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PC version of Halo 2 coming - for Windows Vista
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 10 February, 2006
If you are a Halo fan and would like to play the best-selling Halo 2 game on your PC, then you will be forced to upgrade your PC to Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system. The decision to make the game Vista-only is driven by the Redmond-based software company's desire to get as many people as possible upgraded to Windows Vista quickly. This could prove to be an expensive upgrade for gamers.
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rosedog
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10. February 2006 @ 21:40 |
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Yeah, good luck with that M$. Hopefully there will not be a demand to go out and upgrade the os and M$ will release the damn thing on its existing platform.
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riplord
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10. February 2006 @ 22:17 |
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I won't EVER upgrade to vista. EVER. Screw Vista, and screw the Fritz Chip.
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richks
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11. February 2006 @ 01:48 |
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An XBox costs less than a copy of Vista.
I don't get it.
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Auslander
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11. February 2006 @ 06:17 |
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dammit dammit dammit....if they do this, i'm never going to buy that game....total BS.
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HALTRON
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11. February 2006 @ 06:33 |
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Oh well, i guess i won't be playing Halo 2.
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SayYes
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11. February 2006 @ 06:58 |
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Guess I'll be forced to shell out 30 bucks instead and get half life 2. Why must I be forced to play counter strike? damn you M$!!!!!!
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Glitched
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11. February 2006 @ 07:35 |
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lol i have win98 and there nott gunna make me go to vista lol
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1tempest
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11. February 2006 @ 08:10 |
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I joined Afterdawn just for this comment. I guess that even if THEY would publish it only for Vista SOMEBODY would undo they're efforts for us to upgrade to Vista by bringing Halo 2 in other ways to the market. It's happened before =)
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11. February 2006 @ 08:17 |
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I've actually played Halo, and it really sucks. They could of released it for free out of a donkey's ass and I still wouldn't have cared.
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11. February 2006 @ 08:40 |
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the decision will force more people to pirate vista aswell as halo. nice move microsoft ;-)
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riplord
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11. February 2006 @ 08:50 |
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trusted platform module (TPM)=total evilness.
Halo2=wedge strategy
I smell a rat...
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11. February 2006 @ 09:22 |
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This is total BS.
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11. February 2006 @ 10:18 |
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SayYes
*hands you handcuffs* DOnt forget your bond to steam and valve when you paly,er sign your rights away,eerrr whatever *L* once HL2 is updated it goes into online only mode,altho you can get workarounds they have yet to make a workaround mod loader for HL2 its just sad what all they did and the game is not that great to go thru all it all another thign its 10-15 to get a new Steam key.
I liked halo and would love to get Halo 2 but this vista stuff is painfull and pure BS this amkes me want to buy vista just to back it up and take it back.....and then they wonder why pll crack games >< its either to skip the joys of the CD protection programs that mess with systems or simpleying wanting to paly a game without constantly put CDs in and scratch them in the off chance....
Glitched I loved 98se but once I got use to the stableness of XP I cant realy go back *L*
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11. February 2006 @ 12:07 |
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@ ZIppyDSM
What?
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11. February 2006 @ 12:55 |
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thekingo7
What to witch comment?
the signing your rights away to paly with big brother watching over you for HL2.
Or the buy and swith vista scheme,
Or the about I love Win98se but I love XP stableness more :P
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t.grey
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11. February 2006 @ 13:15 |
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im sorry im kindof new to this vista thing .soo tell me what it is .but from my uderstanding what everyone else is saying that vista is not the way to go . and i like listening to the people .soooo POWER TO THE PEOPLE.!!!!
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11. February 2006 @ 13:21 |
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t.grey
Its ok Vistsa(knowen as longhorn) is M$'s new Operateing System,so much like games slowly became XP only M$ has started befor everyone else and is makeing thier newer games Vista Only.
Meaning you have to speand 150+ to buy a XP to Vista Upgrade CD/DVD....
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t.grey
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11. February 2006 @ 13:55 |
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THANKS zippy .but it does not seem worth the money but then companies are always wondering why people burn copies from other people .it just dont seem worth it .i wont be buying it.
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igounfaze
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11. February 2006 @ 13:58 |
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uh. yeah. like i'm going to get vista just to upgrade my laptop? Thats not happening microdust!
Besides, if we can port window games on to linux, I am pretty sure we will be able to port vista games onto a good comp running xp.
Hey, didn't fony spend like millions of dollars on cd protection that we just used a sharpy to circumvent anyway? lol.
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11. February 2006 @ 14:03 |
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igounfaze
has anyone made a DX converter for linux?
it be nice to paly older win9X games on such a great OS,one of reasons I ahve a love ahte relationship with XP it runs only half my games *L*
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11. February 2006 @ 14:15 |
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I know games run on linux are mostly ported over 1 by one theres not a DX=direct X run tiem for it or anyhting but I am not fuly up to date .
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11. February 2006 @ 14:20 |
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I just got my computer last year i don't have money to upgrade it. I have to use windows xp for other 7years. But my computer is still not outdated.
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11. February 2006 @ 14:33 |
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More like it is out of date,thats what M$ wants you to think,they also want you to think you dont ahve the right to return software if you find it lacking,or the rightto make personal use backups..or the right to complain about them and thier malware (starforce) you might get sued.....
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Phoenix09
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11. February 2006 @ 18:59 |
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What I think everyone here is missing is the plain and simple fact that if your PC can run things like Quake 4, Half-Life 2 or Doom 3 you more then likely will be able to run Vista and not have to upgrade your PC. Look at when XP came out.. 233Mhz was the min. most people had 400Mhz+ systems. If you cannot run those games then I doubt Halo 2 is going to run on your machine regardless if you have VIsta, Xp, Xp x64 or 98SE. Also upgrading will utilize the power of todays newer machines.. I mean you can only push current OS's so far. I myself have an AMD 64 3200+. When it comes to paying for the upgrade, maybe there will be a trial version, if you catch my drift. The base fact is that if you cannot run VIsta then your PC needs to be updated ANYWAYS, and your not much of a PC Gamer if you cannot at least run any of those 3 games I stated on low settings. My old 1.25GHz P3 runs them all in low. but thats another story.
As two last notes too, if MS wants to put THEIR games onto only their new OS then who are we to argue, it would be like telling Sony they shouldnt make games only for PS2. Also for those who think Halo or Halo 2 are crap.. your the exception not the rule, 14.5Million people enjoyed it immensely :D
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11. February 2006 @ 19:47 |
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@$&#%& @$$#01&!!! Damn them!!!
And @ Phoenix09:
I have to say that I find your argument argumentative and would like to come back with a rebuttal.
Any real gamer would obviously know that, of course you would need to upgrade, but that's what makes us so mad. I have a computer good enough to run F.E.A.R. in medium settings, but I have enough resources to run it. With Vista, now, I'm going to have to go out and buy a lot more upgrades JUST FOR VISTA! Now, even if someone were to have a pretty good rig, now they have to go out and spend an arm and a leg trying to get good enough specs for both the system and the game.
This is just some sneaky way to make people do something they would eventually do, but make it hell by doing it just before the next wave of new technology comes out, thereby making people spend a lot more than they should.
And if you didn't know, Bungie, the real company who made this game, was sold out by M$, and it would have come out on PC when or before it came out on Xbox.
I say again, damn them for this inconvinience of theirs! It's already been a year and a half in waiting, and now they do this. I hate every last person who came up with this idea.
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