Oct 06 2007
Halo coming to Nintendo and Playstation?
I am not addicted to Halo but the game is tight. My online game of choice used to be Socom on the playstation. I would stay up all night playing that game and would drag into work the next day, struggling to stay awake. I still haven’t given up on my PS2 yet but I was real close to getting a 360 a couple of months ago because of the HD and games like Halo.
Anyway, the makers of Halo are breaking away from Microsoft and becoming independent. It will be interesting what will happen in the next few years with the games franchise seeing that it is on pace to out sell both Halo 1 and 2 and it has already created $300 Million in sales.
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Microsoft said yesterday that it was giving up its controlling ownership of Bungie Software, the video game subsidiary that developed the hugely popular Halo franchise, including its latest iteration, Halo 3.
Bungie, based in Kirkland, Wash., said it planned to return to its roots as an independent game studio, a move that eventually will cost Microsoft exclusive ties to one of the most successful and sought-after teams of game developers.
Stumble it!
Anyone who breaks away from Microsoft and becoming independent has my blessing
Good luck Bungie Software.
Well,
I believe Bungie knows it has the formula for great games. It also knows that it may have the sole know how of the magic that makes Halo the great game that it is. So I believe that Microsoft didn’t really have a choice in the matter. Because of Halo, Microsoft is on the right path to making a possible Billion off of the Halo game itself. Microsoft did the right thing not to rock the boat and let Bungie make a little bit of money with other consoles also.
You make a good point CWright. It is kinda like Pixar and Disney (even though I think they just had a set number of movies they would do together). They made so much money for the larger company that it was inevitable that they would go out on their own.