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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 11 May 2007, 21:47 
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Okay, Halo 2 Vista is coming out. YAAAAY!!

Halo 2 Vista is a Games for Windows title, YAAAAY!!!!

Now look here

Requirement for the Games for Windows branding, #2:
2) Compatibility. Games for Windows branded titles work on Windows XP and Windows Vista based PCs, including both 32 and 64 bit editions.


On the Halo 2 for Windows Vista page:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows Vistaâ„¢


Is this just the same bulls**t hypocritical crap Microsoft always feeds us, or am I missing something?


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 11 May 2007, 22:00 
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I suggest waiting until the game comes out, and see if the "Compatibility" section description changes. If it does not, bring on the class action suit.


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 01:21 
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I'm sure there will be a hack made pretty quick to allow backwards compatibility, if it ends up not working on XP.

But anyway, the game is utter shit so you don't want it anyway.

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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 01:41 
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I'm sure there will be a hack made pretty quick to allow backwards compatibility, if it ends up not working on XP.

But anyway, the game is utter shit so you don't want it anyway.
It doesn't matter if i want it or not, it's just annoying the shit out of me that they're so hypocritical :roll:


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 03:54 
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You're jumping the gun a bit. The game isn't out yet, so they haven't yet failed their own standards. Frankly, I doubt you're genuinely annoyed - I think you're just looking for "I hate M$" ammo.


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 04:32 
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I find it more Hypocritical.. yet funny, that they insisted that 1080p and HDMI wasn't needed for the console's. A few months later the Xbox 360 had 1080p... and now there is the "Elite" which has a HDMI port on the back.....

Come on.. LOL

Yet I'm happy with my Xbox 360 premium... As long as it doesn't break again. :roll:


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 05:17 
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You're jumping the gun a bit. The game isn't out yet, so they haven't yet failed their own standards. Frankly, I doubt you're genuinely annoyed - I think you're just looking for "I hate M$" ammo.
....not really. I have enough "I hate M$" ammo from when they banned my xbox from live for absolutely no reason and wouldn't fix it.

I just got excited to play this on my new computer, but don't want to shell out the extra crap money for the still-buggy vista JUST to play the game because Microsoft is sidestepping their own standards.


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 05:26 
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Just a minute. First you say it doesn't matter whether you want Halo 2 or not. Now you're using your desire to play Halo 2 to justify your annoyance. So which one is it?


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PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 06:12 
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Okay, Halo 2 Vista is coming out. YAAAAY!!

Halo 2 Vista is a Games for Windows title, YAAAAY!!!!

Now look here

Requirement for the Games for Windows branding, #2:
2) Compatibility. Games for Windows branded titles work on Windows XP and Windows Vista based PCs, including both 32 and 64 bit editions.


On the Halo 2 for Windows Vista page:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows Vistaâ„¢


Is this just the same bulls**t hypocritical crap Microsoft always feeds us, or am I missing something?


good point, I guess only Halo2 will be "different" because its name is "Halo2 for Vista", other Games for Windows games should be for both Xp and Vista etc


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 Post subject: Halo 2: Hypocrit Edition
PostPosted: 12 May 2007, 09:47 
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Hehe...

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2128056,00.asp

Personally, if you're that desperate to play Halo 2, I think you should go buy an XBox and a budget copy of Halo 2. ;) After all, an XBox is, what, now? £80 (around $160?) Halo 2 on budget is around £20 ($40 in direct exchange rate, although probably about $30 in real life...) Halo 2 PC will probably cost £35 or £40 (real US cost $50, actually cost it should be if exchange rate was adhered to: $70-80... no, I'm not bitter at Rip Off Britain...) and then however much Vista costs... Home Premium is, what, £80 ($160)? And that is OEM, not retail. Average Joe will have to buy a retail copy...

But it's less Microsoft's hypocrisy about Halo 2 and Vista that I care about, and more the fact that they're busy pushing PC gaming as something so wonderful... and then palming us off with shitty ports of two-year-or-older games...

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As for 32/64-bit support... hehe... maybe they should start pressuring the manufacturers driver coders to actually get their act together when it comes to 64-bit drivers?


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