Bungie Splits from Microsoft, Mac Games Ahead?

MacRumors · Oct 5, 2007, 02:14 PM

Confirming rumors circulating earlier this week, Microsoft announced today that Bungie Studios will be spun off into a privately held company in which Microsoft will hold a minority equity interest.

Bungie Studios was founded in 1991 as a Mac game developer, but in 2000 was bought by Microsoft who launched Bungie's Halo as an exclusive title for Microsoft's Xbox. The Halo franchise has seen enormous success, with Halo 3 launching with record sales numbers.

Comments by Bungie to Macworld indicate that while Bungie will continue to focus on the Xbox, they open up the possibility of returning to the Mac platform.

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"But sure, now that we're branching of and controlling our destiny, that puts us in a position where we could put ourselves back on the [Mac] platform definitively again," said Jarrard.

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psychofreak · Oct 5, 2007, 02:17 PM

Lets not get our hopes up here, MS is pretty good at hurting Mac users, they still have a good few things they can use to keep Bungie in tone with their thinking...

twoodcc · Oct 5, 2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by psychofreak

Lets not get our hopes up here, MS is pretty good at hurting Mac users, they still have a good few things they can use to keep Bungie in tone with their thinking...

maybe so, but this is still a good sign, in my mind at least

mcarnes · Oct 5, 2007, 02:21 PM

Marathon 4 anyone?

miketcool · Oct 5, 2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mcarnes

Marathon 4 anyone?

Marathon Resurrection

psychofreak · Oct 5, 2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mcarnes

Marathon 4 anyone?

More like Halo 3 Mac-exclusive (apart from the 360) in a few years, doubling the Mac's market share

twoodcc · Oct 5, 2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by psychofreak

More like Halo 3 Mac-exclusive (apart from the 360) in a few years, doubling the Mac's market share

you mean Halo 2?

p0intblank · Oct 5, 2007, 02:25 PM

Wow. And I thought this rumor was too far-fetched. This is good news for Mac users! Perhaps we'll get some exclusives? One exclusive title can make a huge difference.

hunterjoules · 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by psychofreak

More like Halo 3 Mac-exclusive (apart from the 360) in a few years, doubling the Mac's market share

I doubt the Mac will get any exclusive Halo content, as I think Microsoft still owns the rights to the Halo universe.

psychofreak · Oct 5, 2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by twoodcc

you mean Halo 2?

Nope, Halo 2 is already on the PC. If Bungie feel hostile towards MS, then it would be a great backlash to make Halo3:Mac and not Halo3:Windows

clevin · Oct 5, 2007, 02:26 PM

they write game for $$$, and most mac platform (mini, low-end imac, macbook) cannot run it, plus small market share, no wonder they won't write for mac, is that not reasonable?

pigbat · Oct 5, 2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by psychofreak

Nope, Halo 2 is already on the PC. If Bungie feel hostile towards MS, then it would be a great backlash to make Halo3:Mac and not Halo3:Windows

MS owns the IP for Halo. They will control Halo's destiny, not Bungie.

happydude · Oct 5, 2007, 02:28 PM

bring back marathon!!! marathon 4?!

twoodcc · Oct 5, 2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by psychofreak

Nope, Halo 2 is already on the PC. If Bungie feel hostile towards MS, then it would be a great backlash to make Halo3:Mac and not Halo3:Windows

yeah, but don't have Halo 2 for Mac yet.....i highly doubt they'll skip 2 and go straight to 3.....

psychofreak · Oct 5, 2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by pigbat

MS owns the IP for Halo. They will control Halo's destiny, not Bungie.

Call it something else (Hulo3), with main character Moster Chof...it would be fun, like it was with the early Pro Evolution games...

w00master · Oct 5, 2007, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by happydude

bring back marathon!!! marathon 4?!

In a way, they already did. It's called Halo.

w00master

Object-X · Oct 5, 2007, 02:32 PM

Bring back Myth Bungie! After 10 years, Myth and Myth II still are fun games to play; and people are still playing it online. Let's hope Bungie will revisit the RTS genre.

BoB 7 · Oct 5, 2007, 02:32 PM

Frog Leap the Vent Core!

MacQuest · Oct 5, 2007, 02:33 PM

Maybe they'll make "Hola" as a way to say "Hello" back to the Mac community and give the finger to microsoft's attempts to keep Mac gaming development by Bungie down.

CHROMEDOME · Oct 5, 2007, 02:41 PM

I can't wait to play Pimps at Sea on my Macbook.

La Porta · Oct 5, 2007, 02:46 PM

Behold! The return of Pathways into Darkness!!!

Chaszmyr · Oct 5, 2007, 02:47 PM

Time for Apple to buy Bungie!

mentatbashar · Oct 5, 2007, 02:48 PM

Cya Starside!

gkarris · Oct 5, 2007, 02:48 PM

Since these games are so expensive to develop. It leaves them room to port the games over to and develop current franchises for the PS3 and Wii...

Zwhaler · Oct 5, 2007, 02:49 PM

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3A110a Safari/419.3)

great news, now we just need a real mac gaming machine. Macworld anyone?

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Object-X macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2004	Bring back Myth II Bring back Myth Bungie! After 10 years, Myth and Myth II still are fun games to play; and people are still playing it online. Let's hope Bungie will revisit the RTS genre.

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BoB 7 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2007	Marathon 4 Frog Leap the Vent Core!

Oct 5, 2007, 02:33 PM	#19
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psychofreak Retired Join Date: May 2006 Location: London	Lets not get our hopes up here, MS is pretty good at hurting Mac users, they still have a good few things they can use to keep Bungie in tone with their thinking...

Oct 5, 2007, 02:21 PM	#4
mcarnes macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA! USA!	Marathon 4 anyone?

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p0intblank macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA	Wow. And I thought this rumor was too far-fetched. This is good news for Mac users! Perhaps we'll get some exclusives? One exclusive title can make a huge difference.

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Chaszmyr macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boulder, CO	Time for Apple to buy Bungie!

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gkarris macrumors 601 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere In The Universe	Since these games are so expensive to develop. It leaves them room to port the games over to and develop current franchises for the PS3 and Wii... __________________ "This gate's plastic." Captain Carter, Stargate SG-1, "Touchstone" Mini/MacBook/iPhone/TV Olympus E-420/E-500, Canon 20D

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Zwhaler macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3A110a Safari/419.3) great news, now we just need a real mac gaming machine. Macworld anyone?

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