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Halo 2 Feb 9th Speculation
bongo69 writes "It would seem Bungie is at it again. If you complete HALO 2 on legendary the credits display the message "Coming February 9th". What could this mean? Could this be a new HALO game announcement, perhaps for Xbox 2, or just some downloadable content?"
If that means 2005 it's definitely downloadable content. erhaps they're trying to get more people on Live by delivering an essentially incomplete game that allows you to download the rest from Live (maybe even for a fee). Might convince a few more people to get Live. Other games might have come under fire for being incomplete but the H2 reviews still gave perfect scores so it seems to work for them.
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You seem to be talking about two different things here. What does console patriotism have to do with Halo 2 hype?
I agree that console patriotism is a complete waste of time. It is just like any other flame war fodder (vi vs. emacs, etc.), but I doubt that it is going to stop. People just like to take sides, I guess.
As far as Halo 2 hype goes, companies hype their big products and fans of those products go apeshit while waiting for the product to come out. I don't see that changing either.
IMHO, I think that Halo 2 has done a pretty good job of living up to the hype. I could care less about the story. I'm only in it for the multiplayer. They need to do some work on the Live stuff, but I've been having a lot of fun playing.
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Bungie dosen't do release dates, they put software out 'when it's done'. Feb. 9th has got to be something else, if it's anything
Feb 9 2005 = Wednesday
Feb 9 2006 = Thursday
Feb 9 2007 = Friday
Most likely a Friday... Nothing gets released MIDWEEK!!!! LOL
Wow... Can't wait!!!! Roll on 2007!!!!
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I find it interesting that people even speculate on whether or not there will be a Halo 3. Of course there will be ...Halo 3 is a license to print money.
I think the most likely meaning of the "coming february 9th" bit is the announcement of Halo 3 for the Xbox 2. Winning the console wars means getting more of your boxes in people's homes than the other guys, so there's got to be a hook that makes you say "I have to have an Xbox 2!!" What could be better for them than the sequel to the most pre-ordered game of all time?
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OMF, you're wrong about Halo being hyped merely because it was on the Xbox. I helped manage an EB when the Xbox and Halo were released. At first, sure, there was this sense of Xbox zeitgeist. But Halo - and the Xbox - did so well because it was the first time many people had a PC LAN experience without having a PC or a LAN party. If the "hype" had nothing to do with the game, than Oddworld would have done much better. Microsoft was pushing it as much as they were Halo, if not more. The mascot for the XBox has become Master Chief, but if you look at the original marketing, it was the Oddworld guy. In fact, the only hype Halo had was bad hype. Nearly all the magazines trashed what they'd seen of Halo the E3 before its release and complained of poor framerates and unresponsive controls. The press fully expected Halo to bomb, and Microsoft adjusted their campaign accordingly. That it did so well surprised everyone but Bungie.
And might I add that this is not one-sided. I love all games, from all systems. I am no Xbox Patriot. Yet, you have no f***ing idea how many times I heard from the Sony rep and PS2 patriots how great Killzone was going to be, how it was going to be the "Halo-Killer." Well, if you want an example of not living up to the hype, there it is. If you wanted to rant against video game hype, why not examine one where the game wasn't good? Like Enter the Matrix, or Driver 3? Halo 1 and 2 aren't such great case studies because they're actually great games.
Halo 2 might have hype, but the original Halo hype was entirely generated from the ground up, by college guys who just spend an entire weekend without sleep playing blood gulch and capture the flag. It was hyped by people, not a marketing machine.
That certainly can't be said of Halo 2, I'll admit. But I find that the people who don't appreciate the original Halo here on slashdot tend to be PC people who've had some experience with LAN parties. Remember your first time, in Unreal with the head shot, or Doom with the shotgun blast, or if you're oldskool enough, ROTT with the boost jump? Well, that was Halo for most people. Halo didn't do it first, but it certainly brought to more people than most PC games have ever done and it deserves something for that.
So step down from the high horse. Advertising for good games like Halo only helps us OMF. Every new person that enjoys a good, solid video game like Halo 2 is one more wallet for the industry to pull money from, and a better chance of all of us getting a great game in the future. Advertising and hyping bad games is what you should really be ranting about, and there's plenty to choose from there.