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No Halo 3 For 360 Launch
Gamespot's Rumor Control column this week covers the usual half-truths, and mentions in specific that Halo 3 will not be a launch title for the 360. This despite some hopeful fan exclamations prompted by an ordering page slip-up. From the article: "On Monday, the site posted a page that seemed to indicate that the most anticipated game for the Xbox 360 would be a surprise launch title. The posting, coupled with the fact Wal-Mart is letting you pick Halo 3 as one of the games in its Xbox 360 bundles, had would-be Master Chiefs more hysterical than a pack of Grunts on the run. However, a sneak November release would go against all logic, especially considering the very existence of the game was revealed by Bill Gates talking about how it would parry the PlayStation 3 launch."
My feeling is that most games released at console launch are half-baked; the launch deadline can be really tough o the developers. I hesitate to purchase any game released at launch, and see no reason to change now.
Please, take your sweet time and make the game the best you can!
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
The only "failure" was on the part of retailers in listing Halo as a launch title just to drum up business. The only thing MS has said remotely setting a date was that Halo 3 would be out around the time of the launch of the PS3. That's it. The fact that it was listed in launch bundles is either stupidity on the part of the retailers or a ridiculous attempt to increase sales. Joe consumer likes halo, sees it as part of a launch bundle, and buys the bundle, regardless of the fact that no one anywhere has said it will be there for launch.