HPC, H2PC and Halo 3 added to Steam, sort of

[Btcc22]

You've probably read it elsewhere but the first three Halo games have, for some reason, been added to the Steam database today, along with a bunch of other titles.

Here's the entry for HPC (http://cdr.xpaw.ru/app/216760/).

It's probably nothing and the inclusion of 'Cut the Rope', Microsoft's Store poster boy, makes me wonder if it's some kind of integration between the two services or at least tighter integration with non-Steam games in preparation for Steam Box. That wouldn't explain Halo 3's inclusion but perhaps it was just a mistake.

You can find the full list here (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=511484 …).

[InnerGoat]

halo 3 for windows 9, 2016

[=sw=warlord]

I'll just leave these here:
http://cdr.xpaw.ru/sub/15737/

http://cdr.xpaw.ru/sub/15738/

http://cdr.xpaw.ru/apps/4/

[Btcc22]

Thanks for that. I see Saints Row 4 on that list. Very, very interesting.

[Zeph]

Looks to me like they're just adding in the XBL archive.

[Btcc22]

Looks to me like they're just adding in the XBL archive.

But Halo isn't part of said archive. Neither is Halo 2, in a way.

There are a bunch of both confirmed and unconfirmed ports/sequels on that list, not to mention software like the UE4 UDK and films like Fast and Furious 6. The Brutal Legends developer has given a wink wink nudge nudge in response to its appearance as a PC port on that list, indicating that there might actually be something behind all of this.

Then again, maybe not.

Edit: Guess you might have meant the XBLA.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Why would they add it to Steam?
Could they even have permission to put it into their database?

[souless]

What is this blasphemy

[Ki11a_FTW]

Heres the Halo 3 hub for steam:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/216800

everyone seems to be in disbelief.
I'm not getting my hopes up, however if MS confirms a PC port of the game I will be a very VERY happy person.

[Btcc22]

Heres the Halo 3 hub for steam:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/216800

everyone seems to be in disbelief.
I'm not getting my hopes up, however if MS confirms a PC port of the game I will be a very VERY happy person.

I'd have quite a lot of hats to eat if that happened. :smith:

Is there a statute of limitations on the Internet?

[Zeph]

But Halo isn't part of said archive. Neither is Halo 2, in a way.

There are a bunch of both confirmed and unconfirmed ports/sequels on that list, not to mention software like the UE4 UDK and films like Fast and Furious 6. The Brutal Legends developer has given a wink wink nudge nudge in response to its appearance as a PC port on that list, indicating that there might actually be something behind all of this.

Then again, maybe not.

Edit: Guess you might have meant the XBLA.
Backwards compatibility as well.
The reason they'd do this is for a steam app on the 360.
With apids for the console titles (note that they're not true registrations at the moment), your steam list would show friends on XBL with what they're playing.

edit: okay, since jcap is mad, I'll elaborate on this a bit more.

If you browse through the additions, you'll notice that there are some things that don't make much sense for Steam. Team Fortress 2 is added with a [CONSOLE] tag prepended to it. ValveTestApp218720 ([CONSOLE] Team Fortress 2). You'll notice that for many other titles this is the case. In all those instances, it is a game that exists both on the active steam library of content and also have a console port.

Halo 1, 2, and 3 (.k Zeph halo 3) do not have the tag. This is because they do not have a counterpart already in the steam library.




They are not making more Halo games for PC.

[Ki11a_FTW]

But then why not have Reach and Halo 4? Most people would be playing them, not the first 3.

[Btcc22]

Snip.


Good theory and I wondered the same after seeing the [CONSOLE] tags. It still has holes though, like all of the others.

I'll just sit tight.

[InnerGoat]

They are not making more Halo games for PC.Zeph pls

[Zeph]

But then why not have Reach and Halo 4? Most people would be playing them, not the first 3.
Diversity in test cases? Halo 1 is available on XBLA. Halo 2 is available through backwards compatibility. Halo 3 is a regular 360 title.
I've made another search and it's not just XBL titles. There's regular software, dedicated servers, DLC, episodes, etc.

[=sw=warlord]

Diversity in test cases? Halo 1 is available on XBLA. Halo 2 is available through backwards compatibility. Halo 3 is a regular 360 title.
I've made another search and it's not just XBL titles. There's regular software, dedicated servers, DLC, episodes, etc.
Incase you haven't noticed, steam sells more than just games.
Also Microsoft wouldn't let steam onto the xbox360 platform at all.

[Btcc22]

Diversity in test cases? Halo 1 is available on XBLA. Halo 2 is available through backwards compatibility. Halo 3 is a regular 360 title.
I've made another search and it's not just XBL titles. There's regular software, dedicated servers, DLC, episodes, etc.

Which includes games with known incoming PC ports and software like a UE4 based UDK. It also includes the names of unconfirmed game sequels, which would be a strange thing to add if this was all nicely linked to XBL.

I think they'd annoy a lot of developers and publishers by adding fake sequels/ports and getting the media in a frenzy over speculation.

[Btcc22]

Halo 3's community hub just got pulled, although HPC and H2PC still have pages. :(

Edit: All gone.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

I heard rumors that the .ru site installs keyloggers onto your computer. Is this actually true, out is it just a hoax started by a ruseman to cause panic?

[Kornman00]

Not all Russians are out to capture your input

[Ryx]

There are at least a couple Russians who aren't out to capture your input
fix'd

[Patrickssj6]

input captures you

[arbiter901]

Apparently Halo 3 even has an official steam group. (http://steamcommunity.com/games/216800)

[Amit]

Change the title of this thread. It's surely misleading people. These games haven't been added to Steam.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

It says "HPC, H2PC and Halo 3 added to Steam, sort of." It seems fine to me...

[Amit]

It's been added to a database, not Steam.

[=sw=warlord]

It's been added to a database, not Steam.
If you bothered to read what the database was for you'd know the database was of Steamapps ID's.

[ODX]

Kotaku pinged Microsoft for a comment, they said "We currently do not have plans to release any 'Halo' titles on Steam."

http://kotaku.com/5981600/responding-to-rumors-microsoft-says-halo-isnt-coming-to-steam

[Pooky]

Somebody at Microsoft has got to be full retard. I was on Halo 3 XBL last night. Nobody's playing it anymore. Many playlists showed a total of 10 or less players. The 360 is nearing the end of its lifespan, so porting H3 to the PC seems like an easy way to make a lot of money really quickly. Is there something I'm missing here?

[InnerGoat]

Microsoft hates money, obviously

:(

[arbiter901]

Kotaku pinged Microsoft for a comment, they said "We currently do not have plans to release any 'Halo' titles on Steam."

http://kotaku.com/5981600/responding-to-rumors-microsoft-says-halo-isnt-coming-to-steam
Wouldn't they deny it if its not officially announced?

[t3h m00kz]

Microsoft hates sharing money, obviously

:(

ftfy

[supersniper]

https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2248578_NEWS--The-Halo-Bulletin--1-16-13.aspx#post2248578

[Amit]

If you bothered to read what the database was for you'd know the database was of Steamapps ID's.

I'm not that ignorant. I know that it's for SteamIDs. You'd have to be fucking blind not to see the news on these in both forums and journalism sites.


Wouldn't they deny it if its not officially announced?

No. They would refuse to comment on it.

[DarkHalo003]

That is too bad. I heard 343i were Halo fans, guess I was misinformed.


Placing Halo 1-3 on Steam would make Microsoft so much money. I know I would insta-buy all three if they were on Steam even if I had to deal with some form of Live.

Our very own Kills Alone's response to BS_Angel's statement: "We currently do not have plans to release any Halo titles on Steam."

:lmao:

[Amit]

Looks like since X360 is at the end of its life they are holding off on PC to push Halo on the X720. It's stupid, but that's actually what it looks like they are doing. Whoever decides things like these at Microsoft is one of the most retarded people in the world. Why prevent the company from getting more money right now that has a large playerbase? Nobody is going to buy a $400 console just to play Halo if they haven't already bought an XBOX for the recent Halo games.

[Warsaw]

All of Microsoft's management is moronic. Unfortunately for us, they continue to be profitable.

[Pooky]

Nobody is going to buy a $400 console just to play Halo if they haven't already bought an XBOX for the recent Halo games.

I'm not even going to buy a new console to play the next few Halo games, so I guess Halo 4 is the last one for me unless they start doing PC releases again.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I dont get it either. They are limiting themselves from their own success lately. You know how much bank they would make if they released H3 on PC with Windows 7 and 8 support? It's like just do shit properly. Nobody is gonna buy windows 8 as it is, nobody is gonna buy halo 3 if its a windows 8 exclusive because we've seen it all before.

Release Halo 3 on PC, for multi operating systems, give us the map packs, a full editing kit, and some attention and support if you want the game to grow a community. If it worked like that, millions of copies would sell.

They should look at Halo PC. Why was it such a success? Because it expanded upon the original xbox title with online play, the 5 new maps, and the Custom Edition of the game.

[Zeph]

In their eyes, the xbox brand is their money source and anything on PC would distract from that. Hired Gun was dissolved pretty much by the time H2V officially shipped. The handful of patches from Bum was only because he was still at Microsoft.

And the GFWL titles were only there to get Vista licenses pushed. Xbox subscription and sales numbers look better on their quarterlies.

[jcap]

More evidence that points to a Halo 3 PC port coming soon...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=525510


The latest AMD beta drivers have an entry for Halo 3.



<profile Area="UDX" Usage="Halo3" Notes="Halo3">
<value Property="Version">1</value>
<value Property="MTShaderCompile">False</value>
</profile>

<application Title="Halo3" File="halo3*.exe">
<use Area="UDX">Halo3</use>
</application>




This shit just got real.

Also, the presence of the wildcard in the filename seems to indicate that the entry is intended to match different beta builds of the game. For example, halo3-11943.exe

[jcap]

Also I just had another thought.

I really do think this is real. Microsoft is porting the remaining Halo games to the PC because the Xbox 360 is end-of-life. Everyone knows the reason Halo is exclusive to the Xbox platform is because Microsoft wants to sell as many consoles as possible to people who want to play Halo. With the Xbox Infinity coming out within the next year, Microsoft isn't going to be selling any more Xbox 360s. The market is saturated, and the demand will be for the Xbox Infinity. It's also very likely that the Xbox Infinity will not be backwards compatible with existing Xbox games due to the hardware changes, so players wouldn't even be able to buy an Xbox Infinity to play the current Halo games. Microsoft is preparing for the death of the Xbox 360, and to do that they're finally bringing their Halo games to the PC.

Furthermore, Microsoft is releasing Age of Empires II HD as a Steam store exclusive next month. They don't want to deal with retail. Frankly, they shouldn't give a shit about "competing" with Steam. What is Steam but another retail store like Best Buy and Walmart? What if Microsoft said that the only way people can buy Microsoft-published games is from brick and mortar Microsoft stores? Oh wait, they did that with the Surface...and that sold really well.

[Btcc22]

I want to believe.

[Kornman00]

Furthermore, Microsoft is releasing Age of Empires II HD as a Steam store exclusive next month
No, Hidden Path Entertainment is. MGS is their publisher, mostly due MS having the rights to the franchise. Go check out their CV and you'll see why they're rolling with Steam.

[leorimolo]

I want to believe.

I would repeatedly cum the moment I see it happen for atleast an entire day

[DarkHalo003]

It's possible. I just don't know if I'll fork another $60 for Halo 3 if it's just a port with no HEK.

[PenGuin1362]

If it came with a real dev kit I'd drop $60 in a second. But after that H2 disaster I have little faith to see something like the halo 1 release again :( Though I feel like if you want to reignite sales on an old IP simply doing a re-release an editing kit of some sort might be the best way to attract new customers.

[Bobblehob]

Lord please let this be real.

[Zeph]

Interesting, but would only be worth it if they give it at least the same amount of functionality as the HEK with CE. If they try to use XBL it's going to be ruined.

[=sw=warlord]

Lord please let this be real.
I'll let it be real but it's up to Microsoft.

[TeeKup]

All we can do is keep on eye on the market for the next few months and see if this actually develops. This year is going to be very interesting for the industry.

[arbiter901]

Wondering if they're gonna go the steamworks route.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I smell halo3pc.net

No seriously, if the game does come out and is a decent port, can we change the title?

[jcap]

We used to own halo3pc.net like 3 years ago.

[arbiter901]

If Halo 2 is also coming to steam then it doesn't make much sense for them to shut down the multilayer component.

[Guardian]

Maybe they are shutting down the windows live multiplayer to get a steam version to replace it?... Idk what I'm talking about.

[Kornman00]

Guess what faggots?

Microsoft: no plans for any Halo game on Steam or a PC version of Halo 3 (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-18-microsoft-no-plans-for-any-halo-game-on-steam-or-a-pc-version-of-halo-3)

[Btcc22]

Yeah, they've said this already before the latest speculation, it's barely worth paying attention to the PR drones though. Even if they're telling us the truth, there's likely something of interest going on.

Hope levels unphased.

[=sw=warlord]

Guess what faggots?

Microsoft: no plans for any Halo game on Steam or a PC version of Halo 3 (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-18-microsoft-no-plans-for-any-halo-game-on-steam-or-a-pc-version-of-halo-3)
Oh look. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-01-ms-responds-to-halo-1-hd-remake-rumour)

[arbiter901]

343 has no plans. That doesn't mean a third party studio isn't working on it.

[Zeph]

Yeah, at this point we can't really do anything other than speculate and wait.
It's standard marketing chat when something is denied before its official launch.

[Amit]

Even if it's released, I don't trust anyone that Microsoft would put in charge of porting it at this point.

[arbiter901]

If they want to sell a decent amount of copies, I doubt they will make the same mistake.
A proper HEK will probably bring in even more revenue.

Seeing as the 720 will be x86-64 then porting it wouldn't be as hard and it will allow them to milk it even more.

[Kornman00]

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/250x250/36394736.jpg

[PenGuin1362]

Yeah, at this point we can't really do anything other than speculate and wait.
It's standard marketing chat when something is denied before its official launch.

Yeah, that's the typical SOP to deny production when info is leaked before the actual announcement. Then they go "OH MAN WE HAD YOU GUYS FOOLED. We're totally working on it and you had no idea"

[Btcc22]

Yeah, that's the typical SOP to deny production when info is leaked before the actual announcement. Then they go "OH MAN WE HAD YOU GUYS FOOLED. We're totally working on it and you had no idea"

I remember Bungie vehemently denying that they were working on Halo 2. Several months later...

These days they seem to just shrug leaks off.

[Rainbow Dash]

I want to map for halo again so bad please give me a reason to do it.

[leorimolo]

H3 engine and tagset is beyond awesome, this could turn out so good. Scarab wars YOLO

[=sw=warlord]

H3 engine and tagset is beyond awesome, this could turn out so good. Scarab wars YELO
ftfy.

[Ki11a_FTW]

I hear people saying that it is possibly for backwards compadibilty. This can't be true because consoles do not run executable files. The code says "halo3.exe".

[KantIZBack]

ftfy. I see what you did there.

[leorimolo]

I hear people saying that it is possibly for backwards compadibilty. This can't be true because consoles do not run executable files. The code says "halo3.exe".

Just so you know the XDK can launch .exe files, but its still irrelevant. I doubt pc drivers are being used in beta (durango, infinity) hardware, by this point they are already rolling out actual units with near final h/w (or so I heard)

Maybe cortexian or alike can drop us a hint

[DarkHalo003]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-18-microsoft-no-plans-for-any-halo-game-on-steam-or-a-pc-version-of-halo-3

Welp.

[Btcc22]

I doubt pc drivers are being used in beta (durango, infinity) hardware, by this point they are already rolling out actual units with near final h/w (or so I heard)

Maybe cortexian or alike can drop us a hint

Microsoft would be the ones managing this sort of thing, not AMD.


http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-18-microsoft-no-plans-for-any-halo-game-on-steam-or-a-pc-version-of-halo-3

Welp.

Late to the party, again. :smith:

[leorimolo]

That and they use Nvidia GPUs. Even if they were AMD, Microsoft would be the ones managing this sort of thing, not AMD.



Late to the party, again. :smith:
Durango/Infinity is AMD, SuperDAE lied during that part of the interview.

Also related
3172

First pic I saw of the dam thing, notice how it has a bluray drive.

[Btcc22]

Durango/Infinity is AMD, SuperDAE lied during that part of the interview.

Also related
3172

First pic I saw of the dam thing, notice how it has a bluray drive.

Yeah, I temporarily forgot. :(

[arbiter901]

That doesn't mean shit. Remember they also denied Halo CEA. What kind of answer did you expect?

Also

Valve wouldn't just randomly add official steam group pages for these games.

http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791433980564
http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791433980558
http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791433980565

[Zeph]

Surprise. They did.

[arbiter901]

If they were just trolling us they would of removed them by now. They only disabled them but now they're back up.

[supersniper]

AMD wouldn't randomly do halo3.exe either....
MS is planning something

[KantIZBack]

I think i like the direction this is going in.

[=sw=warlord]

This just in, Microsoft assembles a porting team to port Halo 3 and Halowars to pc.
ame of porting group?

HIREDGUN 2

now to avoid kornman
http://www.autoall.com/images_products/AS-RS61GT.jpg

[Kornman00]

They know better than to port HW to the PC without me, flobby cobby, your unsucessful troll was unsuccessful :saggy:

edit: also, Durango devkits didn't go into beta production until the start of this year

[=sw=warlord]

They know better than to port HW to the PC without me,
Wait, Microsoft knowing better than the consumer?

[DarkHalo003]

I'm not sure why they would hide it and lie about it though. It'd create a lot of hype if they just confirmed it.

Then again, this is Microsoft and they obviously know more about their customers than their customers do.

[Zeph]

I'm not sure why they would hide it and lie about it though. It'd create a lot of hype if they just confirmed it.

Then again, this is Microsoft and they obviously know more about their customers than their customers do.
but why go ahead and spoil it ahead of the multi-million dollar lump sum getting dumped into marketing and advertisement?
There's no sense of doing something for free when you can spend money on it.

[leorimolo]

I guess we have to wait for either PAX, GDC, or E3 to find out :ohdear:

[Kornman00]

MS wouldn't annouce something like this at GDC

[=sw=warlord]

MS wouldn't annouce something like this at GDC
They would if they wanted to focus on the next xbox at E3.

[Kornman00]

You must be forgetting about PAX East. Which is more consumer oriented than GDC.

[Amit]

Final word: Microsoft doesn't ever make sense (e.g. Vista, H2V, XBOX, Win8, Surface, etc.).

[Zeph]

I guess we have to wait for either PAX, GDC, or E3 to find out :ohdear:
PAX isn't really a place that publishers announce new content.
GDC has turned into a methods conference with vendor expo downstairs (and random protestors outside that may or may not be paid to probably not run a 'viral' marketing campaign[yeah i never understood that when I went]).

E3 is likely, but I think they'll focus more on the Xbox Infinity or whatever they're going to call it. This would be something on a side note.

[Zeph]

I guess we have to wait for either PAX, GDC, or E3 to find out :ohdear:
PAX isn't really a place that publishers announce new content.
GDC has turned into a methods conference with vendor expo downstairs (and random protestors outside that may or may not be paid to probably not run a 'viral' marketing campaign[yeah i never understood that when I went]).

E3 is likely, but I think they'll focus more on the Xbox Infinity or whatever they're going to call it. This would be something on a side note.

[Amit]

Come on, make it a triple post so you can get an infraction! I'll delete my post to make it happen! Just PM me.

[PenGuin1362]

PAX isn't really a place that publishers announce new content.
GDC has turned into a methods conference with vendor expo downstairs (and random protestors outside that may or may not be paid to probably not run a 'viral' marketing campaign[yeah i never understood that when I went]).

E3 is likely, but I think they'll focus more on the Xbox Infinity or whatever they're going to call it. This would be something on a side note.

I've found the vendor area can have the most relevant information when compared to the actual talks (p.s. you should go this year)

[Zeph]

Come on, make it a triple post so you can get an infraction! I'll delete my post to make it happen! Just PM me.

No, the server nearly caught fire enough when I clicked reply (once btw). Clicking the button more than once could be catastrophic and possibly might make jcap not mad.


I've found the vendor area can have the most relevant information when compared to the actual talks (p.s. you should go this year)

Yeah, the conference has pretty much become that. The sessions are great if you're following a certain studio or if you're a newer company looking for opinions on how to structure yourself. Downstairs, the expo floor has all the people who can talk technical specifics for you in particular.
Last time I went was the 2009 show in San Francisco. That was the year CryEngine 3 was announced when the expo floor opened. I went to the Crytek booth to talk about some Sandbox related stuff and then bam (http://modreality.net/100_2123.JPG). Booth was packed and the most I could walk away with was that they might possibly have an educational license. Went to go talk with the Teamspeak guys after that about the upcoming TeamSpeak3. The dev was stunned that Goons wouldn't be using TeamSpeak and almost couldn't comprehend that having an API to create and update login credentials based off an external database was a desirable thing. Stuff like that is why you'd want to go.

I'd love to go this year. Crytek is going to show off the 3.5 branch that's merging in all the new tech that went into Crysis 3 and supposedly a bit more cool stuff. I need to talk to them about licensing as well and their emails pile up as they prep and cool down from shows like this. I, however, have no money to go. Currently 25.17 sitting in my bank account.

[Btcc22]

Since nobody else has posted it yet.

An entry has been made for a PC Halo game on South Korea's game classification board (GBR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Rating_Board)) website. Microsoft have already confirmed it.

Translated with Google it reads:


Halo 3 first-person point of view of the world based on the contents of the Action Game software going to perform the mission


Translated with Bing:


' Halo ' as a third-person point of view based on the worldview of the mission is going to be executing an action game of water


Sadly, the Bing translation appears to be the correct one. Hopes dashed.

Clicky (http://www.grb.or.kr/Statistics/Popup/Pop_ReasonInfo.aspx?9b56108381cb03aa16abd4a8ed9742 dbcecd98f227eaeaf17ed258610ac557e8) for the entry.

[CabooseJr]

More reasons why Bing is awful.

[Kornman00]

Actually, you are the third person who has posted about this

[Btcc22]

Oops. Well, nobody reads the H2V board anyway.

[DarkHalo003]

Oops. Well, nobody reads the H2V board anyway.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[InnerGoat]

Actually, you are the third person who has posted about thissyk burn

looking forward to halo on the computer

[Bobblehob]

Just in case anyone is interested...

http://stickskills.com/2013/07/01/certain-affinity-teasing-halo-3-on-pc/

“Is the rumors true about you working on a PC Halo 3,” a user asked Certain Affinty.
“We plead the 5th http://stickskills.com/omega/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif ,” they replied."


There might be an H3 PC after all...

[Tnnaas]

Well shit, if that's going to happen, I can just hop straight into Phoenix. Fuck Rebirth.

[Bobblehob]

I really hope that this comes true, it would be an amazing thing to have on PC...

[Amit]

Let me ask you guys this. Were this to come to PC in the same state as Halo 2 Vista, would you actually spend $40-60 on it after being neglected and mistreated by Microsoft?

[=sw=warlord]

I would rather play the Halo franchise on the pc and have more control over what I do than play on a console which may or may not die any time.
Atleast with a pc I can swap parts out.

[Donut]

If it comes bundled with GFWL, I wouldn't install it even if it were free. If it's a good PC release without any serious issues (i.e. POS port) I might consider it if somebody were offering it to me. If they release a modding kit that can work with forge I will actually be interested. I think I would be willing to pay 40, maybe 50 dollars for a PC release of Halo 3 with proper server browsers and an editing kit. $60 might be pushing it, but fuck this is microsoft we're talking about. If it ever got released with the tools I described, $60 might just be worth it.

[Pooky]

I wish I could say “I'll only get this if it's $20-$30 and comes with no GFWL and modding support ". The reality is that I'll probably throw money at it if it comes out, regardless of the above. I'm a whore and I want Halo 3 on my PC.

[nuttyyayap]

I'd try to resist, but eventually I'd succum and buy them. H3PC would be tits.

[Amit]

If it comes bundled with GFWL, I wouldn't install it even if it were free. If it's a good PC release without any serious issues (i.e. POS port) I might consider it if somebody were offering it to me. If they release a modding kit that can work with forge I will actually be interested. I think I would be willing to pay 40, maybe 50 dollars for a PC release of Halo 3 with proper server browsers and an editing kit. $60 might be pushing it, but fuck this is microsoft we're talking about. If it ever got released with the tools I described, $60 might just be worth it.

I should have stated my question better. I meant to ask if it you guys would still buy it if it was in the condition that Halo 2 ended up in (crappy port, crappy mod tools, crappy server system, etc.).

[Dwood]

I'd buy it hands down.

[Donut]

I should have stated my question better. I meant to ask if it you guys would still buy it if it was in the condition that Halo 2 ended up in (crappy port, crappy mod tools, crappy server system, etc.).
Absolutely not. GFWL alone is an instant no-buy. All those other things are diahreah icing on a turd cake.

[Kornman00]

I might not buy it, but I would sure...obtain it :mech2:

[arbiter901]

There isn't even an offcial GFWL build for windows 8. Which is why I doubt they will use that bullshit.

[DarkHalo003]

I'd buy it, but probably not at $60.

[arbiter901]

I feel really optimistic this will happen.

[Amit]

I might not buy it, but I would sure...obtain it :mech2:

Oh you're so clever.

[ODX]

My bets are on an enhanced version, perhaps just a simple graphical overhaul (higher res textures) or they update the engine to the next-gen Halo one to test it on PC.

And shove it on Windows 8, because that fucking worked for Halo 2 now didn't it.