Don't know why, but when I saw the ad for this at Gamestop in tandem with some Xbox One preorder stuff (because Gamestop continues to push hard for people to buy Xbox One's while virtually ignoring PS4 as they sell out fast enough already) I immediately thought, "Huh. Wonder if this means MS is going to actually announce something Halo-ish for PC."
See, I haven't forgotten that when they showed off the Xbox One controller running on Windows back before E3, they showed it running Halo 2 on Windows 8.1. Nothing showed up at E3 and so I kinda forgot about it, but then I was reminded again with this, but I figured the whole thing must be something Halo-branded that Gamestop specifically had made.
Now that I know it's Microsoft-made, I begin to wonder if MS's not waiting for PAX to announce something Windows related to PC gaming. Right after E3 when questioned, Phil Spencer did say that MS as a whole had been focused entirely on Xbox (big surprise) at E3 because specifically E3 was a console-focused venue and that PC gaming would be something announced more around "competitive gaming" scenes. I thought perhaps they meant Quakecon, but PAX or Blizzcon would work, right?
I've been burned so many times in the past it's like that ex-gf you really want to get her act together because you know, she COULD be hot in the saddle back in the day, but damn it she keeps wigging out on you and leaving you high and dry for years at a time with vague promises about "catching up" only to not only NOT give you any action, but she won't even show up to pay for the plate she ordered via phone before not showing up because that Console Kiddie was just too irresistible to her.
But I also know that if Microsoft would realize the money they're leaving on the table with regards to PC gaming--money that (nearly?) every publisher that works with them realizes is a LOT of money and are actively pursuing now in the most aggressive manner possible (day and date)--PC gaming would get a lot of great content that I'd love to play, but not love to play so much I'm going to buy a system that's otherwise useless to me.
Eh, either way they'll get around to it when they introduce Game streaming from servers and use Windows devices (including PC's) to expand that out to everything, but damn it, they need to stop ordering the damn plate or even promising to show up this time.
