Half-Life 2 & Doom 3 Only For Xbox?
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 12/08/2003 05:02 PM [ Print | 12 comment(s) ] · 4851 views
Just spotted this bit of info over at 3DGPU.com!
Kaptain Kangaroo posted a scan of PC Gamer in our forums, showing a page with some games on there, and one of them is Half-Life 2, with the logo "Only On Xbox" stamped on it. Now we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but I think a lot of people still remember how Microsoft snatched Halo from us PC gamers, and if they managed to somehow wrangle Half-Life 2 away from us, I can't begin to imagine how many upset and very disappointed people there will be all over the world.
Kaptain Kangaroo posted a scan of PC Gamer in our forums, showing a page with some games on there, and one of them is Half-Life 2, with the logo "Only On Xbox" stamped on it. Now we shouldn't jump to conclusions, but I think a lot of people still remember how Microsoft snatched Halo from us PC gamers, and if they managed to somehow wrangle Half-Life 2 away from us, I can't begin to imagine how many upset and very disappointed people there will be all over the world.
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redsolar Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-07-23 |
#49898 Posted on: 12/08/2003 05:10 PM
I highly doubt this, because it means ATi's "Get in the game" program with Half Life 2 is a flop. And a lot of people purchased 9800XTs and 9600XTs simply for that reason, to get a free copy of HL2. It would just piss too many people off. In addition to that, think about a stripped geforce3 (XboX's gfx) running something that uses a lot of pixel shaders, unless the engine is completely rewritten. Anyway, I would not worry that much about it, prolly just another hoax. |
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dzjepp Posts: 33 Joined: 2003-04-30 |
#49899 Posted on: 12/08/2003 05:13 PM
The game is console-exclusive to the Xbox only, meaning that the PS2 and GameCube will not be getting HL2 or Doom 3. It has nothing to do with the PC, those games are first and foremost coming to the PC. |
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Mertsch Senior Member Posts: 2708 Joined: 2002-08-22 |
#49900 Posted on: 12/08/2003 05:39 PM
lol and thats why there was an Doom3 alpha for PC lol |
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dzjepp Senior Member Posts: 33 Joined: 2003-04-30 |
#49902 Posted on: 12/08/2003 06:01 PM
Of a likely hood that M$ could of bought the rights to these two games... I feel certain though that not in a million years neither id nor valve would sell out like that, even when you consider the deep pockets M$ has. |
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Sardaukary Unregistered |
#49903 Posted on: 12/08/2003 06:04 PM
When it comes to HL2 it seems this website will report any half baked bullshit rumour. |
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manfi5h Unregistered |
#49907 Posted on: 12/08/2003 07:26 PM
how many times is this going to get reported before people finally grasp the "made-for-this-console-only" concept? |
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PitbulI Unregistered |
#49908 Posted on: 12/08/2003 08:29 PM
As an Xbox owner I would be pretty happy to see this game only on the XBox console and PC. But what happened to the news that nvidia hardware will have problems running HL 2 because nvidia hardware is in the XBox? |
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wb22gprix Unregistered |
#49910 Posted on: 12/08/2003 08:43 PM
It has all been fixed. |
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dlolos Unregistered |
#49911 Posted on: 12/08/2003 08:44 PM
A lot of people still don't get the idea that PC and consoles are not considered the same. Even when us gamers do. To developers the PC isn't a console. We will still get HL2 and Doom3. Only GameCube and PS2 won't get it. When it says "Only for Xbox" it doesn't include PC. If it did then there will be people with pitch forks and sticks with fire in front of MS head quaters. |
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digitalwanderer Unregistered Posts: 3 Joined: 2004-02-22 |
#49915 Posted on: 12/08/2003 09:50 PM
If this is true, I'm gonna be making some headlines.... |
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redsolar Unregistered Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-07-23 |
#49917 Posted on: 12/08/2003 10:08 PM
cough * halo * cough |
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danman420 Unregistered |
#49933 Posted on: 12/09/2003 04:21 PM
why should xbox get it, practicly i think the gamecube (graphics wise) is more suited for the job. But there isnt anything to worry about because obviously PC's dont count as consoles and also there is a Halflife 2 beta (playable and ive played it) and ofcourse the doom 3 alpha and there was the Multi demo played at quakecon. Oh, cant forget the so called "Source" that was leaked, thats also PC not console, lol. Plus the Ati/halflife 2 deal is a multimillion dollar deal and valve/vivendi would not be able to change a done deal like that and if they did they woul get their asses sued my ATi big time. |
