Author Topic: Halo 2 for PC coming to Vista only (Read 4521 times)

TinyGrasshopper · « **on:** February 09, 2006, 02:25:23 PM »

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/09/confirmed-halo-2-coming-to-the-pc-vista-only/

Well this sucks.

Carigamers · « **on:** February 09, 2006, 02:25:23 PM »

W1nTry · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:48:00 PM »

Wow dread... what a HUGE BAG OF @$$.... *W1nTry Slaps Bungie in face with fluffy pillow* bastards!!!

specialK · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2006, 04:17:55 PM »

This is why i bought an XBOX. Problem solved!

Redlum08 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2006, 04:39:08 PM »

That's why I have an Xbox and an Xbox 360

TinyGrasshopper · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2006, 05:08:39 PM »

I wonder if there's any specific technical reason for making it Vista only or if they only just effin up for effin up sake. steups. I could see the Wine and Cedega people muttering expletives all now. Furthermore this could work against the port as other people are showing. I mean will we care about Halo 2 by the time Vista comes out? It won't help Vista, and won't matter to xbox. so what's the point?

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2006, 05:08:39 PM »

TrinireturnofGamez · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:02:50 PM »

which means halo 2 will release late this year or next year ... No reason really for making it for Vista , the Xbox is just a direct X 8 platform , it will run fine on XP , it doesn't need anything like the direct X 10 system Vista supports ...
Most likely this is a ploy to make people upgrade and buy Vista , like halo makes people buy Xbox's.....

i'v beat most of the game on xbox already.. not the slightest bit impressed.. keep your halo microsoft :p Though the multiplayer is nice .

shivadee · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2006, 08:06:33 PM »

i find trinithere does talk too fracking much.

when you finish Ninja Gaiden Black on Master Ninja+ we go talk.

suzieboy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2006, 08:55:21 PM »

lol..ah know this off the topic but ah cah help but Shivadee if he beat Ninja Gaiden on de hardest level?...ah mean the easiest level to me was the hardest....never beat that game even since in the NES days.....lol

shivadee · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2006, 09:55:48 PM »

serious.....this Gaiden for XBOX is the easiest one.

Kaizen · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2006, 04:02:30 AM »

hmm bad decision at vista y not xp mcs! mcs!
now we cah play on personal servers until we update

Arcmanov · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2006, 12:00:01 AM »

Well, micro$oft could keep dat. I played Halo 2 on Xbox. Wasn't particularly impressed with the game overall ANYway. People who want it bad enough WILL upgrade, no matter what. We all know America have plenty of em. That is what M$ bankin on.

I smarter dan dat.

vinion2000 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2006, 08:37:52 AM »

its complete ballz when you think about it. when XP was released M$ claimed that DX8.1 was a special build for XP only and you would not see it on 98. few months after XP release DX8.1 was released for 98. why cause game designers would not give up on 98. now since MS has official abandoned 98 some game makers are forced to make 2000/xp only games simply due to lack of support.

all this talk about dx10 not being availible on xp is crap. it simply wont float since that would mean either gamemakers are only going to make games for Vista or are not going to make DX10 games or move completely to openGL2.all unlikely. not everyone is going to upgrade and gamemakers have to make sure as many ppl as possible can buy their product.

also its insulting to think that Halo2 which is almost now which when release will be what 2yrs old. insulting. Ubisofts new game (can remember but its the usual cyrtek pun name like far cry) and UT2007 are suppose to be DX10 and i doubt they will be limited to vista.

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2006, 08:50:42 AM »

We all know Microsoft got where they are due to clever marketing, not from the share awesomeness of their products.

This is nothing more than a marketing ploy to help Vista sales. Just as making the original Halo an XBOX exclusive (for a year) was a marketing ploy to sell the console.

It worked.

I hope the same works for them with Vista. XP is good enough. People won't change unless given a pretty damn good carrot on a stick.

Agreed that Halo 2 may not be as delicious a carrot in a years time though. I hope they find a few other worthwhile titles to throw in the "Vista Only" mix.

I'm backing 'em for por purely selfish reasons. Remember, Vista is going to do more than just fill Microsoft's pockets. It will force an upgrade across the industry. Meaning more and more gameworthy machines and less of those integrated video solitaire/minesweeper certified sorry excuses for PCs.

lol

ZUSE · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2006, 01:36:42 PM »

Well MS you can kiss me @$$ i doh like halo dat much, plus i'm not an xbox fan either so they can take their halo2 for vista and sit on it

Beomagi · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2006, 11:50:14 AM »

While I almost never trust gaming sites for technical info, this may be true, only at first. I do know there's many xp upgrades planned to bring a lot of vista functionality down to it, so this rather early, and mostly untrustworthy report may not hold true later if DX10 and other addons make the shift down.

Redlum08 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2006, 11:54:21 AM »

Beo, check http://www.bungie.net you'll see for yourself

Arcmanov · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2006, 05:15:26 PM »

Quote from: [X]-Baego on February 11, 2006, 08:50:42 AM

integrated video solitaire/minesweeper certified sorry excuses for PCs.

lol @ that. aye, that setup is just fine for a lot of folks. doh diss it. ah sure more people in TnT does play Solitaire than lets say , Call Of Duty, or even SOF 2. So as far as they concerned, the PC 'good' still.

TinyGrasshopper · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2006, 05:51:30 PM »

they are upgrading minesweeper for vista so maybe i'll have to upgrade regardless

Carigamers · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2006, 05:51:30 PM »

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