell it takes a normal team just a few months to port things from very strange console systems to pc, that are so very far from x86 and directx. using the excuse that an xbox isnt exactly a pc is so very lame. an xbox is 99.9% pc.

So Microsoft bought Bungie and Halo to make us buy X-Box's. Well, it worked and I am looking forward to Halo2 on the X-box live system before the original Halo hits the PC. I will buy that too.

Microsoft is just a company that knows how to make money. I don't begrudge them that.

Just cause businesses don't give a shit doesn’t mean the consumer cannot make his purchase decision on the Companies actions. It’s called Freedom of choice. Just like you don’t have to by a Hamburger at McD’s, you can buy a carrot at the organic store down the road instead.

Microsoft insures that we can only have Windows if we want an OS for the PC (Not counting open source). Now they’re getting into gaming. Soon, you will need to buy a X-Box and Microsoft Software / Games if you want to play. Like if you want to run Mac OS X, you have to buy everything.

Sure you don’t care, you don’t care that you tax dollars are fueling the Israel war machine with millions of dollars to do nothing more then oppress and murder Muslims. So why should you care what Corporations do to reduce choice in your life on how to spend your money? The bottom line is you just not caring at all.

I did some history investigation on facts with the Halo PC - Xbox deal. Hopefully it can help some that don't know the whole story or are just to blind to see it.

MACWORLD EXPO, NEW YORK CITY--July 21, 1999
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/508

"Halo is being developed for simultaneous release on the Macintosh and

Windows platforms. Already nearly two years in development, Halo is expected

to ship in the year 2000"


Top 5 PC Games @ E3 (Apr 29, 2000)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/6221

Halo in the top 5 PC games

Microsoft smells profit...

Microsoft & Halo (Jun 16, 2000)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/7203

"Microsoft is considering delaying the PC release of Halo making it an X-Box debut title."

Microsoft & Bungie Official (Jun 19, 2000)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/7259

Soon after people start to get pissed...

Microsoft Acquisition = :( (Jun 20, 2000)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/7304

Be Careful What You Wish For

"...The first problem with being acquired, no matter what company is doing the buying, is that the values and goals of the company doing the acquiring are almost never the same as those of the company being acquired. At its core, Microsoft didn't really care much about what the Hotmail founders wanted for their company. It was Microsoft's money, remember."

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit19990826.html

Halo Petition (Jun 21, 2000)
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/7333

"There's a Halo petition right here where they want to show how many people would prefer to see Halo on the PC and Mac since Bungie isn't sure on doing any port besides the X-Box version yet"


Even old shacker Johnny Rotten got pissed...


Yes to Halo PC - January 22nd 2001
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/11812

#8 By: Johnny Rotten
it is whack. It makes no sense from an efficiency standpoint. The only rationale I can think for starting the pc port after the xbox is entirely complete is that it would give the xbox version a built in 6-9 month window. Lame.

#14 By: Johnny Rotten
well, being a big bungie fan, I still do (care about halo), which is why this shit pisses me off even more.

But then he changed his ways...

PC Halo in Jeopardy? - August 17th 2001
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/15507

#104 By: Johnny Rotten [ Reply ]
Guess I better jump on the shacks current 'anti' bandwagon and start flaming/bashing Bungie and Halo.

Oh wait a second, I'm not a sheep...



Nope, your right. More like a lemming.

to sastisfy the assholes, er people that didnt believe what i said earlier, i searched for the stuff i read before about bungie saying they were still in charge and the pc version would still go as planned. heres the story and quote.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/7363/

"Microsoft actually rang us yesterday to give us the bottom line on what's going on. Bungie will *definitely* remain an independent group within Microsoft - getting access to the big M's marketing clout and cash pile - whilst Gates' company gets some top game talent. Halo will still arrive as planned on the PC - but will also be released on X-Box."

I can't wait to see the reponses from the PC gamers after playing the game and going, 'I waited 2 years for THIS generic space shooter?'.

I will say this, if the people doing the amateur port of Halo get it done before the G-box boys......then the developers should pack and head on now ....hehe

Reason they have not annonced PC halo port is cancelled:

1. They still get paid to act like they are making it?
2. They still get paid to act like they are coding it?
3. They all are aspiring politicians and they want to ssee how long they can make the lie last?

Correct me if I am wrong, but Halo was supposed to be on the PC and hyped to use PC users for 2 years before they poof went X-box only. In 2 years you only coded 40% of the program before shifting to X-box mode?

Halo 2 has already been announced as being worked on, and you only have 40% of halo one ported to the PC? What doesn't fit here?

And the number one question, who here thinks they will actually PAY MONEY to play halo on the PC in another year or so?

Anyone who uses M$ in this thread uses all credibility.

-The SAMe

I've played Halo on the XBOX... it's not that good imho. Repetitive as hell.

This thread seems oddly familiar. Hmmm.

Is it not too late? Kind of weird asking this since I am also waiting for GTA4... and no I will not waste my money buying a console.

Geez, who'd have thought it would be this hard.

Did they not consider that they might be doing a PC port when they designed the game? Other devs manage simultaneous releases but this is oh so difficult.

Plan: release Halo PC very close to Halo2 Xbox release.

PC gamer after finishing Halo: "Wow that was pretty cool."
Halo2 hype: "Halo2 is better than Halo. Only on the Xbox."
PC gamer: <thoughts of getting a Xbox and finding about the rest of the Halo-storyline.>

hmm, i would be shocked if this did not run on PC when bungie had it in development!

YIPPIE!!!!!

I wonder how long it will take halo 2 pc to port...

Check out this halo desktop.
http://www.shackspace.com/~brutal@shackmail.com/halo2-2.JPG

so many microsoft apologists here. why do you stick up for them? the fact is the game could have VERY easily been a simultaneous xbox/windows/mac release. they manipulated bungie and are manipulating you. does it feel good to stick up for them?

and im not one of these all out microsoft haters, i use windows, i think its great. and they have other great products. but come on people, this is lame as lame can be.

I'd rather spend $300 on two turntables right now than on a next-gen videocard. To me, that says something about the gaming market.

I don't get the part about only 25% of his staff is working on the game. Halo PC will be HUGE if they come even close to the potential of the game. Something tells me Gearbox is going to screw up potentially one of the best FPS games of 2003.

I still don't understand why people love Halo so much.. it was a decent FPS, and the vehicles worked are were pretty fun. Looking back though i'm not anticipating this. I won't bother buying it unless the multiplayer hits huge and tons of people are playing. The game just got downright repetetive and boring like the majority of FPS's out there. The thing I enjoyed most about the game was that it was a challenge for me to use the controller, and the forcefeedback for the minigun ruled. I'd go out on a limb and say if this was initially released for PC, it wouldn't be so popular today.

They probably have Interns working on this PC port. There is no reason why it should have to take this long or why they have to go to DX 9. Look at SplinterCell, Bloodrayne, etc. that took about 2 weeks to before a PC demo was out.

what happen to the first halo engine. that was on a mac and an ati 128, back 3 years ago... ?

did they do a rewrite for the xbox?

halo pwns me!

Translation: "We had this up and running on the HL engine and it was just as awesome as Nightfire for the PC but Bungie disagreed so were doing some tweaks..."

Hopefully this will be out 6 months or so before Halo2, otherwise they will miss a big window. I have an Xbox, but would consider buying HaloPC just for the online play. But if Halo2 comes out first (or near), then I will skip it. I imagine this will be a common theme.

Shack Find!

Has anyone else noticed this?
The pc software/games sections at stores is getting smaller, while they continue to make more room for all the console stuff. My guess is Console games/hardware is outselling PC games at these places. Anyone remember that movie Toys? Where they are coming up with names for plastic puke, and the room keeps getting smaller and smaller. That's what it reminds me of.

"So it was to the great surprise of Gearbox's Randy Pitchford when Microsoft told him last June that no one had been working on the much anticipated PC conversion of Halo."

Man so let me just run out and buy this right away when it hit's the shelves as it's obvious it's such a priority and they care so much. Oh and because MS needs more money now that they are looking like they might buy Macromedia. I so don't care about Halo anymore.

They need to bundle Halo PC, Teamfortress 2, Prey, and Duke Nukem Forever.

mmmm feel the hate in this thread!

so many bitter jaded gamers on here

If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

Meh, there are too many other good FPS shooters coming out soon. Halo missed it's window of opportunity with me.

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE!

Will anyone actually care by the time this comes out? I sure as hell won't.