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[Alladaskill17]

Corris, on 06 June 2011 - 15:00, said:

Both are no doubt being done by 343 Industries seeing as MS created the devs to develop the Halo franchise after Bungie left.

Thanks for the heads up.

[BajiRav]

For people lamenting the lack of exclusive, these are two of the biggest , CAN'T WAIT!

[GP007]

With everything that used to be exclusing now more or less being multiplatform the need for lots of them just isn't there. Besides MS is started to shift focus on the Xbox to not just a games system and an all around media hub. They like to point out the fact that 40% of the time people use their 360 for non-gaming. I don't know about you but that's not a small number and it's been growing with more and more media/social features MS has added.

Add the IPTV stuff that people are talking about into the mix and you've just transformed the thing basically.

[the better twin]

dhan, on 06 June 2011 - 15:05, said:

For people lamenting the lack of exclusive, these are two of the biggest , CAN'T WAIT!

A remake (probably just polish) and the 6th game in a series?

[Charisma]

Eeeeeeeeeeeee Can't wait! Although I really liked Bungie's work, so I am interested to see how this turns out.

[the better twin]

GP007, on 06 June 2011 - 15:11, said:

With everything that used to be exclusing now more or less being multiplatform the need for lots of them just isn't there. Besides MS is started to shift focus on the Xbox to not just a games system and an all around media hub. They like to point out the fact that 40% of the time people use their 360 for non-gaming. I don't know about you but that's not a small number and it's been growing with more and more media/social features MS has added.

Add the IPTV stuff that people are talking about into the mix and you've just transformed the thing basically.

Dont think its that, its more to do with the fact that they are pouring all their resources into Kinect which I dont have the slightest interest in seeing as (imo) it is a step backwards in terms of controlling a game.

[GP007]

the better twin, on 06 June 2011 - 15:15, said:

Dont think its that, its more to do with the fact that they are pouring all their resources into Kinect which I dont have the slightest interest in seeing as (imo) it is a step backwards in terms of controlling a game.

Maybe true as far as what has priority atm but keep in mind that the 360 is also heading into the last few years of it's life outside of kinect related stuff. There's no changing that, you could come up with some new IP exclusives sure, Alan Wake last year for example, though it picked the wrong time to go on sale. But as far as Xbox gamers go, getting multiplatform versions of games that used to be exclusive to the Playstation is basically the same in the end, to a degree.

[BajiRav]

the better twin, on 06 June 2011 - 15:13, said:

A remake (probably just polish) and the 6th game in a series?

and that is a problem? Halo 4 will be 4th in the "series" actually.

[the better twin]

dhan, on 06 June 2011 - 15:19, said:

and that is a problem? Halo 4 will be 4th in the "series" actually.

Halo CE
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo 3:ODST
Halo Reach

And now Halo 4

If halo 4 plays substaintially different then i may be interested, (I doubt it) but this will be the 4 halo game on the 360 alone.

GP007, on 06 June 2011 - 15:19, said:

Maybe true as far as what has priority atm but keep in mind that the 360 is also heading into the last few years of it's life outside of kinect related stuff. There's no changing that, you could come up with some new IP exclusives sure, Alan Wake last year for example, though it picked the wrong time to go on sale. But as far as Xbox gamers go, getting multiplatform versions of games that used to be exclusive to the Playstation is basically the same in the end, to a degree.

Th original Xbox had some of its best games before its end of life (before they killed it with the 360), The 360 has been getting progressively worse for a while now and i may as well just get a ps3/pc for the titles i want (BF3, B:AC) as MS have nothing to offer.

[Ayepecks]

I was starting to get worried there'd be nothing exciting game announcement-wise... good to see there's something big being announced.

[Pygmy_Hippo]

GP007, on 06 June 2011 - 15:11, said:

Besides MS is started to shift focus on the Xbox to not just a games system and an all around media hub. They like to point out the fact that 40% of the time people use their 360 for non-gaming. I don't know about you but that's not a small number and it's been growing with more and more media/social features MS has added.

Add the IPTV stuff that people are talking about into the mix and you've just transformed the thing basically.

There was a rumour a while back that suggested the next Xbox would be based on an ARM core. Now that Windows 8 is being prepped for ARM and with Kinect providing a nice alternative for touch controls I wonder if MS could be planning on porting a version of Win8 to the xbox? I get the feeling that with Apples success Microsoft is moving away from it's PC-centric Windows approach. It's not too much of a stretch of imagination - it would give them a great hold over the hardware requirements, thus improving the "Windows-experience" (how much of Microsofts poor reputation is down to poorly configured hardware?) and would give them a huge advantage in the burgeoning living-room market, especially with the rumoured diamond subscription providing TV over IP.

[Noveed]

http://www.neowin.ne...t__p__594012144

[GP007]

Pygmy_Hippo, on 06 June 2011 - 15:41, said:

There was a rumour a while back that suggested the next Xbox would be based on an ARM core. Now that Windows 8 is being prepped for ARM and with Kinect providing a nice alternative for touch controls I wonder if MS could be planning on porting a version of Win8 to the xbox? I get the feeling that with Apples success Microsoft is moving away from it's PC-centric Windows approach. It's not too much of a stretch of imagination - it would give them a great hold over the hardware requirements, thus improving the "Windows-experience" (how much of Microsofts poor reputation is down to poorly configured hardware?) and would give them a huge advantage in the burgeoning living-room market, especially with the rumoured diamond subscription providing TV over IP.

I dunno about ARM, well, you'd still need a good performing CPU but with what nVidia is working on right now and a few years from now maybe? Hard to say though since we'll probably get a boost in specs to get all the pretty gfx we can.

[Jan]

I don't know how, but i'd love to see a JSRF remake more than anything, possibly one of the best games ever made.

[Pygmy_Hippo]

I dunno about ARM, well, you'd still need a good performing CPU but with what nVidia is working on right now and a few years from now maybe? Hard to say though since we'll probably get a boost in specs to get all the pretty gfx we can.
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I was surprised when I read about ARM, seems a little at-odds with the raw horsepower approach of the xbox in the past - can't remember where I saw the original article now, but just found

http://www.ecnmag.com/blog/2011/05/soapbox/Is-ARM-Coming-to-Play-in-Games-Consoles.aspx

that's a little more recent. (sorry having problem inserting links for some reason)

As ever - pinches of salt are mandatory!!