wraggster
January 9th, 2006, 17:49
In May 2005 Bill Gates sort of famously stated that when PS3 launched Sony would run straight into Halo 3, leading to speculation that next-generation Halo would release in spring 2006. But it was later said the comment was hypothetical/philosophical rather than cold, hard fact, leading to a mass exodus among Halo fans from armchair to garden where in misery they sat and ate slimy worms. No. Sequel. Soon.
We've still not had anything official from Microsoft on Halo 3 on Xbox 360, but company big cheese Peter Moore has recently dropped a few hints about plans for Master Chief in the next-generation and given the impression that the sequel's heavy duty firepower that'll be whipped out at a most crucial moment.
"The good news is interestingly we're riding this wave of success [with Xbox 360] and Halo's still sitting in the quiver. Ready to pull out when we feel like it's done", Moore has said in an interview with GameInformer.com. "There was a lot of anticipation but everybody forgets that we've done this without Halo. We have done all this without our number one piece of intellectual property. And that['s] still sat right here in the back pocket."
"Not yet, but eventually that IP will be brought to bear when we feel it's appropriate," Moore explained.
Yep, that smacks of big guns out when deemed most urgently required to us, but he did additionally suggest in the interview that one reason next-generation Halo is being kept under wraps currently is to avoid Xbox 360 being pigeon-holed.
"One of the things we said to ourselves a number of years ago is that this has to be more than a Halo box. This [the Xbox 360] has to be more than a shooter box if we're going to grow and expand the marketplace, and expand our own market share in the marketplace. We need to broaden who we are as a brand, which I think we've done very well. And we need to get away from some of the darkness of being a shooter box," said Moore.
Well, there you go, the next Halo brought to bear when Microsoft's feels it's appropriate (and something to do with shooters making everything dark). Naturally, we hope it feels it's appropriate sooner rather than later.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_index.php
We've still not had anything official from Microsoft on Halo 3 on Xbox 360, but company big cheese Peter Moore has recently dropped a few hints about plans for Master Chief in the next-generation and given the impression that the sequel's heavy duty firepower that'll be whipped out at a most crucial moment.
"The good news is interestingly we're riding this wave of success [with Xbox 360] and Halo's still sitting in the quiver. Ready to pull out when we feel like it's done", Moore has said in an interview with GameInformer.com. "There was a lot of anticipation but everybody forgets that we've done this without Halo. We have done all this without our number one piece of intellectual property. And that['s] still sat right here in the back pocket."
"Not yet, but eventually that IP will be brought to bear when we feel it's appropriate," Moore explained.
Yep, that smacks of big guns out when deemed most urgently required to us, but he did additionally suggest in the interview that one reason next-generation Halo is being kept under wraps currently is to avoid Xbox 360 being pigeon-holed.
"One of the things we said to ourselves a number of years ago is that this has to be more than a Halo box. This [the Xbox 360] has to be more than a shooter box if we're going to grow and expand the marketplace, and expand our own market share in the marketplace. We need to broaden who we are as a brand, which I think we've done very well. And we need to get away from some of the darkness of being a shooter box," said Moore.
Well, there you go, the next Halo brought to bear when Microsoft's feels it's appropriate (and something to do with shooters making everything dark). Naturally, we hope it feels it's appropriate sooner rather than later.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_index.php