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Posted by: Dr Syx
Posted by: Neanderthal 487
Halo 2 was also intended to be the big game of Vista. Any plans to later release it for Mac wouldn't make sense if Microsoft was using the game as a marketing tool.Yes, because Microsoft needs Halo 2 Vista for the advertisement of Windows Vista in 2011/2012, right?
Was intended to be. Now it is just a relic.
Posted by: Dr Syx
Posted by: Neanderthal 487
Yes, I know Halo CE is around for Mac OS. I believe that CE was released for OSX because it was originally in development for the Mac platform when the IP was purchased by Microsoft. That really has nothing to do with it. If that were the case it would have been released along side the Xbox release, not 2 years afterwards.
Develop offers an interesting teaser from its forthcoming interview with former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft Ed Fries, who notes that he was personally tasked with appeasing Apple CEO Steve Jobs after Microsoft acquired game developer Bungie Studios in 2000. Bungie had been a prominent game developer for the Mac platform, but Microsoft's acquisition enabled it to scoop up Bungie's Halo project and turn it into an Xbox exclusive.
"As soon as we announced we bought Bungie, Steve Jobs called," Fries said.
"He was mad at [Microsoft CEO Steve] Ballmer and phoned him up and was angry because we'd just bought the premier Mac game developer and made them an Xbox developer."
Fries goes on to note that Microsoft and Apple reached a deal that saw Microsoft help port a handful of PC games to the Mac platform. As part of the deal, Fries appeared on-stage with Jobs at Macworld New York in 2000 in order to reassure Mac users about the partnership between Microsoft/Bungie and Apple.
[Edited on 12.16.2011 9:27 PM PST]