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Halo 2 Only on Vista
iLogiK writes "Halo 2 will be available for PC, but only in Windows Vista. From the announcement: 'Halo 2 the game that redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action for millions of gamers worldwide, is set to explode onto PCs exclusively for Windows Vista. Halo 2 for Windows Vista will be developed by a dedicated Microsoft Game Studios team in partnership with Bungie Studios.'" That's one way to force upgrades. I thought just not releasing patches for the microsoft-worm-of-the-week would be enough ;)
Honestly, does this really mean anything to anyone?
Let's face facts. Those who must play Halo 2 either already have an XBox 360 or plan on getting one. I played the original Halo port for the PC and I was unimpressed. The graphics were quite nice; the story was interesting; but compared to the plethora of first-person shooters, I did not think that Halo was all that great. And from what I've been reading, most PC people believe the same. I understand that a game like Halo was somewhat of a revolution for a console; but for a PC it was a lot of "been there, done that."
I'm sure that some people will use this as an excuse to upgrade to Vista, like those idiots who line up at midnight at Wal-Mart for the latest Windows OS; but - as a PC gamer who plays mostly FPS games - just because a game has the "Halo" title is not enough to make me (or any PC person with at least half a brain) to want to go through what is traditionally a painful, Windows upgrade cycle. Not to mention that I'm not going to pay over $200 (game + Vista) to play one game.
Just my two cents.
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Just give me a Vista + Halo2 VMware image to download. Safes me all the installing and cracking :)