2017 the year of the PC revival? H3A+MCC on Steam?

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Will 2017 be the year that Halo comes back big on PC?

As we all know, it’s constant back and forth in the community on whether or not 343 will release H3A this year, but I find the vast majority of people are overlooking the most critical aspect of all…

PC Gamers have not finished the fight on PC. Only Halo 1 and 2 were ported to PC, then PC gamers were abandoned with 3.

Solution? Release a good port and fully functional MCC, including H3A in it, on Steam, for $60. That would be #1 seller on Steam for weeks, if not months.

This would also garner favor and help Halo 6’s eventual release on PC. (Just releasing Halo 6 on PC without help from MCC+H3A will result in very low sales, why buy 6 when you haven’t even played 3, the best of the franchise?)

Pitfalls to avoid? Do not release this as a Windows 10 exclusive through the Windows Store, that is literal sales suicide; nobody uses it, it’s clunky, glitchy, and has slow download times, Steam is the far superior service in every aspect,

Will it happen? I play a lot of XCOM (Long War 1 and 2), if this was a shot I was taking, it’d probably be a 3% to hit. So it probably won’t, because of incompetence from the higher ups, but should it happen? Yes, yes it should. Morally speaking, it’s the right thing to do. PC fans helped build the Halo franchise by buying Halo 1 and 2 on PC, then they were given the middle finger, and 10 years later, here we are. Is that any way to treat once loyal fans? Will releasing H3A+MCC on Steam absolve -Yoink!- of past treachery, no it won’t, but it’s a step in the right direction.

The biggest gaming market is right there, just waiting to give you their money. But if you don’t want it that is fine, PC gamers have unlimited other games to purchase with their hard earned cash (New games release daily on Steam). Just please -Yoink!-, 343, do the right thing. This franchise is in a downward slide at the moment, this will help bring back some former glory.

But just remember, if you do decide to go on PC, you have to do it right on day 1. Standards are higher on PC, and PC gamers will either be your best friends or your worst enemies depending on what state you release your product in. Get it done right, do a professional job, nail the ports, and you will reap the benefits.

Halo 5 Forge was a testing ground on porting to PC, an opportunity to get the team’s feet wet working with PC ports, and an attempt to gauge the PC’s interest in Halo, but it was clumsy and mishandled to the max. (Download the newest Halo’s multiplayer and Forge for free, unlimited multiplayer and customs with others? Sounds great right? Except it wasn’t, and nobody plays it.)

Only time will tell, but you have one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted ($$$$$$$$$$$$$), in one moment, would you capture it, or just let it slip?

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I don’t think that a game/games like these would go on Steam. They would likely go on the Windows Store instead, or better yet, in physical copies. I would be intrigued by the idea of Halo on PC, but I am not (currently) a big PC player/user.

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Ah yes, the bi-quarterly Halo coming to PC rumor. Been around since what, 2007?

Until I hear otherwise from 343, I’m going to assume halo is a console exclusive. As it has been for 10 years now, excluding the chunk of halo 5 that was given a home on pc.

Edit: As has been rightfully pointed out to me, HW and HW2 are now on PC. I was referring to the FPS series.

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> I don’t think that a game/games like these would go on Steam. They would likely go on the Windows Store instead, or better yet, in physical copies. I would be intrigued by the idea of Halo on PC, but I am not (currently) a big PC player/user.

They probably won’t, but they should. PC Players hate the Windows Store.

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> Ah yes, the bi-quarterly Halo coming to PC rumor. Been around since what, 2007?
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> Until I hear otherwise from 343, I’m going to assume halo is a console exclusive. As it has been for 10 years now, excluding the chunk of halo 5 that was given a home on pc.

And excluding Halo 6, and Halo Wars 1 and 2.

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> > 2535405449919732;2:
> > I don’t think that a game/games like these would go on Steam. They would likely go on the Windows Store instead, or better yet, in physical copies. I would be intrigued by the idea of Halo on PC, but I am not (currently) a big PC player/user.
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> They probably won’t, but they should. PC Players hate the Windows Store.
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> > 2533274803493024;3:
> > Ah yes, the bi-quarterly Halo coming to PC rumor. Been around since what, 2007?
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> > Until I hear otherwise from 343, I’m going to assume halo is a console exclusive. As it has been for 10 years now, excluding the chunk of halo 5 that was given a home on pc.
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> And excluding Halo 6, and Halo Wars 1 and 2.

You are, of course, correct about HW and HW2 being on the pc now. I was speaking more about the FPS games.

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I don’t think the Forge release really means anything for the other games, unfortunately. Forge is a tool, and it’s just plain easier to use it with a keyboard than a controller. I’m sure it was adapted from the internal tools that the studio uses that run on PCs.

At this point it’s just too much work for too little payoff to port all the existing games to PC. Maybe if HW2’s PC sales are completely through the roof they’d consider it, but the fanbase is mostly on consoles. Plus, everything before H4 is going to look like crap without a complete remaster, and that’s going to be a lot of effort.

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I’d love Halo 3 Customs on PC, since its where most people I used to play with are now. A Steam release is likely completely out now as Microsoft pushes the Windows Store, which is having a lot of trouble finding its feet in a world of Steam/GoG/Origin/Uplay dominance. It’s been 10 years since PC users played a core part of the franchise, and I’d love to finish the fight on PC, like I did on the XBOX almost a decade ago, but then, XBOX has to sell those XBOX consoles, so I don’t expect Halo 3 (but I really want it). Don’t really care about 4, 5 or 6, as I found the campaigns a bit naft in 4 and 5 and I’m not really a fan of wannabe competitive FPS games.

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Most likely they will not sell it on steam. because its a 3rd party company from them.
If they were to give it to steam. they’d have less money than they would on xbox.

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I don’t even need Halo 3 Anniversary. Just port Halo 3 onto PC for the 10 year anniversary, easy, quick and affordable. I’d love to replay Halo 3 with a mouse and keyboard!

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> 2535405449919732;2:
> I don’t think that a game/games like these would go on Steam. They would likely go on the Windows Store instead, or better yet, in physical copies. I would be intrigued by the idea of Halo on PC, but I am not (currently) a big PC player/user.

You are most likely correct about it not being on steam but it is possible. Halo Spartan Assault and Halo Spartan Strike are on steam.

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> I don’t even need Halo 3 Anniversary. Just port Halo 3 onto PC for the 10 year anniversary, easy, quick and affordable. I’d love to replay Halo 3 with a mouse and keyboard!

Same here! I doubt my pc would even run H3A if it came to be and on pc anyway lmao

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Putting the games on Steam is the same thing as them admitting that the Microsoft Store sucks -Yoink-. They won’t be doing that. Otherwise, we’d be buying Halo Wars 2 on Steam.

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I would prefer to see Halo Reach on it rather than H3A. Not because I prefer Reach, I just want every halo game on pc.

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This thread is exceptionally more sad now that E3 is over.

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> This thread is exceptionally more sad now that E3 is over.

Time to burn this bridge, and move on to better franchises/games.

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Not really any need for this topi to be revived