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Pic or it never happened.
So that's why it takes so long.
My default assumption at this point is that HL3 is not real, and this is all a cope.
Nice
Lol, half-life 3...the end really must be near!!!
A few weeks ago journalists said that complete systems will not be affected short term because OEMs order RAM and SSDs a year in advance.
So what is it?
It is a Vice article. It has the journalistic credibility of a dirty wet wipe.
Edit: Lol, the source is an off the cuff remark of Mike Straw on a podcast. The same Dude has been teasing this news of an alleged leak since November and produced not a single shred of evidence while being an asshat on xitter about it at the same time. This is not the first time this guy speculates over future games and is taken out of context by fans.
You won’t be able to order the next batch unless you charge the increase in the first as you won’t have the funds.
Just because a journalist says something doesn’t mean it’s even remotely true.
Basic economics.
It'll depend on the futures contracts. They'll have price clauses and, get-out clauses , resale clauses and stuff, so it'll come down to lawyering.
It's unlikely that journos know the contract details. Buy clearly any OEM without a futures contract already in place does not have access to low prices.
And any OEM with cheap stock and contractual freedom to resell would seriously consider parting out and selling off stock at the windfall price.
lol
It is kind of funny how the title says one thing, and then the very next sentence says loljk, just the announcement, which has obviously zero things in common with development.
Bundle it with Star Citizen
And Beyond Good & Evil 2.
You uh, that's all three wishes, you sure you don't want something more traditional, like world peace or something?
X Doubt
Don't get my hopes up, especially if what they eventually release is in Duke Nukem Forever quality.
DNF makes me so sad to this day.
HL3 announcement before GTA VI release?
Why bundle HL3 as launch title? Feels a bit too much to develop the most memed game ever + trying to figure out the logistics of 3 new hardware products at the same time. People won’t exactly rush to buy Steam Machine for HL3 if they already have a decent PC.
Because it's not actually "half life three". It's (half life)^3. One of the hardware constraints is that has to be played on something cubic.
Having a plan and external pressures wrecking the whole thing has some strong Aliens^3 vibes, so that checks out.
Maybe they just realised in time about the upcoming RAM price hike and setup both to each other, so that either one becomes an excuse for the other.
I’m ready to be hurt again.
hello
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