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BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
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[url="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=85976"]http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=85976[/url]

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  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    yay.... not

    allthough...

    it was Vivendi mamangement that killed ITF... who knows
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    I don't see a problem with this. A lot of people are screaming doom and gloom because of what happend with Bungie--they were "absorbed" into the MS Collective and Halo became an X-Box title--but Vivendi isn't like Bungie. They're a bigger operation with a LOT more titles. And most of the big-budget profitable titles (read: Blizzard) are better suited for the PC.

    Contrary to Bungie with Halo, there isn't any particular Vivendi title that just screams "console".
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    What will happen to Homeworld II in this situation...

    Relic? etc...

    :/

    I hope everything doesn't go strictly XBox... I don't have one, and I don't want one...

    [This message has been edited by JackN (edited 01-23-2003).]
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    NO WAY am I getting an X-Box.

    Too...limited, stupid, low res, few features...and overall...STUPID.

    actually...I hate consoles in general.

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  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    splinter cell is really really cool. REALLY.

    and i LOATHE the XBOX!!!!
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I'm not particularly keen on getting an XBox. I have a PS2, one console is enough.
    With this, there might be enough buffering between MS management and Blizzard et al to prevent too much interfering. It depends on if MS buys Vivendi, or buys its assets (ie game companies).

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    [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    Actualy I hate to say this but microsoft has been pretty intelligent about certain things, Like keeping their higher end products for the PC, they know what the X-box can handle and cant handle. Mechwarrior 4 is PC, Mech Assault which is kinda stripped down in some ways is for the X-box. And Freelancer is going to be PC (Microsoft got their hands on that one didnt they?)
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    If you'll look at the article, you'll notice it describes Vivendi as the "US publisher" that owns blah blah blah.... So my guess is that it's talking only about Vivendi Interactive, which Vivendi Universal (based in France) has been looking to spin off to cover all their recently revealed (and previously undocumented) debts.

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  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    **** microsoft. They can go suck a big fat... Nevermind. I'll end my rant before it goes any further.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [quote]Originally posted by Tyvar:
    [b]
    Actualy I hate to say this but microsoft has been pretty intelligent about certain things, Like keeping their higher end products for the PC, they know what the X-box can handle and cant handle. Mechwarrior 4 is PC, Mech Assault which is kinda stripped down in some ways is for the X-box. And Freelancer is going to be PC (Microsoft got their hands on that one didnt they?)[/b][/quote]

    MW4 came out well before the XBox though, didn't it?

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    [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • Captain,SimmondsCaptain,Simmonds Trainee trainee
    Now Kids This is How You Play Monopoly.
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    [quote]Originally posted by Captain,Simmonds:
    [b]Now Kids This is How You Play Monopoly.[/b][/quote]

    Hehehehe...
  • Talon MistsongTalon Mistsong Ranger
    I'll really start to worry if the $uits suddenly start fancying themselves as game designers. Remember what happened to Crusade? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/eek.gif[/img]

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  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    [quote]Originally posted by A2597:
    [b]NO WAY am I getting an X-Box.

    Too...limited, stupid, low res, few features...and overall...STUPID.

    actually...I hate consoles in general.

    [/b][/quote]

    Wow. I actually agree with you about something. Amazing!

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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  • AnlaShokAnlaShok Democrat From Hell
    This still seems to be in the speculative phase. While I do have problems with MicroSoft and their corporate philosophy of unbridled acquisition and elimination of its rivals, they have produced some extremely good games. I still break out AoE and AoE2 every ince in awhile. I'm firmly ensconced in MW4 with some friends. they do tend to recognize quality gaming products, unlike our wonderful friends who canned B5:ItF.

    Who knows, maybe with those materials coming under new ownership....

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  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    [quote]Originally posted by Biggles:
    [b] MW4 came out well before the XBox though, didn't it?

    [/b][/quote]

    Humm I think it did come out earlier but that THAT much earlier, less then a year Im fairly sure. However MW4 mercs is fairly new (it uses the original graphics engine, but entire new overlays for alot of things)Anyways its for the PC.
  • TycoTyco Ranger Texas
    what bungie didnt have in quanity of games it made up for in quality (see: Marathon) and I remmeber some of the previews for Halo before it became an X-Box only title, long before Microsoft obsorbed them into their collective, if you will. It seemed like Halo would have been 100% better as a PC title. Any FPS/3rd PS isnt worth it on a console. They're extremely limiting, featurless, and over-all graphics cannot compare to a PC
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Marathon is a great great game.
    Halo would have been far better on the PC. They had all sorts of great stuff planned, even a story. On the XBox the story sucks.

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    [url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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