- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Defekkt
Mayhaps Microsoft should be sued for releasing a game that could definitely run on XP/2000 and saying it can only run on Vista in an effort to force gaming consumers to purchase Vista. Honestly. It's already been proven multiple times by multiple groups that Halo 2 could have been released on XP/2000 and would have ran fine. Microsoft are just attempting to manipulate the gaming market so they can leech more money from that consumer base. Here are some tips for Microshaft. I mean Microsoft.
I. Some people can't afford Vista.
II. Forcing people to buy Vista to run a game that you could run on XP/2000 could weaken consumer loyalties.
III. Someone please hire Microsoft a -blam!- economics tutor.
IV. Seeing as this is just a scam to make more money for Microsoft, it's a bloody stupid idea. Think about it. By releasing Halo 2 only on Vista, some people are going to be forced to buy Vista and the game, and some will buy the game, buy the illegal software, and then buy Vista after Microsoft releases updates and patches that make the software obsolete. Yes, the scam is a success. But what if Miscrosoft had just released H2 on XP/2000 as well? Then there would be more people buying the game. That alone would probably make up for a large percentage of the profit they would make by forcing people to buy Vista. And to make up the rest of the profit they could make, all they would have to do is release 2 versions of certain features and updates; one free and one not free, the free version lacking features of the paid version. In theory, Microsoft would make basically the same profit over time, and possibly more considering what updates they released to make up for revenue lost by not forcing users to buy Vista.
Although I agree with you, you're being kind of repetetive there...notice how your first paragraph, and your second and third statements are pretty much the same...