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Bungie president unhappy about Microsoft delaying their game reveal at E3 08

July 24, 2008 in News comments 14

Despite reports that he "laughed" when told that his game wasn't going to be announced at E3, Bungie's president, Harold Ryan, claims that he was upset about the whole ordeal.

"Bungie is always concerned first and foremost with our fans. Whenever we are prevented from exceeding their positive expectations it is not a laughing matter."
RKRigney via eurogamer.net »
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  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Jul 24, 08
    He should be.
    Its a bit like a slap in the face, especially after they got it all prepared and were anticipating the public's reaction.
  • 0
    kik36 Jul 24, 08
    And it's not like Bungie didn't make MS a shit ton of money last year either. Bungie should have priority in MS's line-ups if you ask me.
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    cheatcodeman11 Jul 24, 08
    i heard that there publisher didnt let them
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    Storm Jul 24, 08
    That sucks. With the long relationship that they've had, I thought M$ wouldn't have had a problem with this. Did they think that Gears 2 and other previews were going to over-shadow Bungie's work?
    • 0
      Slumpy monkey Jul 24, 08
      Microsoft said it was so they can show it later this year with a playable demo.
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    DragoniteBallZ Jul 24, 08
    Well maybe MS knows something we don't. As we've seen, they are very sensitive with the timing of announcements.
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    caliginous Jul 25, 08
    This is why I love bugie, but hate M$... Bungie actually cares about their fans, while microsoft doesn't care at all as long as they get the bucks...
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      Absolute Jul 25, 08
      Yeah, because MS is so horrible. They should totally, oh I dunno give a free warranty to all those affected by the RRoD. Cheap bastards....oh, wait...


      But yeah, I do agree with Bungie's president being pissed, I would be too.
      • -1
        iLLmatic Jul 25, 08
        I rarely call anyone a fanboy just because I think the term is over used and has lost it's meaning, but you have to be a tool to praise Microsoft for the warranty deal. Anyone who can even partially read between the lines knows that Microsoft HAS to do something big like this just to save face. They lied about the problem forever and had bad customer service on top of it. If they didn't fix their own shit, literally, they could easily have lost a lot of support.
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          Absolute Jul 26, 08
          All I was trying to say is that MS obviously cares about their fans as much as anyone else does, so you can take that "tool" comment and shove it up your ass.
        • 0
          Slumpy monkey Jul 26, 08
          " so you can take that "tool" comment and shove it up your ass."
          Hahah, Lmao that made me laugh absolute ;
    • -1
      DragoniteBallZ Jul 25, 08
      caliginous is actually right. I mean while Bungie was owned by Microsoft, Halo turned into Microsoft's golden egg and turned out just whatever.
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    HawkMan Jul 25, 08
    MS is horrible, they decided to give free warranty because its the right thing to do, and if they didn't they'll lose alot of customers both current and potential.
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    iLLmatic Jul 25, 08
    So you guys left Microsoft to be free of control and to call your own shots, but you're upset that Microsoft ruined your showing. Maybe you should have just moved on from Halo.

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