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Posted by: ApolloSoldi3r
Halo 2 is a great game and deserves a great OS. Windows Vista just can't compare to OSX. You guys kow what I'm talking about. Vista is falling apart so Halo 2 should be moved to Mac. Maybe they could rename the game "Halo 2 OSX". That would be cool. Don't you agree?
-Mac Guy :-)
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Hurling thinly disguised insults toward the very people you're trying to win over to your point of view is no way to gain any supporters.
Addressed to PC gamers:
You and I, as fellow gamers, are one (setting aside the OS and hardware differences). What, therefore, do you have to lose or gain if I (a Mac gamer) share in your fun (in the form of Halo 2)? You stand nothing to lose, that's for sure. You stand to gain a number (small, it must be said) of new people to play with.
However, the question is not what you or I stand to lose or gain. It's what Microsoft stands to lose. Microsoft, if it ported Halo 2 to Macs, stands to lose prospective customers, not only for H2V, but for Vista.
Vista.
We all know Microsoft is predominantly a software company, and most of the world's computers happen to utilize their OS and software. My thesis here is that if Halo 2 Mac cut into profits of Vista, however a small cut it may be, Microsoft will have none of it.
Posted by: Master Kim
You're right, Halo 2 should be available for the Mac users too, but you're supporting it for all the wrong reasons.
As a Mac gamer, I too think Halo 2 should be ported to the Mac, at least for old times' sake (Bungie's Marathon- the definitive Mac shooter). But we all know who Bungie is owned by.
Will Halo 2 Mac happen, however? No. It's wishful thinking on my part, and on the part of many Mac gamers.
It's wishful thinking that I've given up long ago.
When you come right down to it, it's just a game. Just a game. Sure, it's Halo 2, but it's a game.
Furthermore, Bungie owed Mac and PC gamers Halo. Halo was originally (in one of its many conceptions) intended to be a first person shooter for the Mac/PC platforms, as Marathon had been before it. Microsoft, however, liked what Bungie showed at the MacWorld Expo ('98, I believe) and bought up Bungie, turning Halo into the seller of the Xbox that we know and love today. Bungie felt some obligation towards its Mac/PC fans, who felt left in the lurch by the sudden buyout. Bungie brought us a port, not without its flaws, but well worth the wait. And now Bungie brings PC gamers another (hopefully successful) port.
What is different this time around, however, is that Microsoft is selling an OS. When Halo Mac/PC was released, XP was king, and it was going to stay that way. Now, however, Microsoft has wares, in the form of Vista, to sell, and H2V will help those sales.
Guys, I... I understand now. It doesn't matter that PCs are better than Macs. This isn't about who has the better computer. This is about Halo 2. This is about how many Halo 2 Vista players' asses I'm going to kick. And if it means Halo 2 OSX as well, then so be it. Maybe it will never happen. But wouldn't we all be happy if it did? Wouldn't that mean there would be more n0obz to pwn? Wouldn't it make the world a better place?
No, not really. Mac players will be too busy telling me how happy they are to be "part of the Mac community", how my PC sucks, etc. to actually play the game.