Halo 5: Guardians is out next week, and a bit’s beautiful game that continues Master Chief’s legacy, also introducing new characters to the fold. It’s one of the year’s most anticipated games, and certainly the sort of thing that helps Xbox Ones move off of shelves, given its legacy.
Halo’s never really been a big hit on PC though. Two years after the series exploded on the original Xbox, Gearbox did a bang-up job porting the game to Windows PC – but whatever innovations the series had brought were already feeling old by then, so PC gamers didn’t quite take to the series nearly as much as their console-toting brethren.
As time’s gone on though, PC gamers have wanted a slice of the Halo pie – especially given the commercial and critical success of Halo 4. Many gamers – especially the ones who’ve moved over to the PC side of life – want Halo 5, but don’t want the Xbox One to play it on. According to 343 Industries it could happen.
“You know, Microsoft has made a huge commitment trying sort of… I think normalize the Windows experience across multiple platforms. You see the elements of Windows 10 are going to appear in Xbox and Cortana and stuff like that,” says series director Frank ‘o Connor in a Twitch chat (via DSO Gaming).
“There is plenty of chance that Halo 5 could appear on the PC. Nothing to announce at this point… you know, we developed the game on an Intel platform. It wouldn’t be the hardest thing in the world to move it to PC and take advantage of PC stuff. But nothing I announce today on this chat.”
I’ve never been a huge fan of Halo, but I’m even less of a fan of such trite, coy answers. ‘O Connor already knows whether or not Halo 5is going to make its way to PC, and if he doesn’t – because it’s not been planned or scoped, or approved – then there’s not all that much point in it other than to release it in a quiet month as a bit of filler. It also wouldn’t make a lot of sense, seeing as so few other Halo games have made their way there.
If anything, I’d suspect we’d likelier see a port of the Master Chief Collection hit PC, which could then be used a gauge for Halo 5.
PC Gamers: Do you want Halo on your PC? Or are you too elitist to have filthy console games on your platform?
Last Updated: October 23, 2015
Grand Admiral Chief
October 23, 2015 at 08:06
I’d play that
Grand Admiral Chief
October 23, 2015 at 08:06
Provided it is done properly
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 23, 2015 at 08:12
I’ve got plenty of filthy console games on my PC, Umar gave me a list of the filthiest ones. Er.. best. I mean best.
As for Halo, if I got to choose I’d rather have Halo 5 than the MCC. Just because I have backwards compatibility doesn’t mean I live in the past, 10-year old hand-me-downs aren’t particularly exciting.
RinceThis
October 23, 2015 at 09:10
0_O
Peter Pan
October 23, 2015 at 08:15
Unless they release some kind of video to bring PC gamers up to speed with the storyline, or better still, release the previous games on PC (although I gather that will be costly and difficult), then I’d be keen for the game. If not, I don’t see a point. Halo, IMHO, is a game that relies strongly on its story, to if PC gamers who have never played the original Xbox games do not understand the characters, the true game will be lost to them.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 23, 2015 at 08:16
If we can figure out PCs we can figure out Halo’s story. 😉
Grand Admiral Chief
October 23, 2015 at 08:19
Oh snap
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:21
Till this day I still dont know what Halo is about.. Something about a ring like Earth and aliens attack it for some reason… END!
Hammersteyn
October 23, 2015 at 08:26
I know the third one was “finish the fight” Seems they didn’t quite finish it
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:40
All I remember of the 3rd one was Master Chief being left behind in some ship falling apart or ready to detonate or something weird… I didnt care just grinded through the campaign for the achievements back then.. Halo’s story was never THAT gripping like everybody made it out to be.. Well for me it wasnt..
Hammersteyn
October 23, 2015 at 08:42
That’s exactly how ME2 started O_o
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:45
So Commander Sheppard actually is Master Chief after the Lazarus project? WHAT A TWIST!!!
Hammersteyn
October 23, 2015 at 08:48
At least Sheppard finished the fight 😛
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:54
*rollls eyes*
Dont remind me…
“The Reapers cant be beaten with conventional weapons…”
*Sheppard beats Reapers with conventional weapons.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 23, 2015 at 09:11
PLOT TWIST!
Hammersteyn
October 23, 2015 at 09:13
He beat the Reapers with a pistol. A damn pistol
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 23, 2015 at 08:29
From what I remember of Halo 1, humanity was involved in a war with the alien Covenant and where exploring the destroyed remnants of Larry Niven’s Ringworld for some reason and then Flood happened. pew pew pew shoot all the aliens or whatever Cortana tells you to. Not complicated.
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:42
I think thank Master Chief always being such a silent protagonist I could never really relate to him.. For all I know he could be into Ebony or always wanted to be a Pokemon master.. I wouldn’t know, because we never really got to know who Master Chief REALLY is.. The VA probably only has like 4 to 5 lines in each game… gripping stuff.
Charl van der Merwe
October 23, 2015 at 08:25
keep your filthy consoles ports!
oVg
October 23, 2015 at 08:46
Does anybody remember me two months ago crying out about why XCOM has not been ported to the Vita?
Well look what I found 🙂
http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/5/9266793/xcom-ps-vita-port
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:48
Totally unrelated but umm kudos!
oVg
October 23, 2015 at 08:58
XCOM ON THE GO 🙂
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 09:03
You know what I want.. A Deka Vita..
http://vitareviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Deka-Design.jpg
Imagine playing any PS4, PS3 and most of your PS Vita games on this baby (same size as a Wii U tablet)… And yes I said PS3 when you plug in a HDMI canle directly into the unit!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtN4Z2_FOUk
Too bad its only available in Japan at the moment.
oVg
October 23, 2015 at 09:44
MMMMmmm, I think wait for the Nintendo Tablet.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 23, 2015 at 09:10
Hey oVg… WHAT’S A VITA?!
oVg
October 23, 2015 at 09:44
Its a portable Borderlands 2 game 😉
RinceThis
October 23, 2015 at 09:11
lol Now we’ll never shut you up 😛
WitWolfy
October 23, 2015 at 08:55
One more thing. Is MCC still broken for you guys too?? I cant Matchmake for shit. Worst investment EVER!!!
RinceThis
October 23, 2015 at 09:33
I wonder if Halo will be better than Destiny @ov@oVg:disqus *RUNS
Ghost In The Rift
October 25, 2015 at 22:10
I’d play it on my PC just because of Nathan Fillion.