Stumpokapow
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Truly Weird Stuff Showing Up in Steam Database (Halo, KOF13, other unlikely stuff)
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I H8 Memes
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Not saying they run a tight ship, I'm saying that everyone inside of Valve and anyone working at MS that would have been involved in this move would know that adding anything related to Halo to the registry would result in people knowing before an official announcement.
Tizoc
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Let's not forget SNK's bad history with piracy. SNK should not consider releasing Neo Geo games...unless a video gamer is honest enough to drop the moolah for SNK.
I know I'd drop $10 for a Garou port with good online tho~
Delusibeta
Banned
Halo 3 coming to PC would be an admission from Microsoft that their screwing of the format for the past decade or so was the wrong decision and now they're going to have to dance to Valve's tune. I'd also question if either Microsoft or SNK would bother to spend resources to have a Windows port done (especially SNK, considering they don't have much resources and generally PC and Steam is an unproven format for fighting games).
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I guess this explains why they are turning the Halo 2 PC servers off.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
How would they know that stuff would leak? Because previous stuff leaked and there's no way to guard against a leak?
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I'd re-buy Halo 3 day one on Steam, I'll pay $60 for that amazing game. I trust the Steam community to keep the game alive, and even if they don't, Halo 4 at 60FPS <3.
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Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Well,
- GFWL being wound down
- Capcom (#1 GFWL partner) switches to Steamworks
- Recent 1st party XBLA games ported to Steam
- Patching GFWL out of previous GFWL-Steam releases.
- The job posting I mentioned in the OP about exploring further releases on Steam
So, yeah, I feel pretty confident that even if Halo doesn't come to pass, there's something occurring with MS-Steam's relationship
You changed your argument.
Your original argument was that this is not likely real because the PR implications make it unlikely to be real. That is not a good argument.
Your new argument is that this is not likely real because it's too weird to be real. I agree it's very weird, that's why I put it in the thread title, and why the vast majority of people in this thread have been approaching it with cautious, skeptical optimism.
The only thing that keeps me down on this is Microsoft is going to be in charge of porting.
GFWL
Horribly optimized
No FOV slider
No PC post-processing options
Tied to Windows 8
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I have always said I would take 3 or Reach in order to have a modern Halo on PC.
Good day to be a PC gamer.
Microsoft Published XBLA policies are pretty good. They allow for a timed exclusive, then a port to other platforms.
Usually that ends up being PC since Steam seems to make the most profit.
GFWL
Horribly optimized
No FOV slider
No PC post-processing options
Tied to Windows 8
P2P online
I have always said I would take 3 or Reach in order to have a modern Halo on PC.
Good day to be a PC gamer.
Microsoft Published XBLA policies are pretty good. They allow for a timed exclusive, then a port to other platforms.
Usually that ends up being PC since Steam seems to make the most profit.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Is it really unlikely? Halo 3 came out five and a half years ago. It's dead on Xbox. May as well put it on PC and get some cash.
At this rate Halo 4 will be on PC in 2018.
crimsonheadGCN
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Rovio's Developer Comp was added a day before the Steam Holiday Sale, so that is probably something that will come soonish.
I am. This would totally get me into the series. Sounds too genius to be true though.
Glass Rebel
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Mind you, CA also released Total War BATTLES: Shogun, which also appeared on iOS. TW: Cavemen could be similar.
Stumpokapow
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and it's not like they aren't everywhere else on earth, and flight control and storm in a teacup and a variety of other light/mobile type games are on steam, so it's not like there's a reason to believe the content wouldn't be allowed.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I'll Pay £50 for halo 3 on steam day fucking 1
I H8 Memes
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No I have other arguments as well.
MS only puts the first party games on PC that they dont sell on 360. Fable, Viva Pinata.
MS has kept the games that will sell on GFWL. Halo 1 and 2. Gears of War.
In anticipation of what will no doubt be a huge increase in players of Halo 2's multiplayer ... MS is shutting down the servers?
MS sees PC gaming just as much as competition as the do Sony and Nintendos consoles. They have even paid 3rd party companies to delay games for PC. I don't blame MS for that. It's obviously in response to the crowd that said they could just buy a PS3 and gaming PC and have all the games.
MS only puts the first party games on PC that they dont sell on 360. Fable, Viva Pinata.
MS has kept the games that will sell on GFWL. Halo 1 and 2. Gears of War.
In anticipation of what will no doubt be a huge increase in players of Halo 2's multiplayer ... MS is shutting down the servers?
MS sees PC gaming just as much as competition as the do Sony and Nintendos consoles. They have even paid 3rd party companies to delay games for PC. I don't blame MS for that. It's obviously in response to the crowd that said they could just buy a PS3 and gaming PC and have all the games.
Holy Order Sol
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People inside MS have also said that they really like SteamSo, yeah, I feel pretty confident that even if Halo doesn't come to pass, there's something occurring with MS-Steam's relationship
Well when people used to go poking around in the registry Valve started doing this.
Although as Stumpokapow mentioned now titles are tied to community hubs you can match the both together and hey presto.
Just FYI, we've had Halo 3 in 1080p since the game launched, just not in motion. The screenshot uploader uses some Bungie sorcery to take pseudo-bullshots, and they can look quite nice nice.
Here's one of mine from March 2008. I'm the puncher, not the punchee.
Here's one of mine from March 2008. I'm the puncher, not the punchee.
Stumpokapow
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Except for all the XBLA stuff they've been porting, also Fable sells gangbusters but we'll ignore that.
Except that GFWL is being wound down, as we're seeing.
Admittedly I don't have an answer here. Move to a new online architecture? Releasing the game without online multiplayer? Part of the general wind-down of GFWL?
There are clearly times in their history where they have held this perspective. Your argument would not be out of place in 2008. Actually, in fact, your argument seems to be directly from 2008. Now does not appear to be one of those times. Whether or not this Halo stuff is real, they are actively involved in porting games that they published and pay for. Yes, after the 360 release. But they still port them. They also release stuff on iOS despite viewing iOS as a competitor to Windows Phone. Yes, after they release stuff on WP, but they still release it.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Halo Trilogy if it's true it's a must buy for me.
metareferential
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If they pull a Halo 2 and require Win 8 I...
I...
...am going to upgrade.
I...
...am going to upgrade.
In the case of KOF it's really more like one new KOF game and two old roms they could easily throw in there.
(no offense, I love SNK games)
The only way these aren't new releases is if they're old entries they considered at the time and then didn't pan out, like Saw 2 and Final Fantasy 7.
(no offense, I love SNK games)
The only way these aren't new releases is if they're old entries they considered at the time and then didn't pan out, like Saw 2 and Final Fantasy 7.
That's a big part of why people are excited; they know how crazy good Halo 3 looks with great IQ, and want to play it like that.
Edit: Never forget.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
metareferential
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That really does look quite good.
I don't even see much in the way of aliasing, even where you expect to see some like on the shoulder pads.
Most be a lot of sorcery going on there.
Will look solid on just about any rig running at 1080p+ and 60fps+.
Wouldn't you rather have dedicated servers running that ruleset?
I know I would.
When your 360 is taking the screenshot, the game actually shows the image being slowly produced tile-by-tile. Basically, it's crazy supersampled.
Halo 3's screenshot tool downsamples from 8064x4448.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It isn't just super sampled. There are LOD and lighting changes, too.
EatinOlives
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Back when the Dark Souls PC internet petition started someone made a mockup of the Steam store page for DS. It looked so weirdly out of place but so amazingly awesome at the same time. Even more amazingly awesome is the fact that it's a reality today.
So even though I think it's crazy to see games like Halo 3 come to Steam totally out of nowhere, I think it's safe to say that stranger things have happened before.
So even though I think it's crazy to see games like Halo 3 come to Steam totally out of nowhere, I think it's safe to say that stranger things have happened before.