- Malice514
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Posted by: Malice514
Man you guys really now how to milk your audience. It's ridiculous that you would only include maps for Halo 3 on another separate project, Halo Wars (and of course it's the more expensive Limited Edition that you have to buy).Microsoft controls all pricing and distribution of DLC. If you have beef, they're the guys to take it up with.
Alright, then I will. MICROSOFT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY R4PING YOUR LOYAL FANS OF HALO BY EMPLOYING SUBORDINATES AT BUNGIE WHO MAKE MAPS FOR YOU AT EXORBITANT PRICES. There happy?
Your argument doesn't hold water for a few reasons obviously because Bungie as a studio is making the maps (which you contend Microsoft is under sole control of), and because they allow the unjust practice to continue obviously because they continually make the maps (let's not forget the "new game," Halo 3: Recon, that will be a downloadable addition on Halo 3). Therefore, if they aren't going to make the maps for FREE, then they are pedalers for an unjust practice (whether intentional or not is not clear to either of us - for instance, are they getting any money from the sales of the downloadable content? why do they continue to make additions if they make no capital?). So whether they make complete direct profit off them is unclear. Unless you are a direct spokesman for the contractual agreement between Microsoft and Bungie - in which case, yes, tell me it is absurd conclusion to say that Bungie is making money off the continual downloaded content of Bungie's trademarked intellectual property - a few Halo 3 picture packs, Halo 3 backgrounds, Halo CE game download, Heroic Map Pack, Legendary Map Pack, and (eventually) Mythic Map Pack. Are you saying they don't make any money off of these items? That's absurd. Whether or not the pricing is made by Microsoft is of little consequence when you consider that it is Bungie's creation and they are VERY LIKELY on the take from having it marketed in such a manner.
Likely, Bungie gets a certain amount of the estimated profits, or a direct percentage of the profits, that will justify the amount of man-hours that went into creating the maps (plus a little extra), what Microsoft thinks is "reasonable" to Bungie, and what Microsoft "can get for 'em" from the public (e.g. a very sizable profit since higher demand means a higher price tag). Mix all this together and you have a great sh1t sandwich that we fans will have to bite - likely because they have made it impossible to get the full experience from the game without the downloadable content (READ: they very well could have held some of the maps back and planned for them to be downloadable just to make a profit off them - maybe Microsoft told them to do it, whatever the case Bungie has sold their soul for "thirty pieces of silver." They aren't artists anymore, they are a$$clowns waiting for their next paycheck. Whether or not they they are "pawns" of Microsoft or not remains to be seen, which will certainly be debated the next time Bungie gets up from bed and argues their cut for whoring out their intellectual property on another game.
I'm old school, I've been around since the beginning. Halo CE was the first game I got for Xbox and I used to play it for hours upon hours because it was just so fun to play. I loved every minute of it I really did, and I look at all this cr4p with Halo 3 and how they are marketing themselves and I think what happened? Do they really think we are stupid enough not to see how shady they've become? That we won't notice the sly moves that they are putting on the public to continually "bait and switch" them into buying more of their merchandise? Where did your integrity go, Bungie Studios? Just because we like your game doesn't mean you should pull money out of us at every occasion. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should . They are behaving like any business trying to maximize profits and have lost their artistic integrity in the undying quest for the almighty dollar. Bungie desires profits, not product, and we can see the results.
[Edited on 01.17.2009 8:53 PM PST]