Mcc is 100% coming...halo 5 I will believe when I see it
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Frank OConnor: "There is plenty of chance that Halo 5 could appear on the PC."
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Mcc is 100% coming...halo 5 I will believe when I see it
What makes you say this ? Nothing suggests that so far.
From the limited amount of games Microsoft have said were coming to W10 it's clear that the "big", AAA (or whatever you want to call them) games are to remain exclusive to the hardware.
Only F2P/indies with the exception of a remaster have been announced on Windows 10. I think that's telling of where do Microsoft draw the line. MCC is technically a remaster but I find it unlikely to be announced for W10 because it could lead to further speculation that whatever big Halo game might be coming too, I believe Microsoft want to avoid that.
Just my reading of the current situation of course.
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Why are you so sure it's coming? (MCC)
Someone still has to port it, right? Not heard/read about anything yet tho!
Dictator93
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But that would be decidedly un-MS regarding the PC. Open air non-promises has been their MO since... well... forever.
Exactly. We have not seen any hints about that. None whatsoever.
I'll get back to you in 6 months.
Marked.
Ports of ports? In fact wouldn't CE have been:
Xbox > PC > Xbox 360 > Xbox One > PC
Sounds legit.
I think you probably could get a decent amount of PC users to pay a subscription if you offered good service, games and perks. Last time, it was a worthless paywall and nothing more but you can offer dedicated servers, cloud support if that goes anywhere like Crackdown and cross platform perks, offers on their software and services. Believe me, I would rather not pay at all but a good service with good games, would people absolutely say no? Before Microsoft wanted money for mostly nothing, if they change to money for something good, surely that isn't the worst ? Sure I would be pissed if they required a sub for a P2P game but a game with dedicated servers or something not usually attainable. Yeah, I know Steam but just thinking out loud. Microsoft see Xbox Live as a service and it surely will grow beyond the console.
A portion of the people that might buy the next Xbox for the Halo game on that might no longer do so.
I have no interest in playing games on PC, but I hope it happens... the more people that get to play the merrier...
Hopefully that means more Req packs sold, and more free maps for everyone!!!! And more reasons for more people to use the Windows store.
So what? Either way, they'd be buying software from MS... Which is their main source of income.. Typically, Console gamers are gonna play on console, and PC gamers are gonna play on PC, regardless.
Hopefully that means more Req packs sold, and more free maps for everyone!!!! And more reasons for more people to use the Windows store.
So what? Either way, they'd be buying software from MS... Which is their main source of income.. Typically, Console gamers are gonna play on console, and PC gamers are gonna play on PC, regardless.
Possumowner
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By the time it MAY come to PC my interested would have all but dissapeared
EchoChamber
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I believe the main source of income is from xbox live, of course speaking strictly about xbox.
If the XBL subscription included a Office 365 subscription and skype calls/texts then maybe I would consider buying LIVE for PC. But otherwise, NO. Microosft can fuck off if they try to do another GFWL paid subscription PC multiplayer service..
I don't see them putting Halo on PC unless they've truly given up on the Xbox One. As much as people like to say console and PC are different markets and porting to PC won't hurt console sales I just don't see how that can be true, especially when you're talking about the one series that defines Xbox. I think it would be very damaging to the Xbox brand to have it lose it's one iconic exclusive series to another platform, even if it's technically still a Microsoft platform. So I wouldn't say it's impossible, but I don't see them doing it if they want to continue the Xbox brand.
Get Bluepoint to redo the whole thing and included Reach, Halo Wars then re-release on Xbox One plus a mega patch for current MCC owners and as a new release on Windows 10 PC.
Rename it the Halo Collection : Mark V Edition. Developed by Bluepoint Games.
Halo 5 Guardians for Windows 10 PC, release 2016/2017.
There is definitely a degree of overlap. In economic terms PC gaming and Xbox consoles are imperfect substitute goods. Neither is a perfect substitute for the other, but customers could be convinced to go for one over another by a variety of factors. Availability of games is one such factor.
If someone invests further in PC gaming, they will be mostly buying games from Not-Microsoft, MS will not make a cut of sales apart from on MS published games and on games bought from the Windows App Store.
If someone buys an Xbox console, Microsoft will make a cut from every single game they buy for it.
Microsoft prefer the latter situation.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Show us some good faith and out MCC up there first 
What? Lol no
It would generate them the money they lost on Xbox one this gen (not just from game sales but the micro transactions as well from the PC community) people don't own xbox's just for "halo" it's not 2001 anymore, some people own xbox's because their friends simply tell them "ps4 is the suck" or whatever way kids speak now a days
Granted I would never spend $400 to play ori when I can spend $20 instead
Shake Appeal
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Well, my ears just pricked up, Frankles.
Yeah, sure. That is why.
People said the same about Sarah Connor and look what happened.
The people I know who own one for non-halo reasons, this is actually the case.
What? Most of MS services are everywhere. They have had versions of Office on iPad for quite a while now. The new announcement was an update. Skype is everywhere, Office is everywhere, OneNote is everywhere, Groove is everywhere, OneDrive is everywhere, etc. You don't see much criticism directed towards MS about them not putting their shit everywhere these days. You are about 2 or 3 years late with this.
SmokedMeat
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They're also making money off the console buyer through Gold subscriptions.
ebullientprism
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Zero chance of it happening this decade. Maybe once the X1 stops being sold.
Would fucking love to be wrong though.
Would fucking love to be wrong though.
Not a tease, nothing. It would sell very well though, although I probably would not buy it.
No problem, I don't mind being wrong but I can only wonder what is your basis for your belief.
Your previous comments are very strange as well, insider sources ?
Look, I don't pretend to be a market analyst but the way I see it Microsoft will not take the chance to release their AAA stuff on PC, not even exclusive to the Windows 10 store. Games which are not marketshare drivers (Fable Legends, Gears 1 Remaster, indies and F2P) are okay.
That's just the way it seems, to me. So I'd be very, very shocked if one "big" Xbone exclusive was to be ported to PC. It does not fit into what they're doing right now.
PC players might not buy THIS Xbox because of this statement
dancrane212
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I don't know about Halo 5 but perhaps when Halo 6 rolls around MS will have gotten their PC platform sorted out to the point where the below is possible.
I don't think it's a stretch anymore to say that a next gen Xbox is going to be running games from the same place as MS PC games.
Kudo Tsunoda said:
I don't think it's a stretch anymore to say that a next gen Xbox is going to be running games from the same place as MS PC games.
Have you never been to gamefaqs?
Facism
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That and they can't sell you Gold subs on PC.
Why would you use Gamefaqs as a metric? Those kinds of people say the dumbest things for the sake of arguing.
Just joking.
Please come to Steam as well
Nah, Gears Ultimate, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and this Halo 5 if it comes will be Win 10 exclusive...meaning sold in the Windows Store.
Felix Lighter
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The only strange thing I find about that extremely non-committal quote is the fact that he suggested that it would be a relatively easy port. I wouldn't expect them to say something like that because it just makes the true reasoning behind the lack of a port in the first place that much more obvious. MS is usually a little more careful to dance around that with other nebulous reason why ports don't come to the platform.
Ok, software and services are their main sources of income...
What they lose in service revenues from Xbox live, they could easily make up with software sales on PC... As the PC installed base dwarfs that of Xbox...
Sure, MS would get just a small peice of the PC software pie, BUT, that pie is much larger than the console gaming pie... Also, Microsoft is currently getting nearly 0 percent of the PC pie, and they would like that to change.
MS would still stand to make money in console gaming: Some people simply prefer to play games on console and that's not going to change, even if their exclusive games become available elsewhere...
If you like Halo, but don't like playing on PCs, you're going to buy an Xbox. Otherwise, you'll get it from the MS store... Either way, your spending your money with MS. Which for MS, is better than you spending it with Sony, Nintendo, or Valve. If MS want to grow in the gaming space, they need to come to terms with the fact that there are a ton PC gamers that want to play their games , but don't want to buy a console...
Because compared to them we are the minority and they are the better representation of the casual fan base?
SamastahSukhino
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Some people despise Microsoft ,yet would still get the game on a Windows pc. I'm not a genius, but doesn't it sound smart to release it on Windows 10?
My point was not that they never aim for ubiquity, but that they do so inconsistently. Hence very few MS published games on PC.
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