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Subject: CONSPIRATION!!
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Bungie doesn't make money right now, but they will when "Halo 3" is released, right?

Maybe this wasn't so sure.....
Maybe people liked "Halo 2" too much and wasn't planning on giving it up for "Halo 3". Some people haven't got a 360 and maybe they ain't willing to spend the money buing one just for "Halo 3", as long as they got a satisfying game, "Halo 2".

How is Bungie going to solve this problem?
Answer: Make them dislike "Halo 2"......ruining the fun...make them long for "Halo 3"....make them want to spend money on a xbox 360, just to play "Halo 3".

IT'S A CONSPIRACY!!!!!
(Just a thought....)

  • 05.25.2007 2:49 AM PDT
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Bungie is content to take the money that brand loyalists are going to hand over to them. They're not so keen on actually working to increase sales outside of the cult population. They also seriously overestimate fan loyalty, which is why they don't see a problem with turning off functionality unless you fork over money, moving at glacial speed to deal with cheating, netcode problems, and correcting major mistakes (i.e. glitches, exploits), and offering more than a middle finger as customer service.

I don't think it's so much a plan on their part to decrease interest in Halo 2 so that people will migrate to Halo 3 as it is a complete indifference on their part. They simply don't care. As the Engineer in Miss Saigon says, "Businessmen never rob banks. You can sell -blam!- and get thanks. That's what I learned from the Yanks."

[Edited on 05.25.2007 3:15 AM PDT]

  • 05.25.2007 3:12 AM PDT

You do have a point the xbox would have lived longer if we all gave up halo2 and bought more games because we didnt we play halo 24-7 it died on its arse, all bungie would need to do is make the online side of halo2 "unplayable" intentional lag / and putting latency in to the game ruining the game numbers decrease people buy H3 'cos its better bungie drop halo2 from servers BOO HOO

  • 05.25.2007 4:34 AM PDT
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of course they want you to buy 3....but i doubt they would make halo 2 less enjoyable on purpose. Bungie and microsoft are in the money making business and the best way to make money is by making new products and keeping up with rival consoles...everyone rushed to the stores to buy part 2 and now your completely satisfied, hardly, i wanna move ahead I'll still play part 2 but i can't wait till part 3 comes out. I used to think goldeneye was the best game ever, its still good but i've moved on to bigger and better things the same will happen now.

  • 05.25.2007 5:19 AM PDT