PC <---> XBox Playability

[TheGhost]

I know someone who is smart and always knows what he's talking about and he's almost absolutely convinced that Halo 2 Vista players will be able to play players on the XBox, assuming nothing goes wrong in the production. He says they have not out right stated this because it cannot be guaranteed, but he's confident that it's one of their top priorities.

Any thoughts on this? While it would certainly make for a larger player pool, I don't know if that would really be necessary. I'm feeling like you could get problems from this, but it might be a good idea.

[WhÎþLå§h ÐÆmØÑ]

I swore I read somewhere that they will NOT be doing this because of the anolog controller - mouse/keyboard thing.

[TheGhost]

At Leipzig people with controllers were playing people using keyboards (all attach to the PC though).

Bungie also played a group of people keyboards vs. controllers and concluded there was no advantage to either, just personal preference and what you're used to.

[Zeph]

I'm pretty sure this wont be happening simply because the netcode is being rewritten for H2V. Not only that, but Bungie has stated many times that it will not be possible. While I'm sure it could be done if someone wants to hack the netcode and work on a translater, which would kill latency most likely, then yeah, it'll work out, but otherwise, definately no.

[Stealth]

I did read some where in one of the Halo 2 Vista updates that you could play Xbox players, but if nothing else, I think that Halo 2 Xbox people will go from Halo 2 Xbox to Halo 2 PC, but I really don't know yet, I think we should talk about this abit more, and wait for Bungie to tell us what they have to say about that.

[TheGhost]

On release date do you think there will be a lot of people on? I know a lot of people are limited by this whole "you need a new operating system to play this game" thing.

[WhÎþLå§h ÐÆmØÑ]

On release date do you think there will be a lot of people on? I know a lot of people are limited by this whole "you need a new operating system to play this game" thing.

I doubt it, but once everyone is forced to upgrade there will obviously be more people. I'm still torn wether I should get a dual-monitor setup or if I should keep my money for h2V/Vista.

[Zeph]

On release date do you think there will be a lot of people on? I know a lot of people are limited by this whole "you need a new operating system to play this game" thing.

I dont think it will matter. There should be at least enough to fill at least ten or soo servers. I think the people buying it that soon will be more concerned with mapping on it more than playing an online game.

[Zeph]

I doubt it, but once everyone is forced to upgrade there will obviously be more people. I'm still torn wether I should get a dual-monitor setup or if I should keep my money for h2V/Vista.

Definately wait for H2V/Vista. Monitors will only get better as time goes on. You'll also be more likely to get a higher resolution monitor at the same price later next year as well.

[Teroh]

I don't think it will happen, TBH.