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Subject: Do you think that Bungie cares about it's PC Fanbase?
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I just wanted to check up on this poll. So far 26 say Bungie doesn't care about the PC games, 0 say yes, 0 say abstain. I think I proved my point.

  • 10.06.2007 8:58 PM PDT
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Heh, someone voted yes.

  • 10.08.2007 1:14 PM PDT
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I think the vote was just for the sake of making the poll seem less anti-Bungie. Anyway, with the vote at 28-1, i think we as a whole can agree that Bungie has neglected us.

I'm curious to see if the person who voted "yes," will actually explain their vote, but I can't and won't force anyone for the sake of confidentiality.

  • 10.08.2007 1:24 PM PDT
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The real question is have they ever cared.

  • 10.08.2007 2:10 PM PDT
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Maybe. They did port Marathon 2 to PC, you know. They probably cared some then.

  • 10.08.2007 2:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: trekkie
Maybe. They did port Marathon 2 to PC, you know. They probably cared some then.

A little.

  • 10.08.2007 5:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: Recoton007
I'm curious to see if the person who voted "yes," will actually explain their vote, but I can't and won't force anyone for the sake of confidentiality.

I did, becuase I can dream can't I? However, I think UXB explains the lack of caring pretty well.

Posted by: UXB
Bungie is an Xbox company and in general does not rigorously support the PC market for its games. This is not necessarily a bad thing since they have been very successful in the Xbox arena and from a business standpoint it makes sense to focus their efforts there. Having said that and fully understanding the reasons behind it, as a PC only gamer I too am somewhat dismayed at the lack of PC support or planning for the platform that their parent company is solely responsible for developing. I suspect that in time Microsoft Game studios may indeed develop a PC version of Halo 3 but if past history is any indication Bungie will maintain its focus on the Xbox platform as it continues to support Halo 3 and will continue with a focus on the Xbox platform for any future development. Sadly but in one sense understandably, when it comes to Halo and Bungie the PC only gamers will always be left behind.



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  • 10.08.2007 6:10 PM PDT
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Meh think of Bungie's fanbase as a family, Bungie are the loving parents, Xbox fanbase is the child, and us? were that dirty dog chewing on -blam!- outside :(

  • 10.08.2007 7:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: cHr0n0sPh3r3
Meh think of Bungie's fanbase as a family, Bungie are the loving parents, Xbox fanbase is the child, and us? were that dirty dog chewing on -blam!- outside :(


At least we aren't Mac, the once only child who is with that dirty dog chewing on -blam!-.

  • 10.08.2007 7:59 PM PDT
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Add some eeeeww here?

  • 10.09.2007 1:03 AM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I'd like to add that one of the Ninjas promised we'd find out what happened to the official Bungie Halo PC servers, and they never informed us. I'm guessing they're all Halo 2 Vista servers now. Nice of them to tell us.

  • 10.12.2007 6:17 PM PDT
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  • 10.12.2007 8:06 PM PDT
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I'd like to add that one of the Ninjas promised we'd find out what happened to the official Bungie Halo PC servers, and they never informed us. I'm guessing they're all Halo 2 Vista servers now. Nice of them to tell us.


Whew. Good thing I didn't get dependent on the official servers.
Really though, at least if a Ninja was in here more than three times every six months, that would be some evidence.

  • 10.12.2007 10:34 PM PDT

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There is not one person in this thread that when seruiosly presented with the offer M$ gave Bungie, would have not torn a hole in the check trying to sign it fast.

  • 10.13.2007 12:36 AM PDT
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http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13641842&v iewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=1

I spat when i read this, then i laughed my ass off, the idiots think they got it bad :D

  • 10.13.2007 4:32 PM PDT
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OMG, those f***ing a**holes!!!

They're glad they even have the game. Those are a bunch of disrespectful nitpicking aholes.

  • 10.13.2007 5:49 PM PDT
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If you wanna read some more crap from these disrespectful a**holes over at "the ever-so-godly world of xbox" here is some more of their nitpicking s***. Damn those bastards are like a rich biotch who wants a third freakin' pony.

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13643813

  • 10.13.2007 5:54 PM PDT
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Heh, i didn texpect someone to go loco, but hey same effect and i dont think theyll read your post...(just read through it everyone just posted i agree bla blah blah, not reading nyone else's)

Also i dont know why we like Halo other than the story, i mean Halo games were made to X box 360's Specs, if it was a PC spec, we would've gotten something that would've blown us away....Halo 3 looks like a Crysis on a bad computer..

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  • 10.13.2007 6:14 PM PDT
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People will always find something to complain about for something. Like we complain about lack of players, delay abuse, and little Bungie support for Halo 2 Vista. Halo 3 people... complain about Bungie falsely advertising something they didn't advertise. (recon)

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  • 10.13.2007 9:46 PM PDT
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the creators have betrayed us!
halo 3 is decent...well, i can't say its boring.
halo 2 is sh1t
halo 2 vista is like sh1t mixed with horse c um
halo 1 is really old but still really fun and faithful
halo wars will probably suck since it will probably be like CC3 tiberium wars for 360.....terrible controls/gameplay.

-blam!- MICRO$UCK! Bring peace to the console/mac/pc games, bungie! Please give equal priviliges to all of your gamers, instead of just catering to every complaint of the console gamer. I doubt bungie will because they are just too damn greedy sometimes.

  • 10.14.2007 6:20 PM PDT

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I'm there but, man this is really starting to sound like communism.
Long live the MAW.

guys, calm down.
then click this link to EXPLODE
hehe, that happened back in the day. When Halo 2 Vista wasn't yet released, and there was no 'new hawtness' or what ever the hell this forum's new look is. Back when we were still, The Maw .
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  • 10.14.2007 6:36 PM PDT
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Using my incredible "cut-paste" abilities, and excerpts from reviews of LOTR:BFME2 and CNC3:TW, i have composed my own review of Halo Wars, befor the game is even released. Wow, imagine if my review actually hits the nail, won't that be cool or what? Think of the following review as an edited collection, where I take a magazine and paste the helmet of masterchief on all of the people's faces. Enjoy.





The First-Ever Pre-Release Review of Halo Wars for the Xbox 360:


In <Halo’s> world of the future, you expect the units to be faster-moving craft that crackle, zoom and jet from spot to spot—they are and they do. That speed is part of what makes the game look great, but which causes headaches in the gameplay, because the AI foe doesn’t seem to have any problem throwing units at you. Meanwhile, you’ll be pulling triggers, moving sticks and pushing buttons at a much less-efficient rate...and therefore need to scramble more to keep up. Being able to (mostly) control an RTS on a console is great, but it still has a few control and graphics snafus to work through. Let’s face it: there’s only so much you can do with a simple Xbox 360 controller.

A quality console RTS game. The title is packed full of features and boasts fun gameplay, with good graphics, and sound. There are still times that I’d prefer playing this type of game on a PC, but overall I found the controls easy to work with and although I was frustrated at my lack of ability I didn’t think it was the fault of the controls at all. This is a pretty good <continuation of real-time strategy games> for console gamers, and a good way to discover the joys of building up huge armies and using them to crush your opponents. <Ensemble Studios> should be commended for creating a console control scheme that works well in real-time strategy games. But that doesn’t mean that this is the best way to play <Halo Wars>, or an Xbox 360 game for that matter.

Part of this game’s success rests on its simplistic design. RTS fans can rant all they want about how it doesn’t come close to offering the same level of micro-management found in Starcraft, or the genre-bending innovations that made Company of Heroes such a hit, but in its simplicity, <Halo Wars> delivers one of the greatest single player campaigns in all of RTS. A must buy for RTS fans who own a 360.



Graphics: 8.5
Gameplay: 7.8
Sound: 8.2

Overall: 8.2





excerpts taken from reviews or the forementioned games by: TeamXbox, DailyGame, GameShark, Gamespot, GameTrailers, Xbox360Advanced, GamingAge, GameInformer


(To tie this review back into the forum topic. Bungie will not be working on the Halowars Project with Ensemble Studios. Shows how much they care about MasterChiefs image now that they gave Halo to Microsoft. I guess the big Chief will join the abandoned crowd with Crash Bandicoot and Spyro)

[Edited on 01.03.2008 7:37 PM PST]

  • 10.14.2007 6:57 PM PDT
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Settle down there Sessler.

Oh, by the way, there's a new Crash Bandicoot game for the 360 out now. Don't plan on picking it up though, I'm too picky about games. And Spyro still sucks.

  • 10.15.2007 5:43 AM PDT
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I've chosen this thread to return.
Why now? Mostly because The Septagon and Underground are getting spammed by Halo 3 whiner kiddies who want their precious EXP back.
Why here? Because this thread is true. Bungie doesn't care, never did. Microsoft either. Why?
Because MS wants to stamp out PC gaming, as any game released on a PC with pay-to-use functionality will be laughed at by serious gamers, then promply returned to the back shelf next to the three other copies that will ever pass through the store.
But on Xbox Live, nobody cares; consoles are for kiddies, always have been, always will be. And kiddies don't care about pay-to-play because they aren't the ones paying; their parents are. And, as we all know, adults with steady jobs are veritable bottomless pits of cash.
I, for one, will NEVER purchase a copy of Halo 2 Vista. I will never buy an Xbox, I will never pay-to-play anything except an MMO like EveOnline. My money will be going to those who deserve it; developers of real games, not this LOLOL I GAWT AN ACHEEVMANT crap.
So, yeah. Up yours, Microsoft. May you rot in the hell that is console gaming.

  • 10.15.2007 5:52 AM PDT
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You guys need to step back and visit the real world for a few minutes. As I have said in another post (and have been quoted here) Bungie is primarily an Xbox company. There is nothing wrong, nothing sinister or inherently bad with that. It is what it is. As an Xbox company their primary focus is on Xbox games and they have been very successful with that approach. I applaud them.

People here are badmouthing Bungie because they don’t develop games for the PC platform which is sort of like badmouthing Mercedes Benz for not manufacturing BMW’s. I have no doubt that the people at Bungie care about the PC gamers but due to the resources available and their focus on the Xbox platform – the platform they have been successful with - they are unable to dedicate resources to develop for the PC in conjunction with their Xbox development. They do after all have to run a business, pay salaries and ultimately generate the revenue required to create new and better games.

The reality of the situation is that the PC market for Bungie games will always be behind because Bungie is primarily an Xbox company. Sure it would be nice, and as a PC gamer I would like it, if Bungie’s Halo 3 game came out for the PC but to start painting Bungie as a careless ogre with vitriolic outbursts and verisimilitudinous proclamations of character deigns the real fact that Bungie makes no bones about their being an Xbox company and with that fact there are limitations; like not developing for the PC. You may not like that fact, but getting worked up about it is a waste of energy and insultig them for it shows less care and empathy than you are attributing them as (not)having.


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  • 10.15.2007 9:58 AM PDT