Halo 3 parrying PlayStation 3 launch

Time quotes Bill Gates saying that Sony's next-gen console will "walk into" the Xbox 360 follow-up to the best-selling sci-fi shooter.

For months, the Web was rife with rumors that Microsoft would ship the sequel to Halo 2 for the Xbox 360 simultaneously with the launch of the PlayStation 3. Now, that has been confirmed--by none other than Bill Gates himself.

In next week's issue of Time Magazine--which features Gates holding the Xbox 360 on the cover--Gates mentioned plans for the release of the much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling console shooter. In a parenthetical sidebar in the article, Time says the following:

"Note to the hard-core faithful: the next version of Halo will not, repeat not, be ready in time for the launch of Xbox 360. It will be part of the all-important second wave next spring. 'It's perfect,' Gates says, radiant with bloodlust. 'The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], and they walk right into Halo 3.'"

While Microsoft reps were not available for comment as of press time, Gates' comments appear to confirm the theory that Microsoft will release Halo 3 either simultaneously or near the release of Sony's next-gen console. It also marks further official confirmation that a third Halo is indeed in the works and will be released for the Xbox 360.

Although such statements might be interpreted as grandstanding, such a maneuver definitely would have an impact. Halo 2 sold more than 6.5 million copies to date and is credited with doubling the subscriber base of Xbox Live from around 750,000 to more than 1.5 million. It is also credited by industry-watchers as one of the main reasons for boosting sales of the original Xbox last holiday season.

63 Comments

  • Ash67771

    Posted Jun 25, 2009 1:12 pm PT

    haha only on xbox bioshock said tat Xd now its on ps3

  • comedykhaos

    Posted Apr 14, 2008 5:01 pm PT

    all this tlkin about ps3 goin down cos it aint gt a game well wot bout finalfantasy 13(xIII) thatll b ps3 and gran turismo

  • Richmaester6907

    Posted Apr 8, 2008 9:37 am PT

    seriously who cares.......

  • delorean529

    Posted Mar 30, 2008 7:42 am PT

    Ok, dude, chill. Yes, the 360 doesnt have Blu-Ray but I dont really care, second when Bungie quit Microsoft, Bungie lost rights to Halo, and third, I promise you Halo will NEVER come to the PS3 because the little sign on the top of the box art of Halo says "ONLY ON XBOX 360".

  • romoemi

    Posted Mar 25, 2008 6:22 pm PT

    OMG this is for all of u pathetic little noobs that think that 360 is better take a look at the fn facts maby youl change ur mind o by the way 360 is use ing blu-ray now hahahahahahahahahaha wtf now by doing that it means that 360 quit hahahahahahaha also halo3 is not Microsoft they split bunjie is its own company so if they want they could put halo 3 for ps3 ther i sead it ps3 owns all exept the pc nothing has a chance agenced that

  • elite00

    Posted Mar 2, 2008 2:32 pm PT

    Halo is what the 360 has. what about the ps3 Nothing!

  • Tiago_Matos

    Posted Jan 28, 2008 5:23 am PT

    DO YOU KNOW ONE THING? AT THIS VERY LAST MOMENT, HALO HAD A FALL, NO I´M NOT TALKING ABOUT PS3 BE BETTER..... BUT ONE GAME THAT PERHAPS WILL BE IN PS3 BUT NOT IN XBOX360.... ONE GAME.... THE BEST OF 2007 GAMES..... CRYSIS! ITS ONLY A RUMOUR BUT..... WELL NEVER KNOW..... WILL WE!!!! PS3 RULLES!!!!

  • majorfoley

    Posted Jan 11, 2008 4:53 am PT

    if this means the halo series is going to the ps3 ITS NOT RIGHT PS3 DOESNT GIVE 360 GAMES LIKE GRAND TURISMO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO THAT IS TIGHT

  • Frag_grenade

    Posted Jan 4, 2008 9:29 pm PT

    When was the PS3 launched?

    When was Halo 3 launched?

    Bill gates is such a tease.

  • baluchi94

    Posted Jan 1, 2008 11:54 am PT

    and some peaple say in the past that ps3 had only 20 games or something well why dont you count the games that are on the ps3 now you would take mounths.and ever console had few games when it is relesed

  • baluchi94

    Posted Jan 1, 2008 11:44 am PT

    blah blah blah you allways say a ps3 is bad and dont have a signature game well you r all wrong because there is a signature game well they have lotes of games that r to long to wright down ill tel you an example like haze ,and a agree with urbackyard about gta it was a ps game. and i dont now about this but i dont see it in xbox(rainbow six vages and the a couple more Rainbow sixes that are on ps2. and ps3 has blueray and wifi and HD and FREE online play

  • urbackyard

    Posted Dec 18, 2007 3:45 pm PT

    i dont know why some people are saying playstation needs a signature game and calling it a scab..

    because PS had GRAND THEFT AUTO, which i believe xbox scabbed off playstation.

    it doesnt matter now because i like the xbox 360 better...im just pointing that out..

  • il3ali

    Posted Oct 3, 2007 9:07 am PT

    PS3 UR GOING DOWN CAUSE MICROSOFT GOT HALO, NINTENDO GOT SUPER SMASH BROS, PS3 GOT NOTHING!!!!!!

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Sep 26, 2007 2:38 pm PT

    It's not true

    but it's out now!

  • Andreas-Pelekis

    Posted Sep 21, 2007 12:25 pm PT

    u guys missed understand it, bill gates is releasing halo 3 when ps3 is released, so that people will buy halo more than a ps3

  • GR33DY83

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 8:03 pm PT

    Halo sucks newayz doesn't matter if comes out or not cause my 360s got a red eye

  • Fuhjem92

    Posted Jul 28, 2007 10:05 am PT

    HALO IS GOING TO BE ON THE 360 THEY MADE THIS IN 2005

  • jacob-goodlich posted Jul 17, 2007 5:49 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    jacob-goodlich

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 5:49 am PT (hide)

    killzone 2 is heaps better than halo. that is a fact!

  • mace009

    Posted Jul 12, 2007 9:49 pm PT

    Wat the hell.... is this because xbox 360 took GTA IV?

  • patfellover

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 12:20 am PT

    can't ps3 find their own signature game.

    what scabs

  • godslim posted Jun 12, 2007 2:50 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    godslim

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 2:50 pm PT (hide)

    u wanna game better than halo MGS4 its much better halo is no better than any other fps games and i luv fps games...halo is soooo over rated by 360 fans

  • callumohare posted May 30, 2007 2:53 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    callumohare

    Posted May 30, 2007 2:53 pm PT (hide)

    Halo really wasnt that good in my opinion... it was actually pretty bad.

  • elguino3

    Posted May 2, 2007 7:04 pm PT

    looks like they misse it intime for the ps3 launch whats so great halo anyway i have it and its not any better than any other game like its fun but its not that fun

  • gww101

    Posted Apr 18, 2007 3:38 pm PT

    Just to clear it up if you can name one Playstation exclusive that is better than Halo, please tell us

    Back to the point, Halo would not totally destroy the PS3 but it would cripple its sales greatly because seriously, 500 bucs for 360 and Halo3 or 650 for the PS3

  • KEITH1437

    Posted Mar 24, 2007 10:50 am PT

    no

  • nobbsy28

    Posted Mar 5, 2007 2:42 am PT

    releasing Halo 3 on the same day as the PS3 will be one of the best things bill gates has ever done. it would smash the ps3 to pieces. what would you rather do? spend a minimum of £450 on a sony console, or spend about £300-£320 for a 360 bundle with halo 3?

  • ScottHFC

    Posted Feb 19, 2007 8:37 am PT

    What you got against the PS3 AFWorm? If it did come out then think of all the glitches and bugs there would have been. Just wait and it ill be the best game ever and kill the PS3 which you seem to have such a problem about.

  • AFWorm

    Posted Jan 14, 2007 6:35 pm PT

    Since I personally dislike PS3, I kinda wished Halo 3 would have come out at the same time!

  • willdcopper21

    Posted Jan 6, 2007 9:08 pm PT

    LOL, A for effort Bill. Even the great Bill Gates doesn't get what he wants ALL the time. Kinda like when my 9th XBOX360 took a dump huh.

  • Cray_Dharker

    Posted Nov 30, 2006 1:44 pm PT

    Hehe. I cannot think of a bigger rake Microsoft could throw in front of the PS3 than this...

    Also, from the screens I've seen, seems like they coulnd't have picked a bigger one.

  • liberaldomain

    Posted Nov 20, 2006 10:34 pm PT

    Simultaneous release of Halo 3 and Playstation would have been great to kill all the stupid hype about the $600 system with 20 games or whatever, but delaying what could very well be the best video game in the history of the industry could add to the hype. At least it ensures that they sell a few extra copies. Not to mention taking the time to get it right. If I wait on the edge of my seat for another year and it turns out to be another Halo 2 incident, I'm going to get very seditious.

  • racerx737

    Posted Nov 6, 2006 10:44 pm PT

    well so much for simultaneous release with the PS3 coming out (I think) this month and Halo 3 not set to drop for another year .... Why is it that both Halo 2 and Halo 3 seem to have a never-ending supply of delays to deliver? I don't get that, you'd think they'd be able to predict when the game was gonna come out, maybe have a delay, 2 at the most and get the game out within a couple months of the original projected release date. But noooo, both Halo 2 and Halo 3 get pushed back over a year each (i could be wrong on that but thats what it seemed like anyway), idk i thought Halo 2's storyline was a disappointment in that the story goes along like you're reading a book and then just cuts off about 3/4 of the way through, no real conclusion like in the first Halo, where the ring was destroyed at least even if the fight against the Covenant still raged on. The multiplayer on Halo 2 kicked major ass though so it made up somewhat for the crappy single player campaign. I'm one of those 750,000 that basically bought Xbox Live for Halo 2. Anyway, I'm done criticizing the Halo franchise for now. (I still love the series and plan to buy the Halo 3 Legendary Edition when it comes out btw)

  • skebod

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:43 pm PT

    o and some one said about halo saving the xbox what the hell it was a launch game

  • skebod

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:40 pm PT

    lol o no come on hear goes the xbox playstation thing ok i work in the games industry and one thing from my P.O.V is that first sony reales ther psx and it does a mint out comes ps2 does evan more xbox comes out does what both of them did put together in one fiscal year games wise playstation hase a lot more but les in the quality xbox les game more quality so with that in mined you gotta start looking at it like this with the xbox 360 more powerfull than the ps3 and cheeper by a hell of a way looks like playstation 3 shold be called "better hope and pray station"

  • bobsawinin

    Posted Oct 14, 2006 1:11 am PT

    He means, Halo 3 will come out for the 360 the day playstation 3 comes out, so people will want the 360 more.

  • gamerfreak667

    Posted Oct 2, 2006 12:09 pm PT

    but then again ps3 is $600 lol their screwing up even b4 launch

  • Ratchetbuddy101

    Posted Sep 30, 2006 6:03 pm PT

    Wow...

  • Razor_WolF

    Posted Sep 26, 2006 10:37 pm PT

    OMFG Dont Gates Dont put it on Sony or Xbox360 is going down the drain
    i know because i cant live with out halo i got a xbox360 only for halo
    Xbox will lose money and Ps3 will gain it i know alot of ppl who will buy it
    for the ps3

  • rholding2000

    Posted Aug 4, 2006 10:14 am PT

    Halo is the best coded game ive played ever. EVERY game has bugs and glitches but on a ratio halo has the least that interfer with ur overall enjoyment of the game. Just my opinion of course but halo is the ONLY game out im satisfied with, win or lose.

    As for mgs . . . not sure why the love for this game exists. Ive played them all and the games ok but quite boring, storys ok i guess but a bit comic book . .i dont like that. Its like ps die hard fans cant have or play halo ( but secretly i expect they do cos we are gamers and halo is a great game. ur silly to say otherwise barring taste for genre) anyway i digress . . . . MGS is like the thing sony people have to stuff in xbox/halo fans face. i remember the line "Killzone : sonys answer to halo" yeah . . . . . its no halo thats for sure. i

  • Flimsyfishy

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 2:28 pm PT

    i'll tell you one thing, bungie better work their arses off if bill wants this to actually happen. a rushed game will have more mistakes, so they better fix everything. if this happens though, it will be a fairly large catalyst to buy the xbox 360 over the ps3. but i'm not sure

  • adrianTcortez

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 8:32 pm PT

    Don't know if I should put my two cencts in but......
    Halo 3 and Metal Gear are completely differnt type's of games. Its kinda hard to put them against each other, its more of what you like.

    (Back on topic)
    I really wanted them to take their time on Halo 3 and make sure it would not be a repeat of Halo 2. They should'nt just bring it out to compeat against PS3.

  • Kronosphere

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 7:17 am PT

    oh and halo 3 vs metal gear.......I don't think so (i mean really, you think metal gear is gonna "Rip halo a new a$$h@!#."

  • Kronosphere

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 7:13 am PT

    @!$#! you! i hate playstation in camparrison to xbox (any type) the only thing going for it is its add ons like eye toy and singstar etc. but you and your memory cards bloody hell.....i could go on but well.... bye

  • FullSurface

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 12:03 am PT

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  • FullSurface

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 12:02 am PT

    Halo 3 is great but Metal Gear 4 is gonna rip Halo a new a$$h@!#. Playstation 3 is gonna murder 360 you guys watch.

    Solid Snake Semper Fi

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 5:05 pm PT

    ps3 is gonna be pwned on this

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 10:31 am PT

    ^ Agrees

  • playforpride372

    Posted May 25, 2006 11:59 am PT

    halo saved microsoft. if it wasnt for halo, xbox would of been dead a long time ago....

  • stephant_6

    Posted May 20, 2006 7:41 am PT

    Sony is gonna get owned.Halo saved microsofts life when it came out for the original xbox and its gonna do it again in the next-gen.

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