Halo pulled in favor of 'more dedicated event'

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Halo pulled in favor of 'more dedicated event'
An embarrassment of riches
By Josh Ward, GameRush Entertainment

Posted July 16, 2008

Microsoft said Wednesday that the decision to pull Bungie’s latest Halo project from its E3 press conference was made to help trim the presentation, an “embarrassment of riches” already planned to be shown, and the feeling that the title deserved a more dedicated event.

“We had an embarrassment of riches,” said Don Mattrick, senior vice president of Microsoft’s Xbox games business.

“We felt we could do this game more justice with a more dedicated event.”

Bungie let its fans know that plans had been changed by posting a letter on Bungie.net Tuesday, later addressing questions and promising something “further down the road.”

The decision to pull Halo out of the line-up last minute helped trim Microsoft’s press conference to under 90 minutes, from 2 1/2 hours. Mattrick also noted that the company left out Grand Theft Auto IV.

“Two big kahunas were left out of the show, and we were still able to deliver a strong performance,” he said.

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Why cant other games get the love as Halo gets. They get all the publicity !

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because halo put micorsoft were they today in the video game world; as MS returned the favor for bungie. before halo, bungie made a few weak games. i was amped to play Oni by bungie. once i started playing it the game was weak as hell.

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Didnt bungie just become independant ? Think they will open up to other systems if so ? I wouldnt think they would but who knows nowadays

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MS let bungie become independent right after halo3. but they said they would make most games for MS. they want to adventure more into different types of games. but i honestly think they should stick to shooters.