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"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something, but I can't accept not trying." - M. Jordan

Will this game be able to be played on xbox 2?

  • 08.11.2004 6:28 PM PDT
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After 22 years another championship flag is up in Boston,
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Probably- Woops double post. lol

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  • 08.11.2004 6:30 PM PDT
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No

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Hmm. You seem to have been on these forums a while. I don't mean to flame, but why would you ask a stupid question like that? That is out of Bungie's hands, and it doesn't depend on Halo 2. It depends on Xbox 2. There are rumors from very believeable sources that there will NOT be backward compatibility in Xbox 2, and Microsoft practically confirmed that there won't. Notice I said practically. Other people draw other conclusions.

  • 08.11.2004 6:31 PM PDT
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Yeah, xbox 2 is supposed to use xbox and xbox 2 games. If not they are not too smart, which i truly dout.

  • 08.11.2004 6:32 PM PDT
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Yeah, I have been here for a while. No one can give a clear and certain answer, and it beats this ILB's b u l l s h i t. I think that xbox is getting kind of old, and there is a lot of lag with Halo already (i.e. the ending tunnel in the maw, the explosions cause lag). I mean, there is no way that there won't be lag in Halo 2. I want this game to run on Xbox 2 because I know it will run perfect if it does.

as for Dualwielding freak, I am really bored. It just crossed my mind because I was looking at XNA video.

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Think of it, they dont make Xbox2 backwards compatible and then make a Xbox 2 (It sounds better to say "an Xbox 2".. oh well..) version of Halo 2, and not only do they make millions of Halo 2 for Xbox 1, but the fans will have to buy Halo 2, Xbox 2 version, and make those profits all over again. Which is smart because the only thing that kept Xbox afloat was sales from Halo 1, there is no Halo 3 so Xbox 2 will need a major opening game, and Halo 2 and Halo 1 Xbox 2 versions (Probably with new features and XBL features, making it worth buying), and again, Bill Gates assures that he is the richest man alive, pushing the inevitable Linux take over a few more weeks back. Yay for capitalism!

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Posted by: MC187
Yeah, I have been here for a while. No one can give a clear and certain answer, and it beats this ILB's b u l l s h i t. I think that xbox is getting kind of old, and there is a lot of lag with Halo already (i.e. the ending tunnel in the maw, the explosions cause lag). I mean, there is no way that there won't be lag in Halo 2. I want this game to run on Xbox 2 because I know it will run perfect if it does.

as for Dualwielding freak, I am really bored. It just crossed my mind because I was looking at XNA video.


People who have tested the beta and played it at E3 say that there was no lag whatsoever, even with an eight on eight match over the Xbox Live, which is the maximum. That is.... amazing... and if it's true... who needs Xbox 2 anyway? Microsoft are becoming like Nintendo; Nintendo once had a great franchise, a good one. But in the last few years, Nintendo (and it's fanboys) seem to be in a universe of their own, where everyone likes Nintendo. For example, Nintendo said its next console will most likely not have online features, because they say gamers don't care for online play. What kind of BS is that? There are almost one million Xbox Live users, and PS2 online play is a big success. Now Microsoft is following in their footsteps; they created a very successful console, the Xbox (like Nintendo had the Gameboy, and other amazing games for their time), and now that they have a chance to beat Sony, they decide to take a step back. They said "Backward compatibilty only helped 10% of the PS2 sales", which may be right on paper, but wrong if you think about it. Because PS2 had bacward compatibility, developers were more familiar with it and developed games for it consistently. They didn't even look at the Xbox, because they were afraid to take a risk. Because of that, people bought PS2, for its huge wealth of games. It wasn't until of late that the Xbox has been successful, with a lot of new games starting on the Xbox, and then being ported to other consoles, if at all. Microsoft is making a mistake.

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Posted by: Horazonblade
Think of it, they dont make Xbox2 backwards compatible and then make a Xbox 2 (It sounds better to say "an Xbox 2".. oh well..) version of Halo 2, and not only do they make millions of Halo 2 for Xbox 1, but the fans will have to buy Halo 2, Xbox 2 version, and make those profits all over again. Which is smart because the only thing that kept Xbox afloat was sales from Halo 1, there is no Halo 3 so Xbox 2 will need a major opening game, and Halo 2 and Halo 1 Xbox 2 versions (Probably with new features and XBL features, making it worth buying), and again, Bill Gates assures that he is the richest man alive, pushing the inevitable Linux take over a few more weeks back. Yay for capitalism!


I hope you realize Gates said he doesn't intend on making a profit with the Xbox franchise until the third console down the line.

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for those who aren't keeping up
so far
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Another thing for Microsoft to consider is the fact that PS 1, which I have, its games were really bad. The reason it didn't help much sales was because the good games started coming for PS2 which I also have. X-Box, on the other hand, will most likely have great games for the first console (I say most likely cause I don't know how the calibar of the second x-box will be). Like Halo will always be great, and I must say I think that the knights of the Old Republic 2 is shaping out to be a great game as well, from what we have been told. I think backward compatibility would be a good thing for Microsoft to implement.

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They said "Backward compatibilty only helped 10% of the PS2 sales", which may be right on paper, but wrong if you think about it.


That is really wrong, because People already had PS1 games and wanted to play them on their new, shiny, PS2. Wouldn't a PS1 game count for a PS1 sale? And if they mean that out of all the Playstation Family games, during the time of PS2, 10% is a lot!!!! Let's say they made a million dollars off sales (in reality they made much more). thats $100,000. Is Microsoft crazy?

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They said "Backward compatibilty only helped 10% of the PS2 sales", which may be right on paper, but wrong if you think about it.


That is really wrong, because People already had PS1 games and wanted to play them on their new, shiny, PS2. Wouldn't a PS1 game count for a PS1 sale? And if they mean that out of all the Playstation Family games, during the time of PS2, 10% is a lot!!!! Let's say they made a million dollars off sales (in reality they made much more). thats $100,000. Is Microsoft crazy?


Hey, don't shoot the messanger. Microsoft said it.

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Posted by: The Tomato
They said "Backward compatibilty only helped 10% of the PS2 sales", which may be right on paper, but wrong if you think about it.


That is really wrong, because People already had PS1 games and wanted to play them on their new, shiny, PS2. Wouldn't a PS1 game count for a PS1 sale? And if they mean that out of all the Playstation Family games, during the time of PS2, 10% is a lot!!!! Let's say they made a million dollars off sales (in reality they made much more). thats $100,000. Is Microsoft crazy?


Hey, don't shoot the messanger. Microsoft said it.


I was talking about Microsoft : )

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Posted by: DualWieldinFreak
Hmm. You seem to have been on these forums a while. I don't mean to flame, but why would you ask a stupid question like that? That is out of Bungie's hands, and it doesn't depend on Halo 2. It depends on Xbox 2. There are rumors from very believeable sources that there will NOT be backward compatibility in Xbox 2, and Microsoft practically confirmed that there won't. Notice I said practically. Other people draw other conclusions.


thats because microsoft is debating wiether to use a chip by nintendo of all ppl

jesus i hope they dont..

  • 08.11.2004 8:13 PM PDT