- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Galackowitz
I think we all need to sit back and think about what is going on here...for starters, the infrastructure created on the 360 to play Halo 2 is an emulated one, meaning that the hardware of the original Xbox (oxbox) and of Xbox 360 are incompatible and require a software program running on the 360 to mimic the way that the oxbox would decode/encode/process, whatever, the content on the disc created for oxbox.
Everyone still with me now? It is like running Mac software on a pc, or the other way around, you have to have something in the middle to allow for proper communication. And most likely, you would be unable to run a program (at least as simple as Bungie/Xbox would desire) from within the HOST OS (read 360 OS) to update something that runs within the GUEST OS (read Oxbox and Halo 2). With all that being said, everything halo 2 related worked more or less as expected on the 360 (except for Backwash); including downloading and installing the other map packs.
Now I don’t remember exactly, but I think that by the time the 360 rolled out, all of the previous maps packs were free and didn’t require the purchasing aspect in order to download, you just clicked and there you go, straight to the download. My guess is that this is the first problem that we are seeing...having to go through an authentication process that is not native to the 360 to download.
The second is this: Frankie, or someone, mentioned how difficult it was trying to design these maps for two different platforms at the same time (oxbox and 360?). why they would do this is beyond me, especially since experience showed them more or less that designing them for oxbox worked, again with the exception of Backwash, in the emulated environment--unless it is to fix issues such as those seen with Backwash.
and looking back on another post about Bungie using this for publicity, I seriously doubt it....admittedly, while bad publicity is still publicity...I would think that they wouldn’t want the kind that makes them look like idiots, do you? Just think...if you were a kid (luckily, most here are, so this should hit home well) and have a lemonade stand that you run 5 days a week all summer and business is starting to fall off, do you go and add cyanide or whatever to your lemonade just to generate a little press and free publicity? No, you don’t. Why? Because that is just bad business, and when the day is done, so is your business. Besides, this IS Microsoft after all, and I don’t think they are too concerned about throwing a couple briefcases of money at the advertisers.
And the silence from Bungie? Hopefully that is a good thing and means that they are busy at work trying to fix the issue. because we all know that they could just say whatever they want to satiate us...since some of us take their word as gospel...but they haven’t, and probably learned in the past to keep your mouth shut on things until you know FOR SURE what all the ramifications may be. Cause all they need is to be putting out another fire when they don’t have the 1st under control.
And yes, I know that there are some big words here, and if you stumble on them...well, all I can say is get a dictionary and look it up, "bc adlts dont writ lik tis.”
Galackowitz,
While yes you do talk well you are still not getting the whole story out in your rant...Sir/Miss. One I just had an xbox I can't get these maps to install on my oxbox as you like to give in small acronym. So while you and your 360 adult self think you have all the answers your just in the dark like any of the rest of the people being whatever age race gender. So don't make accusations thinking that you know better becuase you a little bit old.