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[T-0800]

Name a MS game that could come to Playstation and if it isn't confirmed it is at least heavily rumoured. The exception seems to be Halo. Or to be more precise Halo The Master Chief Collection. It has me thinking that this is the one they are most reluctant to let go as it is the series that has defined the Xbox since day 1. I know I'd buy it day 1 should it come out.

What say you?

 

[Skifi28]

I say wait and see.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Wasn't MCC heavily rumored?

 

[onQ123]

Name a MS game that could come to Playstation and if it isn't confirmed it is at least heavily rumoured. The exception seems to be Halo. Or to be more precise Halo The Master Chief Collection. It has me thinking that this is the one they are most reluctant to let go as it is the series that has defined the Xbox since day 1. I know I'd buy it day 1 should it come out.

What say you?

It's coming and Microsoft is not scared of Xbox Fans they been slapping them around for years making them accept new normals every year .

People buy more games on PlayStation, PC & Switch so that's where MS want to release the games they don't care about fanboys being hurt at this point they will do what makes dollars & sense.

 

[Mownoc]

But Halo IS heavily rumoured to be coming. Along with everything else.

 

[Ritsumei2020]

They should port MCC to Playstation and Switch. They cant make a new great Halo game but the old ones are still good.

 

[T-0800]

But Halo IS heavily rumoured to be coming. Along with everything else.

Halo 6? Sure but that is years away. I mean MCC specifically as that is something that should be here already and I think MS are trying to delay it as long as possible.

 

[SimTourist]

Porting that shitshow mishmash of engines to a new API might take some effort but it's gonna happen eventually

 

[DenchDeckard]

Nah, the floodgates are open. Everything will come to every platform possible in the future.

 

[lh032]

its the xbox final guarded virginity

 

[Kenneth Haight]

They’re all coming, anyone who doesn’t see that is ignorant at best, stupid at worst.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Like PS games day1 on pc Halo on PS is just a question of time.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Gears collection in later 2025 with Gears E-Day exclusive in 2026.
They will drop Halo MCC an year earlier (on PS6!) once NextHalo is done.

 

[Topher]

Nah, the floodgates are open. Everything will come to every platform possible in the future.

No signs of that at all. It is primarily Xbox games going to other platforms.

 

[HRK69]

They’re all coming, anyone who doesn’t see that is ignorant at best, stupid at worst.

Quoted and bookmarked

 

[Loboxxx]

Microsoft because they can't, but today they would sell Playstation 5 in their store with a copy of Windows 11 ultimate.

 

[Ozzie666]

They are still trying to talk Colt Eastwood down from the ledge, make sure he is stable to handle such a XBOX game coming to PS5.

Halo may no longer be what it once was, but it's a port they need to make right. Once a flag ship, if done right could become relevant again.

 

[SweetTooth]

Like PS games day1 on pc Halo on PS is just a question of time.

SonyToo®

 

[Lucifers Beard]

They shouldn't be. The only people that would be upset by this are the fanboys and I really couldn't give a shit about what the hardcore fanbase think when a console specific IP moves to another platform.

Halo is a fantastic series and PlayStation is a great place for it to be, especially if it includes cross play with Xbox and PC. It's one of the best ways to keep those games alive. I would triple dip on this 100%.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Why would they be scared to port a semi dead franchise to PS??

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Pedro Motta]

Only the first 3, keep the rest.

 

[panda-zebra]

Or to be more precise Halo The Master Chief Collection. It has me thinking that this is the one they are most reluctant to let go as it is the series that has defined the Xbox since day 1.

MS has never feared making money and usually been pretty keen on doing so rather than reluctant.

Halo's coming, MCC included, but they're not going to be one of the easier ports given the history of the tech it's built upon. I mean.... how long was MCC in the wilderness before it became a solid product? How many years?

There will be a plan to drop each game into a specific window where it will maximise sales and avoid clashing with anything including their own new releases, big 3rd party releases and Sony's own first party efforts (and of course Nintendo's when the Switch 2 finally arrives).

They're not scared. They're not reluctant. It's going to take time and it has to be done right.

 

[Synastry]

You really asking yourself that question knowing FH5 is coming to PS5?

FH5 is the testing bed for Halo follow by GOW coming to PS.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Of course MS is reluctant, they know what happens if they port Halo to Playstation.

 

[Kvally]

Nah, the floodgates are open. Everything will come to every platform possible in the future.

This indeed.

 

[Kvally]

The port of MCC to PC was a dumpster fire. I can only imagine how bad it would be on PS. It’s just one big massive cobble job with bandaids to keep it together.

 

[DenchDeckard]

No signs of that at all. It is primarily Xbox games going to other platforms.

I meant every Xbox game going to every platform possible.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

They moved to unreal 5 to bring it to PlayStation . . .

 

[cash_longfellow]

It takes time and resources to port a game to another platform…you can’t just flip a switch.

 

[cash_longfellow]

The port of MCC to PC was a dumpster fire. I can only imagine how bad it would be on PS. It’s just one big massive cobble job with bandaids to keep it together.

Meh…PC is shit to develop for, especially when porting from another platform. That’s why we are so many shitty PC ports.

 

[Hayriko]

This will be nice for halo mcc if it can get ported to the ps5. Will instantly buy ps5 and play all my classic halo games there

 

[metareferential]

Meh…PC is shit to develop for, especially when porting from another platform. That’s why we are so many shitty PC ports.

It's no different than working on any other hardware, if you're competent enough.

There's even small teams of 2-3 people doing better work than many developers.

If management is garbage you get a garbage port (because they give garbage working conditions or hire garbage devs) and you get garbage ports.

Garbage in garbage out.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Fear or incompetence.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Scared of what exactly? the game has a hemorrhaging player base.

 

[Horseganador]

If Forza Horizon, which was the best they had, has arrived, Halo will arrive, it's just a matter of how long it takes them to port it.

 

[m14]

The port of MCC to PC was a dumpster fire. I can only imagine how bad it would be on PS. It’s just one big massive cobble job with bandaids to keep it together.

That's what I've been thinking as well. And imagine the Switch 2 port?

 

[Kvally]

Meh…PC is shit to develop for, especially when porting from another platform. That’s why we are so many shitty PC ports.

I think MCC was even worse because they were trying to bundle all the games, which were all from different consoles, then they were trying to integrate their multiplayers AND THEN implementing cross play. MS fucked up BAD on the MCC port.

 

[Radical_3d]

This OP is going to age like already dated milk left on a balcony from Córdoba in August.

 

[Humdinger]

I mean MCC specifically as that is something that should be here already and I think MS are trying to delay it as long as possible.

I think the reason you haven't heard the announcement is this. They only just recently announced one of Xbox's core/pillar franchises is coming to PS5: Forza Horizon. There is a lot of hype and interest in that. Many in the Xbox crowd were also taken aback. MS doesn't want to announce another core/pillar franchise - indeed, THE core/pillar Xbox franchise - coming to PS5 now. It would step on FH's hype. They don't want that to be overshadowed. They are spacing out these announcements. From a marketing perspective, that is smart. If you bunch them all up together, the excitement/interest they generate is diluted, so you want to space them out.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

It's coming and Microsoft is not scared of Xbox Fans they been slapping them around for years making them accept new normals every year .

People buy more games on PlayStation, PC & Switch so that's where MS want to release the games they don't care about fanboys being hurt at this point they will do what makes dollars & sense.

Coming from the most ridiculous fanboy on the planet. Cant make this shit up.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I'd love to play Halo Whizbang or whatever the next one is on PS5 with full support for naive features like Dualsense without needing an xbox.

I'd like to hear about the future of Halo soon. Took 5 years to make slipspace engine and Halo Infinite and that was supposed to be their 10 year game but narry any single player dlc in view. The end of Infinite was getting interesting, even if they did the third game in a row of just dumping the previous game's setup off screen again, which was fine since Guardians plot was stupid.

 

[Little Chicken]

You can play them right now on PC and Xbox instead of waiting.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Collection of old Halo and Gears games will go to the PS5. Prepping them for the $70 version of Halo Infinite and $70 Gears E-day (6 months after release) while Xbox players get them all free on Gamepass.

 

[Katatonic]

I wonder if all these people hoping MS ports their entire catalog to PS have actually played these games lately.
Even the most recent iterations of Halo and Gears feel so dated and have been leapfrogged by other games in a big way.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

It's a sealed deal after Forza Horizon pre-sales, we're just waiting for the announcement. Will it be MCC port or Halo CE remake day one is whole another question.

 

[Topher]

Coming from the most ridiculous fanboy on the planet. Cant make this shit up.

 

[diffusionx]

The problem for MS is that there are two Halo games, MCC and Infinite. MCC is 11 years old at this point and they shifted resources onto Infinite. But Infinite sucks and everyone hates it. People saying FH5, well FH5 is much more popular than Infinite ever was.

So, their options are to port a newer game they'd rather support but nobody likes, or a much older game they don't want to support and then basically hit the restart button on full support of it. There are no good options. If they had an actual good new Halo they coiuld port, it would be on PS already.

 

[Kvally]

But Infinite sucks and everyone hates it.

It's actually really good. But IMO, I think people are just done with Halo.

 

[Bieren]

They might be waiting to see how the other games go over first. Performance/stability/etc and sales. Figure that out before wasting the money porting a bunch of games that will get negative press and low sales.