Xbox720/Durango - 2013?

[Amit]

I'd rather Halo Wars stay on the console because, frankly, consoles need more RTS games and Halo Wars is one that actually works well. It's MEANT for the console as well meaning that one of its biggest principles is being a console RTS that works. I would also prefer to keep a lot of the SCII community out of it as they'd fuck it up for sure (SCII and Halo Wars are soooo different once you look past the Cobra and Siege Tank being exact clones).

The Battle for Middle Earth II was a success on both PC and XBOX, so why limit Halo Wars to XBullshit again? If they create two different games for each platform (like buckshot said), then that will work. Why are you so afraid of SCII players fucking up another RTS game? How would they even manage that? Do you mean during development?

[=sw=warlord]

Why are you so afraid of SCII players fucking up another RTS game? How would they even manage that? Do you mean during development?

SCII players can be just as bad as the MLG is to the rest of the Halo franchise

[DarkHalo003]

SCII players can be just as bad as the MLG is to the rest of the Halo franchise

Yes AND they are 50% QQ, 25% casual (myself right now), and 25% are legitimately decent. At least the only whining Halo Wars fans had were that the game didn't have enough features or depth and that rushing was a major pain in the ass. SCII players (at least on the Battle.net forums) whine about EVERYTHING because they lost a game as a result of that feature of the game. Not saying Halo Wars didn't have those, but not only were those complaints usually either justified or too rage-bidden to be taken seriously, they were consistently addressed by Robot whether via patching or on the forums.

TLDR;

50% of SCII players are too tenacious and unreasonable for the good of the game. They can also be extraordinarily ignorant as a result of their "race" pride. Simply put I'd rather know it's on a platform it could be conceivably nice on than worrying if it'll be as shitty a port as H2V was for you guys.

If Halo Wars 2 could be a double-hit on the PC and Xbox, then I'm all for it. However, if it ends up being fucked because of the cross-platofrming, then I'd rather have it on Xbox since that was its original purpose as a console RTS anyways.

[Kornman00]

I only want it on PC for modding, guys. Kinda hard to get modding communities going and staying afloat for these pesky consoles...

[=sw=warlord]

I only want it on PC for modding, guys. Kinda hard to get modding communities going and staying afloat for these pesky consoles...

Tell that to ironforge&grenadiac

[Amit]

SCII players can be just as bad as the MLG is to the rest of the Halo franchise

Since when has a Microsoft Game Developer let the opinions of others heavily influence their games? Sure MLG had an effect on Halo, but it wasn't that significant.

[=sw=warlord]

Since when has a Microsoft Game Developer let the opinions of others heavily influence their games? Sure MLG had an effect on Halo, but it wasn't that significant.

Was the MLG's idea for reticle bloom.
the DMR was the love child between Bungie and the MLG, they wanted a BR with practically zero bullet spread.

[Mr Buckshot]

wondering if there's going to be any chance of backwards compatibility with 360 accessories (especially controllers).

The PS3 actually supported PS2 gamepads (with adapters) and even a few generic PC usb gamepads (logitechs I believe) that weren't actually intended for use with the PS3. It even supported generic USB headsets and Bluetooth headsets.

But given current trends, it's most likely they'll make another proprietary wireless connection for the controller, with no built in battery (extra for a rechargeable pack), and block compatibility with 360 gamepads

[DarkHalo003]

Since when has a Microsoft Game Developer let the opinions of others heavily influence their games? Sure MLG had an effect on Halo, but it wasn't that significant.

You'd be VERY surprised then.

[Amit]

Was the MLG's idea for reticle bloom.
the DMR was the love child between Bungie and the MLG, they wanted a BR with practically zero bullet spread.

Which was reversed when they realized that MLG is full of shit. And in any case, not everyone in MLG is as fanatical as the ones who play Halo.