- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Stealth_1000
Vista is a better OS for gaming then XP was.
Not everyone plays games. And even for gamers, some games don't even work on vista. I have to give away over 50 games that im probably not going to use anymore, or even bother to try and install... I'm keeping HL2, H2V, and perhaps far cry.
I agree with No Refunds, I don't think H2V will get better unless other games get better as well, all of different genres, if a lot of people get interested, they may sell even more of their vista operating systems. Addionnally, how many of you had xbox live? I know, don't deny it, that you mostly played Halo2, but the point is that hundreds of games worked on xbox live. Right now, I think that 2 or 3 games run on windows live, even if it were just Halo, i am not going to spend more money for a quality online service which I am not going to use.
I am not going to play everyday like I used to when I had xbox live, I stopped using xbox live the day I got counter strike source. You know why? It's FREE!! AND thousands of people play it! Halo 2 xbox cost me over $150 ($50 for the game, 100 for 2 years service)...
THEY NEED MORE GAMES TO ENLARGE THIS ONLINE COMMUNITY!!
Microsoft has a plan to do away with XP, it's called drop it and don't suport it, thats way I think XP will be dead in a few years,
If xp will die in the next 2 years, halo 2 will die too. People still run windows 98 on a daily basis. Nothing will make them upgrade. Who cares about lack of support for something that is already paid and useful. Mods can easily be made on 98, and I sure, and I hope that someone will be smart enough to make a mod or patch to make halo 2 work on xp.
XP was a great operating system, it performs great and is not demanding at all. Just to run vista, without any applications, I use 54% of my 2gb ram 800mhz! I about to upgrade to 4!
I think that XP will last for a hell of a long time, until vista is less demanding. Or applications like word get so demanding that the default ram turns from 512mb to 2gb.