Halo2,5 To Xbox2

[hey69]

Have you been naughty or nice? Maybe Santa cares about that when delivering Christmas gifts but we here at TeamXbox have a present for you regardless. You can wait until Christmas night to open your gift or keep reading for what might be the very first real info on Halo 2 Director’s Cut.

OXM was the first to report about Halo 2.5 revealing that the game is planned as an Xbox 2 launch title but now you’re going to read the very first details, straight from one of our most trusted sources:

“Halo 2.5 will be an Xbox 2 launch title and is going to run in HDTV resolution with new, improved textures and graphical effects. All the stuff that people expected from Halo 2 but didn’t make the cut will be there.â€

Although our source didn’t specify which HDTV resolution the game will run at, HDTV’s lower spec is enough to get excited. Can you imagine Halo 2 running at 1280x720?!!! We also wonder what was meant by “all the stuff people expected from Halo 2 but didn’t make the cut.†With this kind of top-secret info, you don’t ask; you simply listen. We cross our fingers that this will include online co-op, more multiplayer maps, and the final conclusion to the Halo 2 story.

“The technology that powers Halo 2 has been designed from day one to take advantage of the next generation hardware,†the insider added. “In Halo 2, the Xbox was pushed to its limits but now the game will reach new heights with the advanced hardware.â€

But that is not the only info our insider had for us as soon after he dropped the bomb: “Now, here is the twist. Halo 2.5 will come preloaded with the optional HDD. It’ll be one of the two reasons to get the Xbox 2 that comes with a hard drive. The other reason… well, you’ll just have to waitâ€

Sounds crazy to us but that’s what we have been told. Interestedly, if this is true, the rumor confirms the existence of, at least, two editions of the Xbox successor. Last month, we reported about the supposed Microsoft plan to release three versions of the Xbox successor. Although never in console history has an add-on sold enough to represent a large percentage of the install base, the inclusion of Halo 2.5 would probably sell millions of hard drives and/or other peripherals that includes this special edition.

And supposedly, there’s still one other reason…what could that be?
check out the front page for all the doubters...

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/7408/...box-2-The-Bomb/
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[Blade]

I think I'd get the HDD version regardless of Halo 2.. that is.. if I get an Xbox2 at all..

 

[ChryZ]

And thats good news? As a X-Box Halo2 owner, I would kinda feel messed with. Its like buying a DVD and 2 month later they announce, the movie you bought was the unfinished cut, but they'll make up for this flaw by releasing the final-cut-special-edition on HD-DVD, so as a "bonus" you have to buy the new HD-DVD version AND on top of that a new HD-DVD player in order to fix the mess. Thats rich

 

[rabidrabbit]

I read somewhere that if you finish Halo 2 on Legendary, you'll get some text at the end credits that says something like "Coming soon at XX.XX.05".
I don't remember the exact date it said, but it was sometime around spring 2005.

As the Halo 2 ens´ds as it ends, is there coming some kind of sequel to Halo 2 for xbox at spring next year, before that Halo 2.5???

 

[Teasy]

That would be a great Christmas gift if I hadn't hated Halo 1 so much that it put me off the idea of Halo entirely.

 

[jvd]

would have been cool if it was 30$ launch tittle .

Or even a pack in

 

[Fox5]

would have been cool if it was 30$ launch tittle .

Or even a pack in

It sounds like it is a pack in...a pack in with the hard drive.

 

[Brimstone]

And thats good news? As a X-Box Halo2 owner, I would kinda feel messed with. Its like buying a DVD and 2 month later they announce, the movie you bought was the unfinished cut, but they'll make up for this flaw by releasing the final-cut-special-edition on HD-DVD, so as a "bonus" you have to buy the new HD-DVD version AND on top of that a new HD-DVD player in order to fix the mess. Thats rich

I don't really care about Halo2 being ported/updated. Seems like a total waste of time and resources to me. Although getting people shell out extra money for a harddrive might be difficult. This could be a good gimmick to get mainstream gamers to adopt a harddrive. It would be neat if they made it so Xbox Halo 2 owners could play online against Xbox Next Halo 2.5 players.

 

[Confidence-Man]

I don't really care about Halo2 being ported/updated. Seems like a total waste of time and resources to me. Although getting people shell out extra money for a harddrive might be difficult. This could be a good gimmick to get mainstream gamers to adopt a harddrive. It would be neat if they made it so Xbox Halo 2 owners could play online against Xbox Next Halo 2.5 players.

They'd need to do more than that, I think. What about the possibility of requiring the hard drive for Live? Anyone who wanted to play online would then have to get the HDD version (which is probably what existing Live users would've bought anyway), and developers wouldn't have to worry about making DLC for Live users with nowhere to download it to.

 

[jvd]

would have been cool if it was 30$ launch tittle .

Or even a pack in

It sounds like it is a pack in...a pack in with the hard drive.

ah that wouldn't be bad if say you get a 120-200 gig hardrive with halo 2.5 for like a 100$ . Esp if its a fast 15k rpm drive with a large cache

 

[DuckThor Evil]

I read somewhere that if you finish Halo 2 on Legendary, you'll get some text at the end credits that says something like "Coming soon at XX.XX.05".
I don't remember the exact date it said, but it was sometime around spring 2005.

As the Halo 2 ens´ds as it ends, is there coming some kind of sequel to Halo 2 for xbox at spring next year, before that Halo 2.5???

That rumour is not true, there is no different ending credits on legendary and that is a fact.

 

[Evil_Cloud]

Aren't TeamXbox the same that said: "Halo 1.5 this year!?"

:?

 

[Kesler]

If it still has that weak ass ending, I couldn't care less.

 

[Paul]

TXB is funny, I've had plenty of laughs reading that website before.

 

[Xeno]

"Get the product you were expecting from Halo 2 here when you buy your very own Xbox2 HDD bundle"...

 

[Johnny Awesome]

Halo 2 was amazing IMO. It doesn't need a fix.

If they decide to do something like this it would be a nice bonus. TXB has "some" credibility after breaking the news of the IBM-MS CPU deal before anyone else. They DO have sources, but they aren't 100% credible IMO.

 

[wco81]

ah that wouldn't be bad if say you get a 120-200 gig hardrive with halo 2.5 for like a 100$ . Esp if its a fast 15k rpm drive with a large cache

15k RPM?

Sounds a bit too high end for a consumer gaming peripheral.

Not too many consumer boxes with such capacity for $100 these days.

Some PVRs have it but they aren't going for $100.

 

[jvd]

ah that wouldn't be bad if say you get a 120-200 gig hardrive with halo 2.5 for like a 100$ . Esp if its a fast 15k rpm drive with a large cache

15k RPM?

Sounds a bit too high end for a consumer gaming peripheral.

Not too many consumer boxes with such capacity for $100 these days.

Some PVRs have it but they aren't going for $100.

i just got a 200 gig 15k rpm drive sata for 250$ , i don't see why in another year they can't hit the 100$ mark . Or even a 160 gig one hitting that :- )

 

[Fodder]

i just got a 200 gig 15k rpm drive sata for 250$

Er ... model? Last I heard there were no 15k SATA drives (the Raptor still leads at 10k), nor were there any 200GB 15k SCSI drives (volume appears to jump from 147 to 300). 7200RPM sounds much more likely. Not to mention you'd need a pretty mean HT setup to hear your games over the scream of a 15k drive. :?

 

[Fox5]

Yeah, seriously I'd expect more like $400-$500 for a 15k rpm 200GB drive, and maybe more.