Originally posted by: Gamespot
Gates was quoted by Time magazine as saying that Halo 3 would be released at the same time as Sony's PlayStation 3, which is due later this year. Execs at Microsoft and developers at Bungie both scratched their heads at the statement, with Microsoft's president of the entertainment and devices division, Robbie Bach, bluntly saying, "Halo 3 is something that we'll ship when it's ready."

Gates admitted that his statement may have been premature. "It's up to the team [at Bungie] when they want to ship [Halo 3], and they're going to take their time to make that a super great product," Gates told Engadget. "So even we don't know when that will come out." Gates' comments already have industry pundits predicting that the game will likely now launch either in November, as have previous Halos, or around the premiere of the Halo movie in summer 2007.
I love it. Gates trying to be a smart, cut-throat businessman, and everyone else: "No. Just...no."

That's good news for Halo fans like me. I won't be buying an XBox360, but I will enjoy the game to no end on everyone else's. It kinda bothered me when I first heard the game's release would be affected by the PS3's. It would be beneficial for Microsoft, but they hardly had the fans in mind.