- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Linkb8s
Posted by: xfire grunt
Posted by: Linkb8s
Wow, everyone should be GREATFUL that we are even getting any new maps. CA spent a lot of time on these maps and you think that they shouldn't get anything for it? There isn't a sponsor this time to make the maps free like there was last time we got new maps.
And still, it's only $4. For the price of coffee at Starbucks you can get something that you will have forever.
I am supposed to be grateful that companies are making money? I should be grateful for Microsoft for making the 360? Why don't i just go ahead and donate my charity money to them too?
I have no problem with the maps being $4, i am just severally pissed that i have to pay for them, to play maybe more then 1-2 play lists.
Seriously people, this is a marketing move. CA would already be paid, because this is adding to the "hype" for Halo 3, drawing players back into the Halo Universe. They're just making us pay for their advertising move too.
Ok then, so lets go with your idea of Bungie having now paid CA for making the maps...but what does Bungie get? They just lost money with this move if the maps were released free.
And what purpose would there even be for releasing the new maps if they arn't going to be widely used in MM? The maps can't be free yet they need to be in MM to help justify them being made.
And this isn't a marketing move to hype Halo 3, this is a move to try and keep fans interested in Halo 2 when the Beta arrives along with keeping Halo 2 active all the way until the launch of Halo 3.
They arn't making us pay for their for their advertising move, because they arn't advertising anything. They are making us pay for new content for a 2 and a half year old game, content that Bungie said would NEVER be made after the last map packs.
Edit: I would just like the add something else. Looking at it from the other side of the spectrum...why would ANYONE, Bungie included, make such new content and not get anything in return? Why should companies like Bungie and CA have to work hard to bring us new content and get nothing for it?
I can answer with one word: Gears. I don't have to pay tor this stuff with Gears? And now i have to pay for it to play what I already paid for? Seriously, no thank you. They should've made another Team Preview play list. If you seriously don't think this is a marketing move, go to the Microsoft Website. Its covered with adds for this. Why would they do that for a $4 map pack? Because it will help seriously boost stocks when Halo 3 is released. They don't even talk about the new Gears of War thing, because that isn't advertising for Halo 3.