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[ggrobot]

The latest Bungie weekly update touches on the plans to port Halo 2 to the PC:

Will I need a DirectX 10 graphics card to run Halo 2 on PC? No. Although you will require Windows Vista to play Halo 2 on a PC, you won't necessarily need to upgrade your graphics card to do it. Halo 2, like some other Vista tit

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[JohnyDog]

[torracat]

"Okay, so the bad news is that it seems like they're using the next Halo PC title to try to pimp Vista out for Microsoft. They're not using DX10, so it's sort of unclear why this game absolutely must run on Vista, except that Microsoft told them "make it only run on Vista". "


I will tell you why- Marketing. as smart as those guys over at MS, it never ceases to amaze me that they somehow feel like people wont buy this stuff unless they employ this gestapo method of marketing, forcing people to buy their products....

as a customer i'll state for the record. I will buy both. but because I have no choice, I will be annoyed while purchasing...... I reallly dont see the need to market this way, by annoying your loyal customers.....(walks away befuddled).....

[yessum]

Halo2 being marketed as a vista only ‘miracle’ is simply idiotic. Those who have played it on xbox, do not have the need to replay it. They were disappointed. (At least those who’ve I had the pleasure to talk to). So Halo2 in my opinion is only marketed at those who do not own an xbox, chose not to own an xbox, and want to have the exact same pleasure that millions, who do own an xbox (and halo2), were advertised to have.

Halo port for pc wasn’t at all spectacular. If you’ve played the xbox version you didn’t miss much. Multiplayer came with cheaters, and multiplayer ended with cheaters. Community isn’t/wasn’t as great as it should’ve/could’ve been.

You have your UT/R6/HL/MMO’s/ET communities. The basics. The money makers.

Halo came.
Got played.
And turned to dust.

Same will happen with halo 2. It will be nothing fantastic, and nothing new.
Why not just pick up an xbox for 199 (or less) and halo 2?
It’s much more affordable and much more enjoyable.

[yhancik]

"a wide range of graphics cards, including DX9 cards" haha

it's like a producer saying "a lot of people have seen my movie, including me and my mother"

[xxxx]

You people are all so in denial, you know as well as me that as soon as Vista is on store shelves you are going to be the first person getting it..

Who are you trying to kid? Pfff

[yessum]

I've switched to Macs long ago.
Only windows I use is on my laptop and that's only used for word processing on the go. So, unless Office Vista has something I'll desperately need to improve my documents, I won’t get it.

See, I don’t have a need for getting Vista.

For gaming I’ll get the wii and if money’s well a ps3.
For portable gaming I’ve got my DS with Supercard. Will be getting DSlite in June. And my laptop is 3 years old and still runs office fine.

So no, I won’t be getting Vista anytime soon.

And DRM alone prevents me from getting Vista.

After feedback from the people of the people I'll consider it: If the feedback is positive, of course.

[xxxx]