"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[Hotrod]

To me, It sounds like they're planing on doing a multi platform release.

Microsoft owns Halo, they would never let anybody put it on any other platform than their other baby, the Xbox.

[Amit]

Gameplay-wise, I think the above video shows my anguish.

Cinematically, ODST did it the best in terms of 1st Person Cinematics.

OMFG. Dr. Cox just referenced the voices in Torin's Passage on the 2nd last level at the slippery slope! And then of course, if you die, he did Torin's "NOOOOOO" (except withouth the hitting rocks noises). This almsot brought a tear to my eye.

[Kornman00]

Microsoft owns Halo, they would never let anybody put it on any other platform than their other baby, the Xbox.

With Bungie going to other platforms, and so many other games being multiplatform, and W8 coming out...I don't think this is the case anymore. So a PC release for H4 is likely I think.

[Amit]

With Bungie going to other platforms, and so many other games being multiplatform, and W8 coming out...I don't think this is the case anymore. So a PC release for H4 is likely I think.

Are you for real?

[DarkHalo003]

Are you for real?

Considering how competitive the market is becoming, it makes sense to an extent. MS is always shaky about putting things that are usually exclusive to one platform on any other one. For example, putting Halo 4 on the PC would most likely increase revenue gained from that game theoretically, but would split the player-base (unless they made it so that PC and Xbox players can play in the same matchmaking) AND you risk losing revenue due to pirates. They would have to pull some serious strings to make it worth the effort.

[=sw=warlord]

You can't lose revenue that was never there in the first place.
If they didn't port it to PC they won't get the revenue they would porting it and the piracy would only a small percentage compared to the amount "lost" by not porting.

[Amit]

I would still want a PC game if it required us to be signed into LIVE to play campaign (always on DRM). I just want to see SOMETHING!

[Kornman00]

What's the point of pirating the game if you won't be able to do all the great online stuff? File sharing? New Stuff? Etc. There will always be piracy, no matter the platform. The goal is to make people want to invest in the game. They could easily do that by releasing an editing kit which works by registering with your LIVE handle, etc. There are ways to make it work. But you have to embrace the PC platform as the PC platform, not like a console platform. This includes the population which surrounds it. Meaning featuring dedicated servers, rcon, modding, etc.

[Pooky]

consoles get pirated all the time too just sayin

[Amit]

What's the point of pirating the game if you won't be able to do all the great online stuff? File sharing? New Stuff? Etc. There will always be piracy, no matter the platform. The goal is to make people want to invest in the game.

This is exactly why I see them not wanting to do a PC version unless they completely lock all the features until you log into live. They obviously won't be releasing mod tools for a game even if it does get released. They've shown us time and again they don't care about Halo gamers on the PC.