Bungie and Microsoft Drifting Apart - Exclusive Interview

"A tense relationship between the companies is opening the door to the PS3 and more…"

In an interview with Gameplayer, Halo 3 community lead Brian Jarrard has spoken about a fallout in the relationship between Bungie and Microsoft and how the two companies are beginning to drift apart.

[ablecain]

But even so, Bungie is undoubtedly talented, so this couldn't be bad news for PS3 owners

[thebudgetgamer]

it would be so dirty

:)

[Fox01]

Bungie better work things out with Microsoft coz all advertising and publishing of their games are done by Microsoft. The only reason why Halo 3 sold 8 million plus was because Microsoft spent a lot of money advertising the game. Bungie is half dead without Microsoft and so is Microsoft btw.

[Megatron08]

if you actually had read the interview you'd know that the quote doesnt come from there. The quote is from the write of the article not from Bungie or MS. So it still doesnt look like there is a chance in hell that you'll be seeing a bungie game on the ps3

[SlappingOysters]

It is more what the guy said about them getting disillusioned with Microsoft and that they've begun looking at different avenues of which the PS3 is one... Wii, PC and others could be options too.

Interesting that they are working on more than one new project, that's for sure. Wish I knew what the others were.

[Jamegohanssj5]

Hm, I am a Playstation fan all the way, but I really don't care if they make games or not for us.

TGSO

[gaffyh]

@thebudgetgamer - You can already, buy Oni (PS2) and put it in your PS3. (but that game sucks lol)

[SonyOwnsNextYear]

Ps3 doesnt need this game or bungie.

unless bungie can embrace the ps3 and make a new ip wich pushes the ps3 hardware, then dont even bother

[Real Gambler]

Microsoft spend tons of money on everything, but cannot buy Bungie? Doesn't make sense to me. Dang, they probably spent more on Halo advertising alone than what it would have cost to buy them. For sure, I would not expect any PS3 love, because if they start anything interesting, I'm sure they will finally take their wallet out!

[Bnet343]

Bungie is cool, but I think Halo is "old". Gears of War took Halo's place if you ask me. I don't think Microsoft cares anymore about Halo and quite frankly neither do a lot of people. BTW, I think you can stick Bungie game in your PS3. That old ass game called Oni.

[ThanatosDMC]

Good game??! You gotta be joking right? Bungie doesnt have one good game other than the first Halo, which was classic.

What other game outside the Halo franchise has Bungie made? Also, why would we want Halo on PS3? That'd be just lame to steal franchises.

[Pain]

crosses fingers &

[Xelai]

So much nonsense in so little space, so much ignorance...
Halo is MS IP not Bungie's.
MS has a percentage ownage of Bungie.
MS has a contract to publish first any Bungie game.
MS has a exclusive contract with Bungie for an undisclosed period.
MS let Bungie buy themselves again, so no, they will not buy Bungie back.

Anything else is wishful thinking or bad journalism.

PD Journalism? In this site? Yep, should not have said that...

[calis]

@ Real Gambler - Bungie may not want to be bought out. Microsoft just can't say I will buy you and that's the end of it.

@ ThanatosDMC - Imagine if Halo hit the PS3. No matter your opinion of the game it would sell, it is a huge game in terms of popularity...it would also probably sink Microsoft.

[Xelai]

People here get to the point to disagree to simple plain facts.

Lets see, the Earth is round and orbits the sun in an elliptical orbit.

Trying mode.

[omodis420]

I could just see it now. 360 fans would be trying to say all kinds of stuff about how Halo was Bungies only good game. Bungie better start checking for anthrax in their mail.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

I knew there was something fishy about Bungie going independent, while we'll never see Halo on the PS3, it would be sweet to see what they could do with the PS3

[Chubear]

Read my blog about this that I did back in 2006/2007
http://www.n4g.com/up/18776...

[TheGamer]

If Bungie makes a game for PS3 or not it doesnt make a diff. We have a lot of other great and more talented developers making great games for PS3.

[Why o why]

im glad MS own the rights. Maybe bungie can now start thinking outside that green helmet. Time for a change huh

[Danja]

would love for Bungie to develop a new IP for the PS3...hint *Sony*...now's the time to start playing a lil dirty...

[SlappingOysters]

bungie could fix Killzone

[Danja]

what exactly is wrong with KZ2 ??

[robotnik]

yeah, care to elaborate?

[SlappingOysters]

it was just a bad joke really.

I was more thinking about Killzone 1 being a bit average. Killzone 2 does indeed look better

[thematrix1298]

DUDE...you CAN NOT make joke...I'm emphasising the CAN NOT!

It wasn't even funny :|

[Extra Guy]

it made me laugh...

[omodis420]

It's just to bad that Halo is boring.

[Final_Rpg]

So boring that over 10 million people purchased it? Must be a real sleep inducer to get those kind of sales.

[CaptainHowdy]

hordes of ppl fall into hyped up mediocrities all the time...Titanic(biggest selling movie ever), Dan Brown's the DaVinci Code,and the Nintendo Wii, the list goes on and on. back on topic...bungie on ps3 by 2010!!!

[Extra Guy]

err the difference is that over 600000 people play Halo every day...

[omodis420]

60000 people are morons then.

[she00win99]

well, hiphop gamer was right..

[Chubear]

Cause I remember making a blog about this years ago. Here
http://www.n4g.com/up/18776...

[BADJOYSTICK]

The outdated hardware that is the xbox 360 is something a lot of developers are abandoning

[Bruce Wayne]

Welcome to the Playstation family, Bungie. With the limitless power of the cell processor and infinite storage capabilities of Blu-ray, you can finally release a true high definition game.

Wayne Enterprises endorses the Playstation 3.

[robotnik]

Who are you?

[strotee]

Vicky Vale, Vicky Vale
I like...

/obscure

[ultimolu]

...Oh my.
Is this the sexy Bruce Wayne here? xD

Lmao.

[she00win99]

now i know why ms is hyping gears so much because they are lossing bungie..

[dachiefsman]

they are hyping Gears 2 cause....wait for it....wait for it..

ITS A GOOD GAME!! < http://www.metacritic.com/g...

wow bungie has at least 2 more exclusive deals with MS. It surprises how many pro-Sony posts are NOW wanting Bungie. lol the irony.

[titntin]

With MS owning Halo exclusivity, any such move to embrace other machines would be new IP.

I for one, would grateful. I thought Halo 3 was a bit 'tired' and I'd like to see these undoubtedly talented developers spread their wings a bit and bring us something new.
I still can't believe MS's first party policy. Lionhead is a winner, but the only other team left is Rare, and they really aren't setting the world alight with their releases (though I enjoy them!) Having made such inroads into winning over the hardcore gamer, it seems they have completely focused on 'family titles' at the expense of hardcore first party development. It would make sense to keep extremely good relations with all studios producing exclusive hardcore content, and I hope we see some signs of them doing that.

[Megatron08]

As I already point out the quote "A tense relationship between the companies is opening the door to the PS3 and more…" isnt form Brian Jarrard In fact while ask about making games for other consoles he said he couldnt imagine halo on anything beside the xbox and the 360. So I dont see them making anything for sony for a very looooong time

[Final_Rpg]

"" isnt form Brian Jarrard In fact while ask about making games for other consoles he said he couldnt imagine halo on anything beside the xbox and the 360."

Was Halo 1 and 2 not ported over to the PC? Halo won't come to the PS3, no doubt about that. But you're seeming to forget that Bungie are now capable of visioning new projects not tied to the 360. So don't be surprised if you see a Bungie title on the PS3 in the next couple of years.

[Megatron08]

final I have no clues what your point is about them being on the pc. They can make game of the ps3 sure but why would they want to. They are completely depandant on MS. MS foots the bill for everything they do plus plus a bungie game on the ps3 wont sell like crap cause of fanboys. It like wouldnt sell as good on the 360 (assuming its multi plat) cause they be pissed off that it was on the ps3. Bungie says its all about its fan and if that is true then they know that their fans own 360's and not ps3's so no you not going to see anything on the ps3 anytime so

[GarandShooter]

Mega, did you ever consider the possibility that Bungie fans may own both consoles?

[Shane Kim]

As long as that piece of sh!t Halo 3 is kep away from the PS3 I'm happy. Who knows what kind of diseases your PS3 will suffer from if you put it inside the PS3.

[thereapersson]

However, if Bungie comes up with a new IP that looks promising and they decide they want to publish it on other systems, I'm all for it.

[Final_Rpg]

So if it was released for the PS3 you wouldn't buy it? Besides, it's not as if Sony haven't lost exclusivity over some of its trademark titles. I know I would definitely buy Halo if it showed up on the PS3. It'd be weird for sure, but it wouldn't stop me buying it.

[ultimolu]

Me neither. Not fond of it.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

No way!

/sarcasm

[spirited]

not any time soon Halo 3: Recon still to come

[robotnik]

What are the main differences between Halo 3 and Halo 3: Recon?

[dachiefsman]

no one knows what the difference is between them since little to know information has been given regarding Recon besides the play style will be tweaked.

[Citizen Cook]

I don't want anymore Halo sh!t

Only the original game was great. 2 and 3 were adverage at best....

[she00win99]

i'll end your suffering by taking away your last bubble..

[Pseudo_Clash]

what happened to xbox's precious suck from microsoft's teet developer? looks like your precious exclusives are coming over to the PS3.

[dragon ball Z DROIDS]

hmm when its published by microsoft and microsoft owns the ip. i dont think that their is much hope of that

[Lowendtheory]

for the ps3 would be dope. lets hope this happens.

[farsided]

i hate it when articles infer waaaaay too much from a very bland statement that not once involves going multiplatform.

[farsided]

yeah...microsoft owns the rights to all things halo, not bungie. that's why microsoft let ensemble studios do halo wars. so i think sony would have to s microsoft's d long before we'd ever see master chief on blue-ray.

[Foliage]

I wonder how Bungie feels about Microsoft taking their ideas and whoring it out to a bunch of other developers to make up for a lack of quality titles on their platform? If I was Bungie I would definitely not allow Microsoft to get their greedy hands on any of my future games. Sure I'd release on their platform, but they wouldn't own it. You also have to think that Bungie want to get away from Halo. There has been nearly zero innovation since the first game and they are just stuck in their tracks.

Welcome to Microsoft. Zero Innovation, Zero Quality.

[farsided]

you have to look at the demographic for where the wii sold the most: kids and soccer moms, who love it(because both the 360 and ps3 are on the most part available to an adult audience) So obviously the wii caters to a different audience, and yet for some reason people in the older category still pick it up. Now look at where the halo sold the most 18-35 year olds, who love it as well. Obviously it's not available to other categories, but it is good for the category it targets. You can't ignore the fact that it is the most played game on xbl surpassing cod4 which is also available to the ps3.

i will say that bungie probably split from microsoft in order to make all their future games their own, but you have to credit ms for their ridiculous advertising campaign, which has blown any other game's out of the water.

[hfaze]

Personally, I would love to see Bungie start licensing out their matchmaking system to other developers.

One thing I can definitely say is that Bungie has the #1 matchmaking setup in the industry so far. Infinity Ward came close with CoD4's matchmaking system, but it still doesn't hold a candle to Halo 2/3's matchmaking system.

Although a new Bungie IP on the PS3 would be nice... :-)

[Redlight]

Gameplayer is constantly engaged in a desperate battle to increase it's traffic. They get a lot of hysterical articles published on here, most of them utterly without worth.

Their headlines are the gaming equivalent of 'An Alien Fathered My Baby'.

I ignore them, you should too.

[xBot Lemmings]

That cover is ugly...

[Deadman64]

yeah the playstation 3 on the side really makes it look bad

[VMAN_01]

I am guessing even Bungie are getting bored of their only known IP. I don't blame them its just like an actor doens't want to be remembered for just one movie.

[madmike]

i hope you were joking about there only known ip

[Merritt]

...Apparently everyone is forgetting, so let me remind all of you. When Bungie and MS split, MS retained first right of refusal towards Bungies games. Which means, MS has first crack at Bungie's new IP's. So I wouldn't expect anything for any other console any time soon.

[Odion]

There is nothing new in this article its just a bunch of statements that they've made since E3, flaimbait all the way.

[dj_funky]

who needs another halo 2.5 on the ps3 when we have resistance 2 and killzone 2?

[Extra Guy]

because Halo 2.5 sold millions and hundreds of thousands still play today (including myself avidly). I'm sick of buying new games only to get bored and go back to Halo, anybody else?

[Marquis_de_Sade]

I have yet to play an online console shooter that comes close to Halo 3, everything is nigh on perfect, the matchmaking, community features and bungies incredible support (would be even better without MS as the greedy middleman between them and the fans). No doubt KZ2 and R2 will be good, but they will both need to be massive massive improvements over their predecessors in order to hold a candle against halo.

[baum]

I'm all for it. But please, leave Halo off our system...

[xaviertooth]

bungie knew long time ago that microsoft is a dirty-practicing scum company that doesn't care at all about fan service, all they want is to assrape xbots and that's all..

they were fed-up by these evil people from stevie bummer, shawne kimi, aaron pigberg and don matrix so i guess it's fair to say that bungie, whenever they call it quits exclusively from microsoft, will do the smartest decisions ever!

[anubis12]

bungie will not like psn... if they did go to ps3

[Jeremy Gerard]

Bungie is a world class player in game development, they are the cream of the crop, they would not be happy with the mess that is PSN, it would greatly hinder their typically huge plans for online gaming.

Besides, they signed contracts with MS, no games will come to PS3 from Bungie unless MS has already had first dibs on them, If MS thinks the game sucks and is not worth making 360 exclusive, then it probably will not be something you guys will want on PS3.

[DarkSniper]

Dark Sniper would be more than welcome to introduce the Halo series to PLAYSTATION®3. It's refreshing to know that Bungie now finds PS3 to be the viable platform to fully recognize their developing potential. Since being developed on XBox 360, Halo 3 has been nothing more than a mediocre shooter with overachieving sales.

With Bungie making the jump to PLAYSTATION®3, the Halo series will get the shot in the arm that it sorely needs to become an AAA shooter to compete with the likes of Killzone 2 and Resistance 2. When it comes to developing titles to the fullest potential, only PLAYSTATION®3 provides those capabilities.

It's painstakingly obvious that Microsoft has done nothing more than swindle Bungie and have shown many cases of mistreatment. This mistreatment is unwarranted which is why several 1st party developers have left Microsoft's ship. Dark Sniper personally sees this as another cunning blow that will result in Xbox 360's demise.

Welcome Bungie, Sony Computer Entertainment will ensure that you're treated with the utmost respect and will give you the true reward for finally maximizing your visions.

$niper

[elorm9]

M$ owns the Halo franchise, so they could just allow another set of developers to continue it. Bungie should just drift away from Halo and create something new. I'll admit, it would be nice to have them develop on the PS3, but that's wishful thinking

[BADJOYSTICK]

LMAO,sounds like Bungie are ready to 'jump'

[thematrix1298]

Jump Out and Play B3yond!

[DFresh]

I guess that means Halo 3 might be coming to the PS3 then possibly in the future as well as Halo 4 being multiplatform.
It's one thing to lose 3rd party devs but 1st party devs.
First Tecmo now Bungie.
Who's next Lionhead Studios?

[DJ]

I loved Halo CE and Halo 2 (as well as Marathon; i was just a little kid when i first played that) so I'm hoping that they'll try their hand at PS3 development someday.

[Eiffel]

Halo 3 on the PS3 will never happen.

The franchise is owned by Microsoft.

[dragon ball Z DROIDS]

these droids are funny

[GWAVE]

Microsoft has been driving away its developers since Halo 2. Anyone happen to remember that many of Bungie's key development team members left the company after Halo 2 because they were fed up with Microsoft's tyrannical reign?

But Microsoft doesn't care. They just throw money around. Soon this practice will bite them in the butt when they realize that they no longer have any strong exclusive titles coming out for their system.

And it is at that time Microsoft will release a new Xbox. It will be late 2010/early 2011. Mark my words.

[rbluetank]

he moves too darn slow and with the turn ratio of an elephant stuck in wet mud to match. He can jump 15 feet high but runs like a turtle... it is extremely hard to follow someone movement when they are on all four corner around you at times and it is like pulling your foot out of wet mud to gather their direction. the regular gernade is a washout when it comes to killing someone. the regular grenade should be a instant kill not a tickler gernade. the plasma gernade kills instantly on a direct hit but the regular gernade on a direct hit just fizzles alittle bit of damage.. When three people or playing mp, the map should be fitted to match the number of players in the game. R1 came out before Halo3. halo3 should put that into the game. I am tired of running across a 16 player suited maps to find someone on the other side of the map.... this needs to be fixed asap. when i buy Halo on day one and it is a 16 player MP. i expect that to last until the next game comes out. because i do not buy map packs, i can only play 1 vs 9. this is grounds for a petty law suite but fair claimed law suite.

last thing, i have many more but work awaits. the enemy that shakes his hands in the air like it is at a 1970 disco bar;he needs to be made more serious. i want to have a fight on my hands and not with quitter.

[Extra Guy]

You obviously didn't know that you can change the sensitivity...

Also it's evident that you have never played Halo 3 as you seriously don't get put on Sandtrap with less than 12 players.

Didn't understand the rest sorry.

[Ko_Uraki]

Halo is a MS's IP, and to be honest, Bungie without Halo is light a knight without his sword.

[Ko_Uraki]

I'm sorry for the droids, but Halo is a Microsoft's IP. This is one of the reasons why at Bungie they are so pissed off. MS has created a new internal studio to develop the future games of the Halo franchise.

[NickIni]

Halo is ridiculously over hyped. I can live with out it on my PS3 kthanx

[BADJOYSTICK]

Since Fable II was a flop,I hope not

[XBox RRoDed again]

Oh GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!

This is only a dream.... it's only a dream.......it's only ....(RRoD)

[bunbun777]

I have to think a lot of you would like to see Halo come over just to truly piss off 360 fans, some of you may actually be intrigued to see how they would expand /improve but honestly I just don't care. KZ2 for me ty,

I would like to see what else Bungie can do.

[falcon]

lolololoololololool

[James Vanderbeek]

EPIC and Gears... Gears of war is the big game for the 360 like halo was for the xbox.. I dont think MS looks at bungie anymore like they did from the xbox days.. which is dumb.. they made the xbox and 360 basically..

Anyway im not sure if halo would do good on the ps3.. not to many ps3 fans care for that game. I dont think.. And we have resistance 2. Soon to have the best FPS game ever made killzone 2.. damn it where is my beta key!!!!!

[XxCYONIDExX]

Bungie will make games for Sony one day also, but Halo is staying with MS because they own the rights to it.

[goldeneye517]

HAHA suck on that Xbox 360 fanboys !!! Now I know that Halo is your ONLY really good title and guess what WE (Sony ) have it now . And it's probbly going to look better on the PS3. :) Well this just made my day ....... When it does make it's way over to the PS3 , you guys will have to find another flag-ship title! To fill the void left from Halo , good luck with that:)

[slugg]

Not only will Hal0 3 never be on the Playstation 3, no Halo game will ever be-- Microsoft owns the IP, not Bungie. Funny how before, you claimed Halo 3 sucked, until you (mistakenly)thought is was coming out for PS3... crawl back under the dirty rock you came from.

[xwabbit]

Have to agree LOL!, i love my ps3 but retarded comments like that wow lol.

[Tha Beast]

I know you fanboys don't want to hear that but face it Microsoft has been getting over on you guys for a while and you silly fanboys like getting played!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[badkolo]

I could care less, if somehow ms and bungie parted ways, then great, if not then great.

if bungie was to make games for the ps3 then great, if not no big deal.

at this point i want to see great games by great devs on both systems.

[Mr Fancy Pants]

Besides the Halo franchise what other awesome game have Bungie made?

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Guess some still don't realize that Microsoft owns the right to Halo and everything related to Halo. If Bungie doesn't make Halo, Microsoft can hire who ever they wish, it's not Bungies call.

[reelife]

I actually hope it will come to the PS3, then all the x-bots will feel how we felt when FF13 was anounced that it's going to be on the 360.

[Senden]

O NOES!! Civilization is going to end.. REPENT YOUR SINS.. REPENT YOUR SINS!!!! Would be the reaction if it was a sony exclusive lost.. personally I don't care.. it will get M$ sweating which will undoubtbly be a good thing for me as a 360 gamer. I never really see the big thing about losing exclusives.. as long as I can play the games, I really don't mind who else plays them.

[equax]

If only that was a real cover for the ps3. :)

[razorbladelight]

RARE to start developing for Nintendo again. I could care less for Bungie and their one horse pony show. Besides, Halo is not even as good as I thought fans made it out to be. IN fact, Halo is really boring.

[kevnb]

this could really hurt the xbox brand. Microsoft would get other devs to make Halo, and it would die. Bungie would make some new ip and sell millions across multiple platforms.

[aggh im on fire]

At no point have Bungie ever said about developing for the Ps3. Its not going to happen Microsoft have first refusal on everything Bungie do.

[Ko_Uraki]

Halo is property of Microsoft Game Studio. Halo on PS3 is simply impossible.

From Wikipedia:

"Halo is a science fiction video game franchise, created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios."

Simple and clear.

[Pseudo_Clash]

one of Microsoft's grandiose publishers showing love to the PS3??? What slap in the face to the frybox 360 and their bots.

[Ko_Uraki]

The new Halo team will be far better than Bungie.

[rawd]

Man, keep that sh1tty franchise on that defective toaster. Halo on PS3, i just puked my morning cheerios

[OGharryjoysticks]

I don't want to label an entire group of gamers as fanboys, so I would have to describe my observations of Xbox 360 owners as simply being committed and loyal to the Xbox. At the moment, by the numbers, Bungie's following from Xbox owners is overwhelming. But even if Bungie made games on the PS3 I do not think many Xbox fans would consider getting a PS3 even under those circumstances.

[Fan Tastic]

There are so many better shooters and developers out there. Even die hard M$ fans know Bungie hasn't kept pace with the industry. People have moved on to COD4, Gears of War 2, etc

[Extra Guy]

The figures on Bungie.net say otherwise...

[mugoldeneagle03]

"Bungie: Our Relationship with Microsoft is fine"

I've heard this all before, and don't care.

[WAHsu]

I doubt I will see the day where Halo is played on a PS3.
I'm afraid to say it, but Sony is following the path Sega laid down.

[cmrbe]

you can keep power rangers thankyou.

[cmrbe]

of PS fans don't care about Halo on PS. Its not a must have game. Besides. Halo is a franchise for the xbox brand and should remain so otherwise we should look at having only one console in the future. MS owns the IP anyway.

Bungie are talented devs. For a long time they have been contrained to produce only Halo games for so long and i am pretty sure this is the reason why they went independent. On the other hand Bungie knows financially they need MS and Halo.

In the end i am interested in seeing something different from them. Hopefully they develop a 3rd parson fantasy action game.

[Merritt]

Ummm...they did, it's called Myth. Well actually it's a RTS but it's pretty fantastic.

[Wardog1368]

I just hope bungie can do something outside of halo. But can they pull it off? Let's all hope so.

[Rob0g0rilla]

Not a big fan of Halo or any of their games.

I think Gears of War is much, much better.

[Knightofelemia]

Halo on a PS3 I do not really for see it coming. I mean if one day bungie says hey were not getting along with Microsoft so lets put Halo on a Sony machine. Microsoft will fight tooth and nail to keep the name Halo

[fredrikpedersen]

The title said it all ^^

[ZmokeR]

A halo 4 In kz2 GFX on ps3?
(And no flame bate tho , AND the faces on Microsoft NOTT the 360 players) when they see what the Ps3 engine can do with that game?

I mean think about it! :)
Bungie come to ps3 and are like, sry :S dont kill us now, and sony and the hole ps3 comm is like,, hmmm well ok....

And then comes Guerilla and say: wellcome to your new home, here take this Kz2 engine, we tell you how you do the best of it and then you make us a Halo 4 or a Oni 2 or a Marathon 4 ( or is it 3? )

[media73]

Halo was a massive disappointment, bad grx, anti alising, poor weapon design, awful, I think the halo franchise should be canned personally, the original was the best.

[sertz]

The headline has nothing to do with the source material. Poor way to get more hits if you ask me. They aren't "drifting apart", they are simply having less involvement with the Halo franchise. It doesn't mean they hate each-other... It doesn't mean they will stop talking like two little girls who just had a fight over a boy... It simply means their relationship is changing as a result of Bungie's gain of independence. Fanboys take note: Shut up! You WILL see a Bungie game on Ps3, maybe even Wii, but 360 owners rejoice in knowing chances are? You will get the game too. Multi-platform is the way of the future unfortunately, so deal with it.

[Fade_Walker]

Actually I think the only IP Bungie actually owns anymore is Marathon. I think Oni IP actually belongs to 2K.

Or perhaps Bungie didn't want to be closed by Microsoft...But I don't think that would ever happen.

Or Bungie wanted something more then a 7.9 GB disk (other 1.1 GB is used for Microsoft Copyright protection)

But no matter what happens I look forward to playing future Bungie games.

[Elven6]

Yes your correct on Oni, it is owned by Take Two/2K, not sure on the other stuff though.

[pain777pas]

Halo on the PS3 will attract the same interest as Bioshock. Meaning some but not that much.

[AuToFiRE]

The End.. Has come..

[AngryTypingGuy]

Microsoft owns all things Halo. They don't need Bungie. Let Valve or Epic make Halo games, with better graphics.

[Figboy]

they made Oni on the PS2 way back in the day.

the game sucked (the world, characters, and moveset were cool, but the complicated control scheme, and bland levels killed it, but hey, it was a launch title).

Bungie is a good dev, and they need to stretch their legs.

Sony let Naughty Dog break away from Jak to do Uncharted.

they let Sucker Punch break away from Sly Cooper to do inFamous.

Microsoft forces Bungie to continue the Halo franchise, even when they are independent.

hell, Insomniac is second party, and Sony backed them up when they wanted to do the Resistance franchise.

creative studios need to have breathers now and then to recharge the batteries.

i wouldn't be surprised if Bungies next game is multi-plat. they've already stated that while MS gets first dibs at their future projects, nothing is stopping them from releasing multi-platform games, or exclusives for other platforms.

they are a talented developer with a lot of potential to extend beyond the FPS genre, and i would personally love to see them make some stuff for the PS3.

[Dogswithguns]

anything but Halo.

[Radiodread]

probably will never happen, but being a recent ps3 owner and trading in my 3rd broken 360, Halo is the one game I'll miss the most. It just has an epic feel when your playing it, and the scale ,soundtrack, and awesome weapons helps it feel that way. R.I.P halo, at least for me.

[Enigma_2099]

CHANGE THAT PIC... because that's the one thing Micro$oft will NOT let happen... they retain rights to the Halo franchise, remember?

... and they can keep it.

On the subject of the article itself... WHAT did they expect? Microsft's too busy pimping Gears of War 2 to be bothered with Bungie right now....

[DFresh]

Perhaps Halo belongs to Microsoft but not every project Bungie does belongs to Microsoft so that means Bungie is now gonna make games for PS3.
Hell I wouldn't be surprised if they make an exclusive game for the PS3.
Look at Tecmo they were exclusive 1st party devs to the Xbox/Xbox360 and guess what they're making games for PS3 as well as a few exclusives.
ex.) Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Quantum Theory, etc.
I don't mind losing some 3rd party exclusives on the PS3 because in the end Sony is stealing all of their 1st party devs one by one.
Funny thing Sony didn't even pay them to come to the PS3 they chose to come to Sony on their own and that's just sad on Microsoft's side.

[PS3-FANBOY]

That would be crazy if they made a better version of Halo 3 for PS3, I doubt that though I think a new IP from Bungie being available on the PS3 is more realistic.

[omodis420]

Maybe Bungie will make a Halo Killer.

[DaTruth]

Oni was my first game on PS2 and I still have it. I was gonna wait till the price went down, but one look at Oni and I went straight to the store, $549 CDN at the time. It was sad when I heard they went over to the dark side.

[nazty_nayt]

Who cares, Halo is over rated IMO. It's cool Bungie might be able to do some cross platforming, but I could care less if it's just going to be another Halo.

[TheDeadMetalhead]

Holy crap!

Is Halo 4 going to be on the PS3??? It seems very possible now. O_O

[omodis420]

Read the interview. Don't get excited. Bungie talks about having a reduced roll in making the Halo games.

[anubis12]

HALO---MLG ....GEARS MLG.......MLG -ps3???

[omodis420]

Does anyone else agree that Halo got passed bye, by Call of Duty 4 and now Resistance 2?

[Neo604]

I'm happy with R2.

[OrganicMachine]

Bungie is for M$ as Insomniac is for $ony

[FF7numba1]

lol bungie go back where you started. Back to PS. Follow square and dump 1 console idea lol.

[DevastationEve]

Actually, it's an honor to see some PS3 fans praising Halo3. It really is one of the best games out this gen.

Who knows if Halo whatever makes it to PS3, but if it does that's cool! I think every gamer should have a chance to play Forge, and be able to take screens and video of your entire match and upload them to bungie.net!