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Something smells fishy...
Posted by: Btcc22
If you take a look at the version information, you'll see that it's actually 1.0.9, not 1.9.
Taking into account the release date and making the assumption that the originally shipped game was version 1.0.0, we can see that we'll get a patch release rate of roughly 1.2 patches per year. At this rate, we'll hit the 2.0 milestone in around 109 years. I can't say with certainty whether DX10 will still be a relevant technology at that point.
However, if go further and plot the patch release dates versus time elapsed since the game's PC release, we'll see that the release rate is decreasing exponentially. Although I don't have time to do the mathematics, it'll suffice to say that we'll be waiting a very long time.
It probably won't be patched again in any of our life times.
Well, maybe in over 109 (or less)years there will be some sort of apocalypse which vastly decreases the Human population to small bands of nomadic groups who gamble, trade, and sell all what it left of civilization in a thriving black market.
The hottest entertainment item available on the black market might just be Halo: Combat Evolved PC. You know to cope with all the stresses of nomadic life. I mean, honestly, there are enough copies at Best Buy to last a long time. I'm sure there will be some fresh copies bouncing around.
Then the previously cryogenically frozen Bungie staff could be unfrozen and forced to make a new patch. How could they deny a bunch of hungry nomads?