Special Episode: How Steve Jobs Responded to Microsoft Taking Halo from Mac to Xbox - An Interview with Ed Fries

20/05/2022 19 min

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In 1999, Steve Jobs announced Halo was coming to the Mac. Less than a year later Microsoft bought Bungie to bring Halo to Xbox. This interview with Ed Fries is the story of what happened between Microsoft and Apple after news broke that Bungie was now making Halo for Xbox instead of the Mac.YouTube version of this Special Episode: https://youtu.be/YpRWSqAc3_wTime stamped videos of original announcements featured in the video:Original Halo announcement - July 21st, 1999 - https://youtu.be/Gw3V1nQcTns?t=2493Macworld announcement of Halo on Mac - 2000 https://youtu.be/QRQdOYtVTOI?t=2516