[360] Halo Kitty

I want you to post every single update here and in your journal, so when the time comes in 2007, "Earth will be the same".

In other news, I never played either Halos. ;_;

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I remember reading sometime that Microsoft wanted to launch Halo 3 the exact date the PS3 was supposed to come out. This was quite a while ago, I think during Summer 2005 when they (when I say they, I mean Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo) had all these grand schemes to second guess each company's move.

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Time quotes Bill Gates saying that Sony's next-gen console will "walk into" the Xbox 360 follow-up to the best-selling sci-fi shooter.
For months, the Web was rife with rumors that Microsoft would ship the sequel to Halo 2 for the Xbox 360 simultaneously with the launch of the PlayStation 3. Now, that has been confirmed--by none other than Bill Gates himself.

In next week's issue of Time Magazine--which features Gates holding the Xbox 360 on the cover--Gates mentioned plans for the release of the much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling console shooter. In a parenthetical sidebar in the article, Time says the following:

"Note to the hard-core faithful: the next version of Halo will not, repeat not, be ready in time for the launch of Xbox 360. It will be part of the all-important second wave next spring. 'It's perfect,' Gates says, radiant with bloodlust. 'The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], and they walk right into Halo 3.'"

While Microsoft reps were not available for comment as of press time, Gates' comments appear to confirm the theory that Microsoft will release Halo 3 either simultaneously or near the release of Sony's next-gen console. It also marks further official confirmation that a third Halo is indeed in the works and will be released for the Xbox 360.

Although such statements might be interpreted as grandstanding, such a maneuver definitely would have an impact. Halo 2 sold more than 6.5 million copies to date and is credited with doubling the subscriber base of Xbox Live from around 750,000 to more than 1.5 million. It is also credited by industry-watchers as one of the main reasons for boosting sales of the original Xbox last holiday season.

By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
Posted May 15, 2005 12:50 pm PT

Ah there it is. But then this is LAST May information.

Plus since we assume the PS3 is out this November, it looks like it's not going to happen.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Even if H3 got out say...November whenever. Sony still has FFXII up their sleeves as in terms of console games vs console games only. FF fanboys vs Halo fanboys FIGHT! Plus how exactly will Halo 3 "hurt" PS3 sales? It's not like a Sony consumer will all assuden say, "Oh cool Halo 3 is out today. Maybe I should go hell with the PS3 and pick up Xbox 360 AND Halo 3 instead".

Clearly, Microsoft consumers will pick up their copies of Halo 3, while Sony picks up either PS3 or FFXII or both.

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Megalith being sorely disappointed

"The Earth will remain the Same".

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

More to the point, who in the hell would by a PS3 to play FFXII when you can play it on your PS2?

Originally Posted by Spatula

Sony still has FFXII up their sleeves as in terms of console games vs console games only

Just games only, which was why I raised the issue of FF fanatics vs Halo fanatics. FIGHT OF THE CENTURY. LOL.

Furthermore, remember this is ASSUMING that H3 is released in November, which was pointed out earlier to be unlikely.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

True, at least the 360 has had a solid year on the market to show what you can get for the admission price, while I hear most of Sony's 1st gen stuff has lots of bugs. Still for myself, I'll hold off on it. As well, seeing as Sony wants to do a simultaneous launch of however many systems obviously requires major logistics considerations, which may be difficult to follow through, where as the launch of a software title (ie Halo 3) has considerably less implications.

I was speaking idiomatically.