PDA

View Full Version : Hm......... is that the reason they Halo 2 won't come out in November?



Michael Bluth
03-30-2003, 03:53 AM
Rough translation:


- F-Zero AC will be playable this weekend in Test version in certain rooms of arcade in Tokyo.

- According to certain sources, it would have been sold nearly 2000 kits Xbox Live in Germany in two weeks, but for the moment Microsoft did not give any official figure about the launching of its service online.

- You saw certainly it, not-official Patch allows to completely strip the girls of Dead Or Alive Xtreme Volleyball on Xbox. Yesterday, Tecmo reacted by clearly announcing that it was a violation of rights, thus the Japanese developer encourages the players highly not to use this Patch and especially to stop the diffusion on Internet of the images resulting from this Patch without authorization, under sorrow d?attaques legal.

- Atari has just announced a new exclusive title in Xbox which will use a version improved of the engine 3d of Unreal Championship. Dead Man?s Hand will be a rather special FPS considering which it will be held in an environment "Farewest". One announces also a online mode to us, left envisaged this winter.

- Microsoft goes, from the very start of the next week to begin a new European publicity campaign which will relate to the fall of price of its Xbox console, namely 199 Euros for one limited length of time.

- According to certain sources, new Perfect Dark on Xbox would be planned for November 2003 in the United States.

- According to various French suppliers', Game Boy Advance SP would be already in national out-of-stock condition! Thus, the rupture should last long enough, always according to suppliers'.

- Sega will prolong the free subscription with Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II on one month GameCube in Japan, thus the players will be able to profit from Hunter Licence free until 31 Avril 2003.



http://www.newtechnix.com/Affichage_Article.php3?Id_Article=9724

smellslikenintendospirit
03-30-2003, 04:00 AM
But why would Microsoft want to give the big month of November to PD? Halo 2 seems to deserve the spot more, considering how huge it is. It may push consoles for the holiday season too. But Perfect Dark, while great, is no Halo 2.

Michael Bluth
03-30-2003, 04:03 AM
To put extra polish on Halo 2, god knows how long Rare has been working on PD0.........

smellslikenintendospirit
03-30-2003, 04:08 AM
If PD0 wasn't coming out in November, would Halo 2 have been released in November without the extra polish?

Prince
03-30-2003, 06:00 AM
No...Halo 2 was always pretty much set for 2004 in Bungie's mind i think. They never gave a release date for it and they've always said "When its done, it's done". IGN + OXM and such said holidays 2003..now its set for Q1 2004 (Feb/March).

PD 0 was in development for a long time and its probably done..so they're probably going to put that out in Holiday 2003 to soften the blow of the Halo 2 delay. If Halo 2 came out and PD0 came out at the same time, its obvious whos going to buy what..

That way MS can safely delay Halo 2, put the finishing touches on it, make it better, still have a killer game for the holidays, and then have an even bigger game for early 2k4.

It's like the Zelda delay from xmas 02 to early 2k3. Metroid Prime was there so it wasn't half as bad.

Mercury Shadow
03-30-2003, 02:30 PM
I bet Halo 2 won't be out till Spring 04, maybe summer.

Prince
03-30-2003, 03:04 PM
Feb 2, 2004 is the date they're listing it as now..

Devil07
03-30-2003, 04:20 PM
PD0 is going to be a much better game. I will choose PD1 over Halo1 anytime