- blinkmetoys
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- Exalted Legendary Member
First and foremost i am a gamer. I love games and we are now in an amazing era of games. We all have our favorite games and companies, call us fanboys if you will (i mean hey, its now in the dictionary!) So when a top studio on your list of fan-ness (next years word. meaning: of or to be part of a list of ones favorites) hints at some info in this secrecy ridden industry, you perk up. Especially when there is a countdown, and a mystery. Who are you little face with plunger!? WHO ARE YOU!?
Speaking of whos....and whos ares of you.....
Who does microsoft think they are? Apparently nobody informed them that Bungie/Halo is the MAIN reason that xbox is anywhere on the map. Original xbox had an overall a rather lackluster software library compared to the PS2. But what sold them? Halo1.
Hey, lets look at Xbox live. Pay to play online? wtf! you can do that for free on PC. Who made this actually seem worth it while innovating the console online space? Halo 2. All the features they masterfully integrated into halo2 became STANDARD to the overpriced xbox live experience. (we are talking amazing features Sony still doesnt have down)
I love how one of the richest companies in the world has to swindle and haggle its way into other's business. If bungie wants free maps, let em give em out for free. Dont make them or everybody else suffer because you cant get people to spend crappy microsoft points on your inflated lil marketplace. All we have to do is listen to bungie's last podcast to get a minds eye into the workings of microsoft. Bungie must resort to bartering to get a map free out for the fans.
Point is, this microsoft bungie relationship is as pathetic as Disney trying to con Pixar over the whole 5 IPs vs. 5 movies debate. Pixar fueled disney ever since its first feature as has bungie to microsoft. So rather than praise and reward, they swindle and twist.
If bungie wants to announce/show something. They should be able to announce/show something.
Multiplatform? omgah big deal, go cry microsoft, maybe you should build up your library with titles you are confident enough in to compete with. Want to showcase other games more? Uh.....we do need something to play while we wait for bungies next game....wow us....
Then some dweeboid at microsoft, Don Mattrick, SPILLS THE BEANS THEY THEMSELVES CANCELED?
This whole situation is just extremely weird, awkward and frustrating. The only things that can satisfy this strange feeling of emptyness are (besides venting my frustration through this lame thread post)
1. Getting an answer as to WHY!?
or
2. Just getting the announcement.
Anyway, this is mainly a vent. For all we know there may actually be some legitimate reason for all this. Maybe microsoft found some legal department issue with somethin and they just couldnt show said product.
Either way, I do feel i have some valid points that microsoft should listen to, but whatever. They are probably too busy trying to fix Vista. ZIIIIIIIING! Maybe somebody should get at microsofts chops and tell them how to get stuff done.
If you read, thanks, maybe you agree, maybe you dont, but hopefully you were entertained.