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Posted by: Hot Top Fade
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Posted by: Hot Top Fade
I don't mind paying full price for a full game. Full of new content. $60 is not a lot of money. It is a lot of money for what is being offered up. Simple.
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It's 2 games!!
A lot of maps from Halo 3, + the world famous MM system and Forge. +! A huge ODST campaign + Firefight + 3 new maps.

That's almost 2 games.


Actually it is a bunch of stuff I already paid for and some new stuff worth about the price of an expansion.
Yeah, that. Which sucks, but I'm gladly gonna pay for it.

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If I already didn't buy Halo 3 it would be an okay deal.

Mindless consumer? I am the one questioning what I am buying.

Mindless is just plopping down any amount because they said thats the fair price.

This game was not made by a full development team. We still pay full price. Don't get mad. Just try an understand. Please.

  • 06.13.2009 7:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: Billy kite 69
just irks me.


Yeah it irks you and every other nimrod who makes a thread about this.

Personally what irks me is seeing half a dozen threads about the damn price. Get over it.

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Posted by: SD2522
Posted by: Billy kite 69
just irks me.


Yeah it irks you and every other nimrod who makes a thread about this.

Personally what irks me is seeing half a dozen threads about the damn price. Get over it.


How dare you not mindlessly plunk down your cash. Quit thinking.(sarcasm)

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Posted by: Hot Top Fade
If I already didn't buy Halo 3 it would be an okay deal.

Mindless consumer? I am the one questioning what I am buying.

Mindless is just plopping down any amount because they said thats the fair price.

This game was not made by a full development team. We still pay full price. Don't get mad. Just try an understand. Please.


But you see.

1) You said it yourself: If someone hasn't bought Halo 3, it'll be okay deal. First, it'll be a great deal. And Secondly, that's the whole point of it. The game is a standalone product. Its not being sold to just owners of Halo 3. Its being sold to everyone. As with every Halo game, everytime a new one is released, a whole group of people come in. In the Hundreds of Thousands. And these people have not played Halo 3.

The game isn't priced with Halo 3 owners in mind. All games are priced with the general consumer in mind.

2) But you see, this small development team has put in as much effort as a full development team has to give you something on par with what was done. You're getting a fully featured campaign and a brand new mode never before seen in a previous Halo game. You're getting brand new Art Assets. Most of everything had to be done from scratch because the art assets being used for this game are brand new.

So if you want to bring in the fact that this was not made by a full development team, than I can counter with the fact that this small development team used a lot more effort/ Had a heavier workload than the large group which worked on Halo 3.

I can see where you guys are coming from. I'm not angry. But I just don't understand why you can't see it from the point of Bungie. Its not like they want to sell it to you at $60. Bungie themselves have minimal say in the pricing. Its ultimately Microsoft's decision.

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Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: Hot Top Fade
If I already didn't buy Halo 3 it would be an okay deal.

Mindless consumer? I am the one questioning what I am buying.

Mindless is just plopping down any amount because they said thats the fair price.

This game was not made by a full development team. We still pay full price. Don't get mad. Just try an understand. Please.


But you see.

1) You said it yourself: If someone hasn't bought Halo 3, it'll be okay deal. First, it'll be a great deal. And Secondly, that's the whole point of it. The game is a standalone product. Its not being sold to just owners of Halo 3. Its being sold to everyone. As with every Halo game, everytime a new one is released, a whole group of people come in. In the Hundreds of Thousands. And these people have not played Halo 3.

The game isn't priced with Halo 3 owners in mind. All games are priced with the general consumer in mind.

2) But you see, this small development team has put in as much effort as a full development team has to give you something on par with what was done. You're getting a fully featured campaign and a brand new mode never before seen in a previous Halo game. You're getting brand new Art Assets. Most of everything had to be done from scratch because the art assets being used for this game are brand new.

So if you want to bring in the fact that this was not made by a full development team, than I can counter with the fact that this small development team used a lot more effort/ Had a heavier workload than the large group which worked on Halo 3.

I can see where you guys are coming from. I'm not angry. But I just don't understand why you can't see it from the point of Bungie. Its not like they want to sell it to you at $60. Bungie themselves have minimal say in the pricing. Its ultimately Microsoft's decision.


First' I'm glad we are just discussing not arguing.

I get that they hope to get some new fans on board. Thats great. But with every new release came all new content.

I am not so bothered about the price. I bothered that a version is not being sold that takes loyal Bungie/Halo fans into consideration. I already bought half of the content! Why am I forced to buy it again. Thats a raw deal no matter how you slice it.

  • 06.13.2009 7:23 PM PDT

here's the best reason ever. Bill Gates and the other executives at microsoft said so.

  • 06.13.2009 7:26 PM PDT

Posted by: Metalignus
True fans don't care if others get the same stuff as they do, they play the game because they enjoy it, not to get some exclusive stuff.

Microsoft sets the pricing not bungie, go blame them....

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Do you realize what your getting? I would pay $100 and up for ODST.... Even without the new maps and Firefight. It's worth every cent, and I'm getting it, and MW2. Get over it. At one time it was considered just an expansion, but Microsoft said it is more then that now.

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Posted by: Hot Top Fade
Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: Hot Top Fade
If I already didn't buy Halo 3 it would be an okay deal.

Mindless consumer? I am the one questioning what I am buying.

Mindless is just plopping down any amount because they said thats the fair price.

This game was not made by a full development team. We still pay full price. Don't get mad. Just try an understand. Please.


But you see.

1) You said it yourself: If someone hasn't bought Halo 3, it'll be okay deal. First, it'll be a great deal. And Secondly, that's the whole point of it. The game is a standalone product. Its not being sold to just owners of Halo 3. Its being sold to everyone. As with every Halo game, everytime a new one is released, a whole group of people come in. In the Hundreds of Thousands. And these people have not played Halo 3.

The game isn't priced with Halo 3 owners in mind. All games are priced with the general consumer in mind.

2) But you see, this small development team has put in as much effort as a full development team has to give you something on par with what was done. You're getting a fully featured campaign and a brand new mode never before seen in a previous Halo game. You're getting brand new Art Assets. Most of everything had to be done from scratch because the art assets being used for this game are brand new.

So if you want to bring in the fact that this was not made by a full development team, than I can counter with the fact that this small development team used a lot more effort/ Had a heavier workload than the large group which worked on Halo 3.

I can see where you guys are coming from. I'm not angry. But I just don't understand why you can't see it from the point of Bungie. Its not like they want to sell it to you at $60. Bungie themselves have minimal say in the pricing. Its ultimately Microsoft's decision.


First' I'm glad we are just discussing not arguing.

I get that they hope to get some new fans on board. Thats great. But with every new release came all new content.

I am not so bothered about the price. I bothered that a version is not being sold that takes loyal Bungie/Halo fans into consideration. I already bought half of the content! Why am I forced to buy it again. Thats a raw deal no matter how you slice it.


Yup, glad we're discussing, not going at each other with knifes.

When you say it like that, yes, it makes it seem that we're getting cheated. I've bought all the content as well and the only new things for me are the ODST disc and the 3 new maps. But, I guess someone, somewhere made a design decision and it turned out this way.

Whatever happened though, this is the situation now and its unlikely anything, anyone does is going to change a thing. They should have sold a standalone version of the ODST disc with a download code for MMP 2 at like $40 but someone somewhere decided not to.

Its sad. But there really isn't anything we can do about it. Nothing's gonna change now.

  • 06.13.2009 7:34 PM PDT

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Sanjeev, I gotta go. Have a good night.

  • 06.13.2009 7:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Billy kite 69
The pricing its crap


Your face its crap.

  • 06.13.2009 7:44 PM PDT

lol i love the comment above me


But anyway, you should never rant about a game made by bungie on a bungie forum. your just gonna piss people off. and im sure people dont want to hear another rant about the price.

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  • 06.13.2009 8:17 PM PDT

Posted by: SparklyGIBLETSwa
lol i love the comment above me


just let the stupid topic die.

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its such a scam

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Posted by: ODSTFADE
WOW $60 NOT THAT MUCH DUDE. Im not rich or nothing but 60 bucks is pretty cheap i can pull yhat one from my ear. If your so despret get a job or somthing. im 14 and i moe lawns and wash cars for money. ya i know kids work but thats what i do i sometimes get allowance but its pretty easy to get money!!!


Doesn't matter if he can afford it, its about what your paying, he means that paying for a 5-6 hour Campaign with one new gametype and a disk of a multiplayer game that he already has(Also paying for all the DLC he purchased AGAIN).

I personally think M$ ripping us off big time, and people don't even know it.

In short: Your paying your hardworking cash for one disk of 2 new features, and another disk of a game you already have, all for $60.

  • 06.13.2009 8:43 PM PDT

I ♥ Bungie!

im not rich

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If I have Halo 3, why should I HAVE to pay money for 21 maps that I already bought? They should make a version of ODST only with ODST Regular disc, and a code to download the mythic maps part 2.

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  • 06.13.2009 10:45 PM PDT

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  • 06.13.2009 10:53 PM PDT

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i understood 40 bucks, but now it just seems like M$ is scamming us. I want to get odst cause i like the campaign idea and the firefight mode, also the new maps. But i am pretty much buying the same game with some extra features, why should i pay another 60 bucks for a game i already have?

Someone please convince me here.

  • 06.13.2009 11:11 PM PDT

FlameSama1 is my real B.net. This is for my gamertag,
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One, it's two discs with more than $60 bucks of content. It's almost like complaining Orange Box is too expensive.

Two, they have no control.

Three, you make no sense.

And well, Sgt. Johnson is free. You just have to put your money down early.

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Posted by: Ph0enix57
i understood 40 bucks, but now it just seems like M$ is scamming us. I want to get odst cause i like the campaign idea and the firefight mode, also the new maps. But i am pretty much buying the same game with some extra features, why should i pay another 60 bucks for a game i already have?

Someone please convince me here.


From my earlier responses. Please read the things I said. It should make sense after that.

Posted by: Hot Top Fade
Posted by: Sanjeev
Posted by: Hot Top Fade
Posted by: Sanjeev
If I already didn't buy Halo 3 it would be an okay deal.

Mindless consumer? I am the one questioning what I am buying.

Mindless is just plopping down any amount because they said thats the fair price.

This game was not made by a full development team. We still pay full price. Don't get mad. Just try an understand. Please.


But you see.

1) You said it yourself: If someone hasn't bought Halo 3, it'll be okay deal. First, it'll be a great deal. And Secondly, that's the whole point of it. The game is a standalone product. Its not being sold to just owners of Halo 3. Its being sold to everyone. As with every Halo game, everytime a new one is released, a whole group of people come in. In the Hundreds of Thousands. And these people have not played Halo 3.

The game isn't priced with Halo 3 owners in mind. All games are priced with the general consumer in mind.

2) But you see, this small development team has put in as much effort as a full development team has to give you something on par with what was done. You're getting a fully featured campaign and a brand new mode never before seen in a previous Halo game. You're getting brand new Art Assets. Most of everything had to be done from scratch because the art assets being used for this game are brand new.

So if you want to bring in the fact that this was not made by a full development team, than I can counter with the fact that this small development team used a lot more effort/ Had a heavier workload than the large group which worked on Halo 3.

I can see where you guys are coming from. I'm not angry. But I just don't understand why you can't see it from the point of Bungie. Its not like they want to sell it to you at $60. Bungie themselves have minimal say in the pricing. Its ultimately Microsoft's decision.


First' I'm glad we are just discussing not arguing.

I get that they hope to get some new fans on board. Thats great. But with every new release came all new content.

I am not so bothered about the price. I bothered that a version is not being sold that takes loyal Bungie/Halo fans into consideration. I already bought half of the content! Why am I forced to buy it again. Thats a raw deal no matter how you slice it.


Yup, glad we're discussing, not going at each other with knifes.

When you say it like that, yes, it makes it seem that we're getting cheated. I've bought all the content as well and the only new things for me are the ODST disc and the 3 new maps. But, I guess someone, somewhere made a design decision and it turned out this way.

Whatever happened though, this is the situation now and its unlikely anything, anyone does is going to change a thing. They should have sold a standalone version of the ODST disc with a download code for MMP 2 at like $40 but someone somewhere decided not to.

Its sad. But there really isn't anything we can do about it. Nothing's gonna change now.




[Edited on 06.13.2009 11:38 PM PDT]

  • 06.13.2009 11:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: FlameSama666
One, it's two discs with more than $60 bucks of content. It's almost like complaining Orange Box is too expensive.

Two, they have no control.

Three, you make no sense.

And well, Sgt. Johnson is free. You just have to put your money down early.


Yes, it is worth more than $60. But, I own half of the content already.

It is a typical M$ move. What makes it worse is that it works so well. To the point that it is being defended.

It is like I'm in the twilight zone or something. Why are so many okay with being charged for content they already own?

Are you okay with being charged for content you already own?

  • 06.14.2009 6:53 AM PDT