Thu, Nov 15, 2012 | 16:50 GMT
Bungie: “Xbox Live wouldn’t have made it” without Halo
Xbox Live is ten years old today, but things could have been very different. According to Bungie studio manager Harold Ryan, the premium service wouldn’t have worked without Halo and the leadership of the renowned studio.
“I think Xbox Live wouldn’t have made it. I don’t think the Xbox would be where it is today without Bungie and without Halo,” Ryan told GamesIndustry.biz.
“As a group, we provided both technical and creative guidance and thought leadership that really pushed the limits. We weren’t just a game developer using the service. We were integrated in the design of the service and how it worked. Systems for groups and matchmaking and skill ranking were all things that were pushed the furthest and the hardest by us.”
Halo has remained one of Xbox Live’s most played games across the last decade. The recent launch of Halo 4 is the first iteration to be released without Bungie overseeing development, and managed to pull in $220 million during its first 24 hours.
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#51
Da Man
18/11/12, 8:37 am
Also, this
http://forums.majorleaguegaming.com/topic/95831-a-measure-of-aim-magnetism-for-halo-3-halo-2-and-halo-ce/
might help you shut your stinking trap.
I should probably find some hardcore video made by hardcore addi-, sorry nerd, nope sorry gamer which demonstrates changes from the original CS to CSS, such as recoil and random headshots.
#52
Deacon
18/11/12, 9:21 am
Whoever spawned you (Microsoft?) should really have taught you some basic fucking manners.
Just such an unbelievable prick. Constantly.
#53
Da Man
18/11/12, 9:38 am
Ofc it’s Microsoft, which explains why you use Windows and I don’t, as well as my distaste for any Xbox exclusives bar Halo. Tbh, you folks spawned me.
Prick is the word I use to describe people who go into Xbl anniversary threads babbling about mouse and their non existent understanding of gamepad controls.
#54
GwynbleiddiuM
18/11/12, 10:38 am
@ Da Violated by my PC Toys, I know fully well what Aim Assist is, and it was you who brought it up, I did not make one remark about aim assist, until you brought it up. So, shut up. Hush hush, khafe sho. galeh ro beband.
#55
Da Man
18/11/12, 11:08 am
^Yes you did. Numerous times before, besides why else would you describe console fps as mediocre (unless you ‘ve tricked yourself that much as to think Quake has a better engine or something along erzalines).
You just keep on fighting the good fight while calling me ‘violated by PC toys’.
You hardcore gamer. You 30 years old Counter Strike champion.
Best just take your shitty deluded elitism and shut the trap. There’re plenty of nerdy nerd websites for you out there.
#56
Ireland Michael
18/11/12, 12:07 pm
Here’s a crazy idea.
Ignore him.
#57
GwynbleiddiuM
18/11/12, 12:28 pm
@IM You’re right.
#58
Da Man
18/11/12, 12:38 pm
^I encourage you to do that. It will save the internets from the same 2004 copy pasted bs and traditional purist hardcore nerd melodrama.I also encourage you to do as O’Connor says, opposed to as he acts.
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