Still inoperable 48 hours later *sigh*
I think at this point an FNG must have tripped over the power cable and they're waiting for a PSU to be shipped in :lol
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Halo: Reach |OT7| What are They to Say Now?
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Still inoperable 48 hours later *sigh*
I think at this point an FNG must have tripped over the power cable and they're waiting for a PSU to be shipped in :lol
Apparently the Maintenance will last for 72 hours.
Slightly Live
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An unbearable three days for all six people that care.
Sad but true :/
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I should play H2vista much more, my wired controller crapped out recently 
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Happy New Year, My bowels hurt
. Happy New Year, My bowels hurt
The Librarian
Banned
Takes 72 hours to maintain the none of the dedicated servers they run or the none of the stats servers that H2PC has
This is hard work mang, glad our Live Gold money is going to high quality work
CoD map packs on Live first.
That really is why the price increased by $10
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Technical Infrastructure
Support Staff
Research and Development
Content Servers
Bandwidth
Not saying Live isn't profitable, I'm pretty sure it is and considerably so, but it's more than just paying to play online.
Look at the shit awful console alternatives. If the money wasn't there Live would be as terrible at those other "services".
Zeouterlimits
Member
Indeed, but I grow more and more iffy about their pay to play wall. Feel times have changed.
Yeah, steam is a giant shithole.
Slightly Live
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There's always PSN. Or wait a few generations and see what Nintendo do.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Hmm?
Me said:
Meanwhile on Steam...
In b4 "PC, NOT CONSOLES. MODEL WON'T WURK, DUN COUNT. LOLOLOLL"
Too late. =P
I love Steam but it will never happen on consoles.
HiredN00bs
Member
What about a Steam console?
Slightly Live
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Send an email to Gabe with the suggestion. Sit back and wait outside Walmart.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It isn't 2012 until the Best Coast says it is.
Are they playing somewhere tonight? On TV or something? (Also, it's just "Best Coast" not "The Best Coast". Like Smashing Pumpkins but in reverse.)
Custom made PC my Valve that uses its own OS that is dedicated to nothing buy gaming and can be upgraded? Sign me up.
Zeouterlimits
Member
BB posting in a HaloGAF thread? That's a rare sight
HiredN00bs
Member
I mean, Steam relies heavily on Windows right now, but not completely. I'm talking years and years from now. Maybe they could partner with Apple.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
BB posting in a HaloGAF thread? That's a rare sight
I'm a lurker by trade. I can't remember if I posted in the Anniversary thread about how bummed I was that the game used such lame menus when all the 360 Halos had the most epic wide scale planetscapes with tiny, pure class lettering. But I thought it.
Steelyuhas
Member
And there's PSN on the other side of the spectrum. The increase in Xbox live price probably had to do with the increase of services that are on Xbox live or are coming in the near future. You can bet your bottom dollar that companies like Comcast, Verizon, and HBO didn't put their services on Xbox live for free.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Don't remember seeing it, but I get ya, the menu's for the 3 non-remake Halo 360 games were indeed pretty fantastic.
Obviously Anniversary's was a call back. Shame it had such an ugly version of the ring. #willNeverForgive
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Yeah, I see the logic. I just dreamed of this fully coherent visual experience to play the whole saga someday.
Unlikely I suppose, but a kid can dream.
Meanwhile on Steam...
In b4 "PC, NOT CONSOLES. MODEL WON'T WURK, DUN COUNT. LOLOLOLL"
Edit: Aw shit, beaten.
You and your Valve cock gobbling, disgusting!
play SW: TOR
Slightly Live
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If Valve wants to de-value the worth of an average video game to pennies and take a 30% cut of $1 games instead of $40 games then sure.
Folks paints Microsoft as some kind of kind of horrible company but Microsoft has at least helped develop and define the gaming industry and make it stronger whilst Apple is busy dismantling it and attempting to reduce it to shit.
eh...Iphone > kinect
The Librarian
Banned
You did.
Steelyuhas
Member
I wouldn't discount the impact of the iPhone for gaming, but I think it's the creation of a new market for the most part, maybe pulling from the mobile market like the DS/Gameboy or PSP, but I don't see it as much of an impact or change on the console gaming industry or its development.
About the menus, it made sense for 343 to stick with the original menu, and was also interesting to show how far Bungie came with the menu UI. Reach's is fucking perfect. There are plenty of games out there now that still have odd and frustrating menu UI's, Bungie's is fantastic. Everything makes sense, you know how to do everything without ever using it before. Simple, straight forward, and especially in Reach's case beautiful to look at.
Any HaloGAF on Kellers Void, Republic?
HiredN00bs
Member
What I meant is that you need a Windows or Mac system to actually play the games on Steam. And since Microsoft already has an interest in the console space...
None whatsoever. Just a lame excuse for cutting off support for the original Xbox, and since they can't specifically allow Halo 2 on but not allow original Xboxes to connect, it had to go down with the ship.
Hell, the messaging interface STILL tells you "original Xbox gamers might not be able to read this message". No shit.
While Live costs $50 a year, Iphone still costs ~150 per month. lol
But man, its too bad kinect sold well, because it was an absolute disaster. There's literally no good software for Kinect, and the technology is trash. I hope it dies ASAP and I'm sorry for the people that actually paid for one.
Steelyuhas
Member
I don't think this is what you're referring to, but it made me think of it. MS has promised significant Xbox Live integration with Windows 8. It will be interesting to see what it is and how it's setup.
The software for Kinect is poor, but I wouldn't say the tech is trash. It's pretty nice to use with the new dashboard, and has potential to be used in some cool ways. Screaming "grenade" at Halo is not one of those ways though.
(I didn't pay for my Kinect though.)
I hear the input lag is unbearable (via Ghaleon)
Input lag kills games for me. Thats why onlive was DOA, reach firefight sucks, uncharted 3 needed a patch, and its one of the reasons why why kinect is doomed.
Hydranockz
Member
Input lag is rampant in Dance Central 2.
Steelyuhas
Member
Haven't really used it for games, just the dashboard and apps for the most part.
I'm sure that a new version of it will come with the next Xbox, and it should be much better, so hopefully they can significantly reduce that input lag.
Steam console = The Big Picture. Prepare your heatsinks and fans, because your tv room is about to get a fucking huge, loud PC in it.
Personally, I'm not interested in it. I switch between PC and Xbox depending on my mood, and it's a lot easier for me to be immersed in an Xbox game because I'm prone to alt-tabbing (Starcraft 2 thought ahead by disabling it and Windows key!).
Personally, I'm not interested in it. I switch between PC and Xbox depending on my mood, and it's a lot easier for me to be immersed in an Xbox game because I'm prone to alt-tabbing (Starcraft 2 thought ahead by disabling it and Windows key!).
Hypertrooper
Member
So I'm drunk and no one is online? Anyone wants to play?