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Halo 3 In the Works, Set To Crush PS3 Launch?

Posted by Zonk on from the file-under-s-for-suspicious dept.

IGN has an article claiming to reveal a few rumours from around the industry. The most interesting of these rumours is the possibility that Halo 3 is in the works already, and what's more is being targeted at the PS3 launch date in an effort to undermine Sony. From the article: "The release of Halo 3 at the precise launch of PS3 is a pure, military tactical move, similar to the PS2's greatest lineup ever launching simultaneously with the launch of the Xbox and GameCube. It's designed to counter Sony's upcoming launch with the best weapon Earth has on its side, Master Chief." I'd take this one with a big helping of NaCl.

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  1. Oh come on... by Wraithfighter · · Score: 3, Informative
    Ease off with the Xbox bashing. If there's one thing I've learned about Microsoft in the last five years is that when they have competition in an industry, they do some really good work.

    This is a smart move by Microsoft. Lets face it, the only thing that kept Xbox afloat for the first year was Halo. When Halo 2 came out, Xbox live subscriptions jumped through the roof. What do you think is going to happen when Halo 3 comes out?

    Microsoft is going to have to play all of its cards in order to have a chance against Sony, and doing a competitive release of Halo 3 against the PS3 may get some Sony loyalists to get the Xbox Next, especially if they do the marketing blitz strategy that worked so well in October.

    Oh, and before anyone says I'm a Microsoft fanboy, I'm a mac user. Don't rule Microsoft out just because they're a US company (which many people seem to love doing)

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  2. Re:Strangly early to anounce this by bigman2003 · · Score: 3, Informative

    And where exactly did you hear '2003'? Was that from Microsoft, or Bungie?

    Back in January of 2004, they first announced the 'fall 2004' date. Prior to that, it was just "when it is done."

    Then, in May, they gave the November 9th date.

    So you might be barking up the wrong tree with the Halo 2 release date. They told us 6 months ahead of time the DAY it would be released. And they hit it.

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  3. Re:But wasn't... by Rico_Suave · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know who you've been talking to, but Halo 2 was received with anything other than a "collossal 'meh?'" - except from the Sony fanboys.