spin off yes, and maybe using smart glass or some other gimmick, and have some connection with Halo 4.
I use Windows phone right now, and I will be purchasing the HTC 8x. I feel for how little market share it has Windows phone currently brings some high quality games to the mobile arena via Xbox Live. I'd love to see this continued on Windows 8. A halo though I feel isn't something that they would do on mobile. Maybe a Halo companion app.
Games from MS will come because if I'm not mistaked they opened a few studios dedicated to WP8 and tablets
I certainly hope they do, considering smartphone/tablet gaming is becoming more and more relevant - Gameloft (kings of rip-offs) is really killing in that arena and one of their most successful title is N.O.V.A., which is rip-off of Halo (though NOVA 3 is more like bastard child of Halo and Crysis 2). Gameloft is doing this with lot of successful IPs (CoD, GTA, GoW, Uncharted to name a few) and truth be told, some of them are actually pretty good, all for $6.99 or less. So if they can make high production games for phones/tablets, and sell them at that price I hope Microsoft (and Sony, while we're at it) can do it too.
(oh, and before someone jumps the gun and claims they are rip-offs, hence lower price than "originals", Gameloft is owned by one of 2 brothers that are founders (and owners) of Ubisoft - Gameloft's games based on Ubi's IPs are also in that price range)
Heavenly_King said:
mmm..ok I think hardcore gaming (HALO) is not a priority for smartphones, nor tablets. I think Halo is a franchise to complex to be developed for a cellphone without being compromised negatively while doing so. Considering that, I think that the directX support will be for more graphical apps, like "M$ MAPS" for example. I dont think M$ will be using google maps, because they would be supporting the competition. I dont think M$ will ever develop a Halo game for smarphones. maybe an app for the smartglass thing, but not a full Halo game. If they want to create games, they need games made having in mind the userbase; and those people dont like to spend more than $5 for a game. Those users want casual and cheap games. You can not have a true gaming experience on a phone nor tablet, due to how people interact with the device and which are the user´s interests. If they want Halo they would have bought a 360. |
Wow.
This is worrying. Do people really not know anything about Windows Phone? Have Microsoft really battled that hard for people to not have the first clue about Windows Phone?????????????
Microsoft have since WP7 arrived had in built into the Windows Phone OS Bing Maps. Bing Maps is considered impressive and just about on par wit google maps from many tests and reviews out there.
I'm shocked at how many people especially on this site dont know the first thing about tecnology like Windows Phone.
Hell it could build a free house for you, but sadly noone would know because its a windows phone.
Microsoft need to advertise and open there own stores Worldwide to stop the pathetic phone shop drones forcing Android and Iphone. The latter being behind for the last 2 years.
No......just no
Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.
Halo Wars 2: Side Story?
Also, I love it when people use a $ instead of an S in MS, it's so clever and cool.
selnor said:
This is worrying. Do people really not know anything about Windows Phone? Have Microsoft really battled that hard for people to not have the first clue about Windows Phone????????????? Microsoft have since WP7 arrived had in built into the Windows Phone OS Bing Maps. Bing Maps is considered impressive and just about on par wit google maps from many tests and reviews out there. I'm shocked at how many people especially on this site dont know the first thing about tecnology like Windows Phone. Hell it could build a free house for you, but sadly noone would know because its a windows phone. Microsoft need to advertise and open there own stores Worldwide to stop the pathetic phone shop drones forcing Android and Iphone. The latter being behind for the last 2 years. |
Isn't Nokia Maps going to be available on all Windows 8 devics now.
| HoloDust said: I certainly hope they do, considering smartphone/tablet gaming is becoming more and more relevant - Gameloft (kings of rip-offs) is really killing in that arena and one of their most successful title is N.O.V.A., which is rip-off of Halo (though NOVA 3 is more like bastard child of Halo and Crysis 2). Gameloft is doing this with lot of successful IPs (CoD, GTA, GoW, Uncharted to name a few) and truth be told, some of them are actually pretty good, all for $6.99 or less. So if they can make high production games for phones/tablets, and sell them at that price I hope Microsoft (and Sony, while we're at it) can do it too. (oh, and before someone jumps the gun and claims they are rip-offs, hence lower price than "originals", Gameloft is owned by one of 2 brothers that are founders (and owners) of Ubisoft - Gameloft's games based on Ubi's IPs are also in that price range) |
Great post. Thanks!
People seem to forget that games like RAGE and Infinity Blade boasted very high production values and used the limited touch interface fairly effectively too. Infinity Blade was a bigger financial success for ChAIR than Shadow Complex (and yes, I weep about that too).
The point is that smartphone gaming, for as prevalent as it is, still hasn't been taken SERIOUSLY by game publishers or developers. MS has the most vested interest in taking it to the next level, but they haven't yet. That's frustrating, but it's also the main raison d'être of this discussion. They have not made one peep about WP8 gaming. They have not revealed all of WP8 yet.
Am I really stretching here to think that gaming might be one of the final reveals (along with Xbox Music details) AND they may have a big title to show as well?
Darth Tigris said:
Great post. Thanks! People seem to forget that games like RAGE and Infinity Blade boasted very high production values and used the limited touch interface fairly effectively too. Infinity Blade was a bigger financial success for ChAIR than Shadow Complex (and yes, I weep about that too). The point is that smartphone gaming, for as prevalent as it is, still hasn't been taken SERIOUSLY by game publishers or developers. MS has the most vested interest in taking it to the next level, but they haven't yet. That's frustrating, but it's also the main raison d'être of this discussion. They have not made one peep about WP8 gaming. They have not revealed all of WP8 yet. Am I really stretching here to think that gaming might be one of the final reveals (along with Xbox Music details) AND they may have a big title to show as well? |
Well, to be honest, not sure for reveal - but I do hope that Microsoft invests lot of the attention to gaming on Win phones, not just with their own studios, but attracting current top dogs in that arena, thus offering users what they already got to expect from their current iOS/Android expiriences, but at the same time distinguishing themselves with 1st party titles . I find WinPhone 8 platform to be great middle ground between walled garden of iOS on one hand, and wild west of Android versions and hardware on the other, so I do see lot of potential there. That said, I would love to see Sony pushing (with their abundance of IPs) in same direction too (well, I guess they sorta-kinda trying that), but I think Microsoft might have upper hand here.
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