The latest rumour is that the new agreement states that Bungie can develop for other platforms, but that Microsoft gets first right of refusal for publishing.
I was hoping for Oni 2, but I think Take 2 still owns the rights. Though, Bungie could do that through TTI. Apparently this new arrangement with Microsoft might allow them first right of refusal on their future projects, but whether or not that allows them to propose a game based on an IP owned by another publisher is beyond me.
I doubt it will be a bad break-up, but maybe something along the lines of both parties saying "We should see other people, but we can still be friends."
Granted, friends with benefits <nudge, nudge; wink, wink>. ;)
I can see it now: A drunken, 4 a.m. phone call will result in Halo 4!
Odin, a private company (e.g. not publicly traded on the stock market) can still have shareholders. My company isn't "on the stock market", but I'm an owner with 50% shares. In Microsoft's case with Bungie, I would guess that they own more than 51% of Bungie, probably more along the lines of 3/4.
Regardless, it is entirely possible that Bungie could go out on its own. Obviously Microsoft won't allow it to happen at their disadvantage, and there are some reasonable ...
Bungie can still be 'owned' by Microsoft and have its own private shares among employees. One guess floating around is that the employees bought enough shares to take ownership.
If some of you would read more outside of N4G, you'd see that this 'rumour' isn't entirely false. *Something* is happening.
If you'd like to take your heads out of the sand for a breath of fresh air, check out the monumental thread on NeoGaf.
You're sweating buckets. Are you okay?
By the tone of all your posts on this issue's articles, it sounds like you're hyperventilating. Sit down, take a deep breath.
Guys, you do realize that those 500GB, 1TB etc figures are for the units' harddrive storage, not Blu-ray storage, right?
EDIT: Sorry, but whoever disagreed is an idiot. Those recorders have harddrives in them, and those quoted capacities (1 TB, 500GB) are for the HD storage.
SAILO!!!
You might be surprised. Check my last post (#20).
Team Xbox: "Well, we can't provide further info now...but we're going to tell you that it is more complex than simply Bungie leaving Microsoft or Microsoft letting Bungie go."
It looks as though there will be some sort of separation. We'll know more soon enough. I suspect the only major change will be Bungie's freedom to develop (non-Halo!) games on other platforms.
http://news.teamxbox.com/xb...
"Well, we can't provide further info now (we'd put our sources in trouble) but we're going to tell you that it is more complex than simply Bungie leaving Microsoft or Microsoft letting Bungie go."
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"I just want Killzone 2 to do its own thing, not worry about being the best graphically looking game out there but the most balanced and great gameplay."
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Well, the good news is that GG probably doesn't have to worry about that, so they can focus on the rest. ;)
Shirley: You can't be serious.
Tomb Raider 2.5?
The latest build says HAI!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum...
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"They dominate the 360 in Japland."
"My personal feeling is that anti-American feeling have a lot to do with it."
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Could those "anti-American feelings" have anything to do with people like you using words like "Japland"?
I like to call it "Tombs of War". ;)
You type as those there's a cost-per-key tariff on your keyboard.
If you haven't seen the latest Uncharted videos, you cannot compare it to anything. The latest build is so far beyond the videos out before the end of last week, including the third-hand cam footage in the new Making-Of videos.
If you look at the most recent build via one of these HD movies at Gamersyde, you'll see why some of the PS3 guys are laughing at you.
http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...
Even the lower-resolution AVI on that page makes the Making-Of cam videos look like a YouTube video.
I swear, that guy is really Lena Olin.
What exactly are you trying to say? Was that supposed to be funny?
"Blu Matters" ? ;)