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Subject: The Reason ODST Will Be $60
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Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Those Valve protesters are idiots.
That's your opinion.

  • 06.09.2009 8:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: Uncle Screwtape
How I cut it:

ODST Disk w/ Firefight: $30

Mythic Map Pack 2: $10

Halo 3 Map Pack (Heroic-Mythic 1): Free
Why? BECAUSE I ALREADY PAYED FOR THEM!

Halo 3 Standalone Multiplayer: Free
Why? BECAUSE I ALREADY PAYED FOR IT!

Halo: Reach Beta: Free
Why? Because no respectable company makes you pay for a beta.

Total: $40

That's a $40 value, for $60! Yay Micro$oft!


According to your logic, I shouldnt have to pay anything to get a new copy of halo when I need one.

  • 06.09.2009 8:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ultimate UK
vezion 2 lolz!!!!!!
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no could you imagine if i was being serious.
Anyone who actually agrees with #2 will make me lose hope in humanity.

  • 06.09.2009 8:22 AM PDT

Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Posted by: peoples champ36
Yeah, I'm not buying that game for $60. If you think it's worth $60 you've got issues. If Bungie didn't have such a strong base of fanboys they would start a boycott like the Valve guys.
Those Valve protesters are idiots.


Does I hear zee the elusive fanboy?

How are they idiots? Valve released essentially the same game for full price 1 year after the original? At what point to people who enjoy video games say enough to being ripped off with half-assed games? These people nickle and dime the hell out of us.

  • 06.09.2009 8:24 AM PDT

Don't forget the campaign is free roam so bigger price on that.

  • 06.09.2009 8:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: Arbiduck
I'd go with.

Campaign=$15
Firefight=$5
Mythic Part 2=$10
Heroic Map Pack=Free
Legendary Map Pack=$8
Mythic Map Pack Part 1=$10
Halo: Reach Beta:$5

That equals $53 dollars. The rest is Micro$oft doing what they do best.

i like his idea

[Edited on 06.09.2009 8:41 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 8:41 AM PDT

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Posted by: Arbiduck
I'd go with.

Campaign=$15
Firefight=$5
Mythic Part 2=$10
Heroic Map Pack=Free
Legendary Map Pack=$8
Mythic Map Pack Part 1=$10
Halo: Reach Beta:$5

That equals $53 dollars. The rest is Micro$oft doing what they do best.

i like his idea


Yeah except I've already paid for the Legendary and Mythic maps, so why do I have to pay again?

Also, I'm not paying 5 dollars for a beta.

If we follow this, I should only have to pay $30, which sounds about right.

[Edited on 06.09.2009 8:45 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 8:44 AM PDT

Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
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How can Firefight be equal to the price of campaign?

Recon is not worth any money, you're delusional if you think it is.

I say it's a normally priced game simply because it contains 2 DISCS.

Simple.


Ya but why is it 2 disks? Cus of the maps we have paid for already!

[Edited on 06.09.2009 8:53 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 8:50 AM PDT

So two discs with mostly empty space=$60? Not to mention that 99% of the content on 1 disc is just info moved from halo 3, which I already have?!?!

Come on man. I expect more from a Michael Jackson fan! (lol)

  • 06.09.2009 8:51 AM PDT

DO WORK.

if 1+1=2, then are muffins better than pancakes?

ODST should really be $50. Cuz Recon is not worth $10.

  • 06.09.2009 8:56 AM PDT

Ok why dont i sell you a TV, then a month later I sell you it again. The maps are the same thing. We buy the maps them we have to buy them again, just cus we want the game!

And I bet you any money that they have put a price on the maps within the ODST, so dont go there!

[Edited on 06.09.2009 9:09 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 9:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
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How can Firefight be equal to the price of campaign?

Recon is not worth any money, you're delusional if you think it is.

I say it's a normally priced game because it contains 2 DISCS.

Simple.
No, you're delusional if you think it ISN'T.

  • 06.09.2009 9:12 AM PDT

I paid for all the matchmaking in the first game, they have already said that there is no new matchmaking, so I paid for my share in HALO 3, so no new work has been put in worth £0 to me.

Maps x 22 - Have not been re--done, still the same as I paid for with in the HALO 3 disk and the extra packs.

So if they were re-doing some of the maps ok, fair play but it is the same as we have got already.

And I dont care if someione did not buy HALO 3 lucky for them! But we did so paying for content we already paid for the development of that just not right!.

[Edited on 06.09.2009 9:16 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 9:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
Posted by: ClassicalDonkey
Ok why dont i sell you a TV, then a month later I sell you it again. The maps are the same thing. We buy the mpas them we have to buy them again just cus we want the game!

And I bet you any moeny that they have put a price on the maps within the ODST, so dont go there!

No...that's something completely different...

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You seem to be forgetting that it comes with the disc for Halo: ODST...

And again, some people might be buying Halo 3 or even a Halo game for the first time, so the disc is an added bonus for them.

Honestly, I could care less. Don't buy it if you're that stingy.


I am just going to do witha smart consumer will do. I'm sure that because this is primarily an SP expansion (the only true MP expansion part are the 3 maps), its going to be going on ebay for $30. So basically Microsoft loses every dollar they could have gotten from me. I would rather they release a version of ODST for only $40 that only includes the first disc and a downloadable code for mythic part 2.

  • 06.09.2009 9:16 AM PDT
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Yeah, because we all know that weird guys on youtube always speak the truth.

Posted by: Hot Sauce 147
Posting on bungie.net should require that the user has had to have read a chapter book all the way through.

Campaign: Free
Firefight: Free
MMP 2: Free
Recon: $60 USD


They gave us a discount though.


:D

[Edited on 06.09.2009 9:17 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 9:17 AM PDT

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Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
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How can Firefight be equal to the price of campaign?

Recon is not worth any money, you're delusional if you think it is.

I say it's a normally priced game because it contains 2 DISCS.

Simple.
No, you're delusional if you think it ISN'T.


Um Recon is already built into the game? It isn't worth any development money? And everybody is going to have Recon after this game comes out, it will be about as special as the Kitana, don't kid yourself.

It is pretty obvious this game is only worth the price if you don't have the map packs. Considering everybody who plays Halo online already has those, the only real reason I see to pick it up is the 3 new maps. If those maps hit marketplace, I doubt I'll be getting ODST.

  • 06.09.2009 9:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
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How can Firefight be equal to the price of campaign?

Recon is not worth any money, you're delusional if you think it is.

I say it's a normally priced game because it contains 2 DISCS.

Simple.
No, you're delusional if you think it ISN'T.


Um Recon is already built into the game? It isn't worth any development money? And everybody is going to have Recon after this game comes out, it will be about as special as the Kitana, don't kid yourself.

It is pretty obvious this game is only worth the price if you don't have the map packs. Considering everybody who plays Halo online already has those, the only real reason I see to pick it up is the 3 new maps. If those maps hit marketplace, I doubt I'll be getting ODST.
Who cares about being special? Also, I didn't know that Mortal Kombat Charactors were in this. Or did you mean Katana?

  • 06.09.2009 9:21 AM PDT

Posted by: Ksychutrya
Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
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How can Firefight be equal to the price of campaign?

Recon is not worth any money, you're delusional if you think it is.

I say it's a normally priced game because it contains 2 DISCS.

Simple.
No, you're delusional if you think it ISN'T.


Um Recon is already built into the game? It isn't worth any development money? And everybody is going to have Recon after this game comes out, it will be about as special as the Kitana, don't kid yourself.
T.


I did not think about that, your right it is already in the game, just locked! So we paid for the development in HALO 3. And I dont care one bit about the recon, I like how my person right now!!1 I am not going to try and get it.

  • 06.09.2009 9:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Posted by: Ksychutrya
Posted by: SnakeRunner40
Posted by: CHRISLY0NZ UK
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How can Firefight be equal to the price of campaign?

Recon is not worth any money, you're delusional if you think it is.

I say it's a normally priced game because it contains 2 DISCS.

Simple.
No, you're delusional if you think it ISN'T.


Um Recon is already built into the game? It isn't worth any development money? And everybody is going to have Recon after this game comes out, it will be about as special as the Kitana, don't kid yourself.

It is pretty obvious this game is only worth the price if you don't have the map packs. Considering everybody who plays Halo online already has those, the only real reason I see to pick it up is the 3 new maps. If those maps hit marketplace, I doubt I'll be getting ODST.
Who cares about being special? Also, I didn't know that Mortal Kombat Charactors were in this. Or did you mean Katana?


I see, so according to your genius logic, we ought to be paying $500 for Halo 3, considering there are 10 armor permutations or so, each worth $10. That makes absolutely no sense. Recon does not cost $10 to develop. I would not pay $10 for recon.

Your spelling and grammar isn't perfect, so lets not bring that up in this conversation.

So I think people at Microsoft think this will make them more money. I disagree. I think people who are not Bungie fanboys would be less inclined to purchase the game, and I personally will look for a copy on Ebay 2-3 months after release, so I can get it for the $40 price I wanted.

  • 06.09.2009 9:26 AM PDT

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So I think people at Microsoft think this will make them more money. I disagree. I think people who are not Bungie fanboys would be less inclined to purchase the game, and I personally will look for a copy on Ebay 2-3 months after release, so I can get it for the $40 price I wanted.


The problem is, for every person who thinks that the price is too high and waits for a second hand copy/the price to drop, there are a dozen who will rush out and buy it straight away. So Microsoft ends up believing what they do now - that they can charge whatever they want and we will pay it.

Personally, considering its meant to be an expansion, i was expecting it to be within the £20/$30 price range. Still not sure if i will be one of those rushing to buy it first day of release or not.

[Edited on 06.09.2009 9:35 AM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 9:34 AM PDT

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So I think people at Microsoft think this will make them more money. I disagree. I think people who are not Bungie fanboys would be less inclined to purchase the game, and I personally will look for a copy on Ebay 2-3 months after release, so I can get it for the $40 price I wanted.


The problem is, for every person who thinks that the price is too high and waits for a second hand copy/the price to drop, there are a dozen who will rush out and buy it straight away. So Microsoft ends up believing what they do now - that they can charge whatever they want and we will pay it.

Personally, considering its meant to be an expansion, i was expecting it to be within the £20/$30 price range. Still not sure if i will be one of those rushing to buy it first day of release or not.


The Halo Brand name commands respect, I agree, but lets remember Halo Wars didn't sell over two million copies. I really think there should be a $40 version that doesn't include the old maps (or the multi-player) and just a downloadable code for the second half of the mythic map pack and the first disc. They can even get rid of the beta if they want.

  • 06.09.2009 9:39 AM PDT