- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Though I understand what you mean, you are making the assumption that everyone here has previously bought the multiplayer map packs. This isn't necessarily true, I have some friends online who don't have the Mythic Map Pack, so if they bought ODST (thought their reason for not getting the map pack was "lack of money") they would only pay for it once. I understand the frustration on this point of the majority of players who have bought the map-packs, including myself (I purchased them I mean, I'm not frustrated about it), but it is Bungie's decision, and if you look at it carefully, it is reasonable. Here's what I see:
According to Xbox.com's online marketplace, the Legendary map pack is 600 Microsoft Points and the Mythic map pack is 800, that's about $7.50 and $10 respectively (USD). Though it is true that Cold Storage and the Heroic map pack are free (which may be cause for further frustration for people who paid for Heroic when it came out, once again, including myself, not frustrated I mean but I paid for it), that still amounts to $17.50 of the total price of the game. I don't often purchase addons for console games or expansion packs or what ever you want to call ODST's campaign and "Firefight" mode, but with the three new maps, which would probably be 800 Microsoft Points again, an additional $10, taken off the price, that's a $30 game. For a new Xbox game, that's a great deal, there are games out there that have a short campaign and maybe a hastily added multiplayer that still cost $60. Now look at it from Bungie's point of view, by releasing the game without including the price of the maps, they lose about $27.50 on every sale, meaning less money to pay the people who made those maps, and less money to make more games, or new maps or anything. Yes it seems unfair that some of us have to pay for it twice, but if they didn't charge for it, all the people who, for one reason or another, didn't buy those maps before suddenly get them for free, and the guys at Bungie get shortchanged. Does that seem fair to you?
I actually didn't like the $60 price tag either, but now that you have pointed out to me that it includes the map pack price, and after looking that up, I see that it is reasonable, and don't mind paying full price anymore. Thank you.
[Edited on 07.07.2009 10:38 AM PDT]