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Since the launch of the public Halo 3 beta many ( and I mean many) people have created threads about how bungie messed up (yet again). These people don't think that Bungie, a business, should make a game for profit but rather make games because the fans want them too. What these people have to realize is that bungie does things because it wants to make a profit (and make great games), THis profit they make not only pays the people, but also pays for the giant slingshot that will be used on those that think bungie always messes up.

Well, to those Bungie fans who think Bungie sucks because there was an error on the crackdown beta download.

This is for the fans.


Now lets break it down.

Halo 3 Beta Downloads via Crackdown are fixed!

The title shall start it off. It was fixed in less then 24 hours. Making tens of people work on something that they had no previous experience doing.

It's been a long day for a lot of people but we're happy to announce that effective immediately, a title update for Crackdown is available on Xbox Live that will fix the issue that previously prevented you from downloading the beta. The Microsoft team just deployed this fix and when you launch Crackdown you should receive a prompt to download the update.
Please note that it could take up to four hours for your console to receive this update based on various factors. However, the good news is that we're in the clear and Halo 3 gameplay is just over the horizon.


a simple update to make it work. Thats all you need to download. Sure, it could take up too 4 hours to download, but with those download speeds you really can't expect to play a good game of Halo anyways.

We realize this has been a pain for many and an inconvenience at the very least. Given the circumstances, we've decided to extend the duration of the Halo 3 Beta from June 6th to June 10th at 11:59 PM PDT. So, you lost almost a full day of play today but to make up for it we're tacking on four more days (and a weekend at that).

*Gasp* bungie actually knew what was going on. How could they have known. It's not like they posted anything on the forums to tell the fans right? Well, not only that but just because you missed less then 24 hours of beta playing, they added in an extra 96 hours of beta playing deliciousness. Now, I'm not much of a arithmetician but I'm sure that's a pretty good deal.

We apologize for the delay and hardships this issue has caused and hope that it quickly becomes a distant memory clouded by good times playing Halo 3 with your friends.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding. We'll see you online!


Not only did Bungie know what was happening right away and try to fix it, they apologized to the fans because of it. Well, personally I think that it's the fans who have to apologize to Bungie for being jerks to them, telling them they suck, and other blam filtered words.

So once again this:

we've decided to extend the duration of the Halo 3 Beta from June 6th to June 10th at 11:59 PM PDT.

is all for the fans.

Note: This is my first rant so don't flame me to hard.

  • 05.16.2007 8:05 PM PDT
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Everyone was acting like spoilt little brats that don't get what they want for Christmas.
Bungie didn't do it on purpose, these things happen.
I have to wait another 9 hours to download it (due to my ISP's download limits), but it's just a game, and ontop of that, it's just a beta!
From the behaviour I saw in the Halo 3 forum last night, I don't think I should be in much of a hurry to join all of those 'people' anyway.

  • 05.16.2007 10:02 PM PDT
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I understand the frustration that some people felt, especially considering the affected population probably included a significant percent of people who purchased Crackdown for the sole purpose of getting into the Halo 3 Beta. It does seem though, that there is a trend among vocal gamers on the internet, of flitting from one disaster to the next, looking for the next big problem to complain about. Add to this that many of the people who are participating in the open beta are of an age group and economic standing that skews perspective on the severity of issues, and I think it is to be expected that there were a lot of people who were very upset by the problem. While I have to say that I don't agree with their approach in the slightest, I don't think it's exactly helpful to fling insults at them either. There was an expectation that wasn't met, and a lot of people who got their hopes up were let down.

Of course, it appears this wasn't Bungie's fault, but many of the vocal complainers were also not aware of this, and needed some target to vent their frustration at. All in all, it's unfortunate, but it shouldn't matter now. Those who were upset come from an understandable position, everyone in a position of authority handled it with class, and the issue is now history. Let's not dig it back up so we can point to those who reacted poorly and rub their noses in it. Everything has worked out positive, and there's no sense in tarnishing that with retro-active criticism.

  • 05.17.2007 5:48 PM PDT