After the success Epic had with Gears and considering the upcoming UT3, I think it's Epic who has the leverage in this situation. Gears of War made MS a grip of cheddar so I doubt they would jeopardize their business relationship especially with what is on the line. Gears of War on the PS3? Keep pushing Epic and it just might happen. (look how the entire UT3 is unfolding ... Doesn't look good)
For arguments sake, let's say MS is the Epic puppet master. Even with all the "connections'' gaming journalist had did they ever finagle their way into a Halo 3 release date? No as only assumption and estimates were made. "Q4 2007" narrows it down fairly well anyway but an actual date was never given until Bungie came clean. |