Posted by: Rant
This is bordering on insanity. Its like youre saying that Bungie makes games not for money or profit. NO, they make it out of the goodness of their hearts. Im sure the people that work for Bungie LOVE what they do. Im sure that when theyre not going crazy trying to finish a project they feel lucky to be doing what they do for a living. But they wouldnt be doing it and Bungie wouldnt exist if it didnt sell what they made. If they didnt make quality no one would buy it. Its not like theyre planning on flying planes over cities and dump copies of their games over them for free. Theyre producing a product.
Yes, I'm aware of the fact that they do it for a living. What I'm saying is, that they're not just making their products to promote Microsoft, as some in here tend to believe.
Is Halo 2 Vista being made to promote and sell the new OS? You bet your sweet ass it is. What other reason is there for a company to devote time, resources and money to create a version of a game that came out 2 years ago for a new OS that not people dont have yet? To see if they can do it? To improve the game? What are you nuts? For money. To find a new avenue of revenue for a successful franchise and to help pick up sales for a untested OS. For the love of mercy look at the world thats behind that computer screen.
See, I like to think that there are some people in this world that have a goal that goes beyong simply making a profit. To illustrate this, compare Bungie to EA. Sure, Halo 2 may be only to promote Vista. I don't think so. Go ahead and call me naive or whatever, I really don't care. I think that Bungie has more goals than pure profit. Sue me.
Yes Microsoft "really needs to promote a new OS". They have to convince people to shell out cash for something new. They have to provide incentive. The poor want to be rich. The rich want to be richer. There is nothing wrong with that. Personally I'd rather hear that upfront. Of course they want to make money. I dont hate them for it. Ive been trying for years to break into comics because I would love to write them. But not for FREE.
If they need to promote a new OS, showing off a game that's already in existence won't really do much, in addition to the fact that XP can play games already. I guess I didn't properly word my argument. My point was, Microsoft wouldn't need to use Halo 2 Vista to promote it, if they're trying to tout new features.
It's the same reason I don't get why I see Coke and McDonalds ads everywhere. They're already household names; they're everywhere. Same with Windows.
But it comes back to the same point. You can be the biggest fan in the world. But it doesnt mean squat if you dont buy the product. Because that is the most important show of support you can give them. If you dont buy then they cant exist to make games.
You're absolutely right. Except for one thing. If Bungie made Pimps at Sea, I wouldn't touch that game ever. The concept annoys me, and just sounds stupid. Does that mean I'm less of a Bungie fan? Not at all.
And one more time in closing. If they changed the updates to a monthly thing or a more sporadic thing that would be fine. As long as they announce it. But how can you fault people for saying Id like to hear more about your project. The thing your company is working for. People keep saying I dont mind that the updates have no new info. I just dont read them. Then what the hell is the point of the update if people are not reading it because theyre not getting the info they want?
Nobody's faulting you for saying you want to hear more about the project. Don't we all? I think the problem people have is that you're -blam!-ing that they're not giving you info when you want it. Again, you make the assumption that everyone here just wants Halo 3 info. It surprises me that someone with such a narrow mind can hold an argument this long.
I don't care if the updates don't have Halo 3 info or not, because one, I find them funny in one way or another, and two, that I have other reasons for being on this site, not just Halo 3 info.
Like someone else posted, you shouldnt have to go to site A,B,C or D to find out what Bungie is doing when they have their own site. It would be like going to a Gap site to read what Louie Vutton is coming out with next fall.
You don't have to go to site A,B,C, or D for other info, because they get their info FROM THIS SITE. The only exception to that is the next issue of EGM, which supposedly has a Halo 3 blowout of info. That last paragraph made no sense, or whoever you were quoting. Have you ever gone to another game site and found something there that you didn't see here? I doubt it.
If you go to IGN or 1UP, and they have Halo 3 info, you can come here, and there's a 99% chance that a BWU will be there on the front page with the same exact info.