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Subject: the real cost of odst (my version)

bungie said that it is not a real game (price speakin) so i calculated a bit so this what i get
the game (Campaign, firefight, Reach) about 30-40 buks
mytchic map pack p2 (10 buks...........800 MPs)
so 40-50 but bungie did putt in all the maps for halo= legendary mp=800 Heroic=800 Mythic=800 = total 30 buck
here is my advice......take the legendary an mythick p1 heroric and save it down to 40-50 US
and maby 30-40 if bungie has a steff of angelsXD

  • 07.06.2009 2:39 PM PDT
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for god's sake, can people try using proper grammar ATLEAST for the original post?

  • 07.06.2009 2:42 PM PDT

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for god's sake, can people try using proper grammar ATLEAST for the original post?
I agree, I can't actually understand what he's trying to say.

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Or, you could just go with "ODST is a new game, so it costs as much as a new game."

/price argument.

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Campaign + Firefight + 3 maps + Forge + Halo 3 Multiplayer + Theatre

That sounds like $60 right there.

But wait! THERE'S MORE!!!

FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE LEGENDARY OR MYTHIC MAP PACK; YOU CAN NOW GET THEM BUNDLED WITH ODST, FOR FREE!

And for the people that did buy the map packs, you now have them all on one disc for your convenience. No more loading times :D

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Posted by: da halo bomba
FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE LEGENDARY OR MYTHIC MAP PACK; YOU CAN NOW GET THEM BUNDLED WITH ODST, FOR FREE!


You're still paying for them..

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/11/microsoft-responds-to-incre ased-price-for-halo-3-odst/

[Edited on 07.06.2009 2:57 PM PDT]

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OMG this is all micro$oft's fault go ask them why the price is 60$
too bad the response you'll get is "we're greedy little A-holes"

  • 07.06.2009 3:02 PM PDT
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I seriously, in all honestly, literally couldn't make out what you're trying to say to us. Not joking.

(That was directed to the OP)

  • 07.06.2009 3:03 PM PDT
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Argumentum ad populum

Does it really matter what it's worth? You're going to pay $60 no matter what you want to pay until 3-4 months after it comes out and the price drops.

Get over it.

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Posted by: The_omen
Posted by: da halo bomba
FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE LEGENDARY OR MYTHIC MAP PACK; YOU CAN NOW GET THEM BUNDLED WITH ODST, FOR FREE!


You're still paying for them..

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/11/microsoft-responds-to-incre ased-price-for-halo-3-odst/

the way I see it, I'm getting them for free, because of all the other content.

oh yeah, AND the Beta.

If it were my choice, I would price this even higher, around $70-80.

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Posted by: da halo bomba
Posted by: The_omen
Posted by: da halo bomba
FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE LEGENDARY OR MYTHIC MAP PACK; YOU CAN NOW GET THEM BUNDLED WITH ODST, FOR FREE!


You're still paying for them..

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/11/microsoft-responds-to-incre ased-price-for-halo-3-odst/

the way I see it, I'm getting them for free, because of all the other content.

oh yeah, AND the Beta.

If it were my choice, I would price this even higher, around $70-80.

Because we all love spending money on repackaged materials, don't we?

Hell, I would lift it up to $100.

  • 07.06.2009 3:29 PM PDT

My honor student can beat up your honor student.

Halo 3 ODST WAS a standalone expansion when it was just you playing through the campaign in a linear fashion back in September of last year when it was said it would be $30-$40. However, as you may have noticed, they changed that. Now it is hub-stylized game with 4+ "flashback" missions, not to mention a new game mode called Firefight, plus a key to unlock the beta to a whole new game, along with 3 new Halo 3 maps.
The halo 3 maps were extra, and based on Halo 3's price of $60, you should be thanking Bungie for their price.

Let's see:

Full campaign: $40 (price it would have been if just that)
Firefight: $20
3 New Maps: $10
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$70 bucks right there. Whoa! Its more than sixty dollars. Your already paying less than you should. Now add,

halo 3's shipped maps: $20
Heroic map pack: $10
Legendary Map pack: $10
Mythic map pack 1: $10
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Now its $120! Wow, that's, like twice the price you're paying! Dang, thank you Bungie for being so nice and making us pay only half of the original price! We should just shut the hell up about prices and just not buy it if we are such cheapskates.

End of Thread. :)

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Posted by: MickelPickel
Halo 3 ODST WAS a standalone expansion when it was just you playing through the campaign in a linear fashion back in September of last year when it was said it would be $30-$40. However, as you may have noticed, they changed that. Now it is hub-stylized game with 4+ "flashback" missions, not to mention a new game mode called Firefight, plus a key to unlock the beta to a whole new game, along with 3 new Halo 3 maps.
The halo 3 maps were extra, and based on Halo 3's price of $60, you should be thanking Bungie for their price.

Let's see:

Full campaign: $40 (price it would have been if just that)
Firefight: $20
3 New Maps: $10
--------------------------
$70 bucks right there. Whoa! Its more than sixty dollars. Your already paying less than you should. Now add,

halo 3's shipped maps: $20
Heroic map pack: $10
Legendary Map pack: $10
Mythic map pack 1: $10
-----------------------------------
Now its $120! Wow, that's, like twice the price you're paying! Dang, thank you Bungie for being so nice and making us pay only half of the original price! We should just shut the hell up about prices and just not buy it if we are such cheapskates.

End of Thread. :)

How is firefight 20 bucks? Firefight was already in ODST when Bungie, the creators, said they thought their game was worth 35.... When they said that they meant Campaign and Firefight.

[Edited on 07.06.2009 3:35 PM PDT]

  • 07.06.2009 3:34 PM PDT

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Not a "real" game? So we just put an empty disc in our 360 and pretend to be playing?

  • 07.06.2009 3:37 PM PDT

My honor student can beat up your honor student.

Posted by: The_omen
Posted by: MickelPickel
Halo 3 ODST WAS a standalone expansion when it was just you playing through the campaign in a linear fashion back in September of last year when it was said it would be $30-$40. However, as you may have noticed, they changed that. Now it is hub-stylized game with 4+ "flashback" missions, not to mention a new game mode called Firefight, plus a key to unlock the beta to a whole new game, along with 3 new Halo 3 maps.
The halo 3 maps were extra, and based on Halo 3's price of $60, you should be thanking Bungie for their price.

Let's see:

Full campaign: $40 (price it would have been if just that)
Firefight: $20
3 New Maps: $10
--------------------------
$70 bucks right there. Whoa! Its more than sixty dollars. Your already paying less than you should. Now add,

halo 3's shipped maps: $20
Heroic map pack: $10
Legendary Map pack: $10
Mythic map pack 1: $10
-----------------------------------
Now its $120! Wow, that's, like twice the price you're paying! Dang, thank you Bungie for being so nice and making us pay only half of the original price! We should just shut the hell up about prices and just not buy it if we are such cheapskates.

End of Thread. :)

How is firefight 20 bucks? Firefight was already in ODST when Bungie, the creators, said they thought their game was worth 35.... When they said that they meant Campaign and Firefight.

Regardless, it would end up as $100, and that's still more than it's actual price. I can see how the argument then would be "But then ODST is only worth $40" which has some validity, so it could go either way based on the point of the argument.

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Posted by: MickelPickel
Regardless, it would end up as $100, and that's still more than it's actual price. I can see how the argument then would be "But then ODST is only worth $40" which has some validity, so it could go either way based on the point of the argument.

I agree. It is out of the question. But why exactly am I paying for the maps twice? You should take out the maps. Oh and take out the H3 multiplayer while you're at it.

How much is that now?

[Edited on 07.06.2009 3:39 PM PDT]

  • 07.06.2009 3:39 PM PDT

Posted by: dekingo
bungie said that it is not a real game (price speakin) so i calculated a bit so this what i get
the game (Campaign, firefight, Reach) about 30-40 buks
mytchic map pack p2 (10 buks...........800 MPs)
so 40-50 but bungie did putt in all the maps for halo= legendary mp=800 Heroic=800 Mythic=800 = total 30 buck
here is my advice......take the legendary an mythick p1 heroric and save it down to 40-50 US
and maby 30-40 if bungie has a steff of angelsXD

Jesus Christ, shut up! I don't care what you price it with your sh**ty grammar; I only care what the actual price is, and I'm willing to pay 60$ for it. Stop making these stupid threads.

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Posted by: GuiltySpark569
Posted by: dekingo
bungie said that it is not a real game (price speakin) so i calculated a bit so this what i get
the game (Campaign, firefight, Reach) about 30-40 buks
mytchic map pack p2 (10 buks...........800 MPs)
so 40-50 but bungie did putt in all the maps for halo= legendary mp=800 Heroic=800 Mythic=800 = total 30 buck
here is my advice......take the legendary an mythick p1 heroric and save it down to 40-50 US
and maby 30-40 if bungie has a steff of angelsXD

Jesus Christ, shut up! I don't care what you price it with your sh**ty grammar; I only care what the actual price is, and I'm willing to pay 60$ for it. Stop making these stupid threads.
If you don't care about it then why bother posting? I know, I know, it is annoying when people say that what you're buying is overpriced. How dare they? When people don't care about something, they contribute little to the discussion.

[Edited on 07.06.2009 3:44 PM PDT]

  • 07.06.2009 3:43 PM PDT

Posted by: The_omen
Posted by: MickelPickel
Halo 3 ODST WAS a standalone expansion when it was just you playing through the campaign in a linear fashion back in September of last year when it was said it would be $30-$40. However, as you may have noticed, they changed that. Now it is hub-stylized game with 4+ "flashback" missions, not to mention a new game mode called Firefight, plus a key to unlock the beta to a whole new game, along with 3 new Halo 3 maps.
The halo 3 maps were extra, and based on Halo 3's price of $60, you should be thanking Bungie for their price.

Let's see:

Full campaign: $40 (price it would have been if just that)
Firefight: $20
3 New Maps: $10
--------------------------
$70 bucks right there. Whoa! Its more than sixty dollars. Your already paying less than you should. Now add,

halo 3's shipped maps: $20
Heroic map pack: $10
Legendary Map pack: $10
Mythic map pack 1: $10
-----------------------------------
Now its $120! Wow, that's, like twice the price you're paying! Dang, thank you Bungie for being so nice and making us pay only half of the original price! We should just shut the hell up about prices and just not buy it if we are such cheapskates.

End of Thread. :)

How is firefight 20 bucks? Firefight was already in ODST when Bungie, the creators, said they thought their game was worth 35.... When they said that they meant Campaign and Firefight.
It could be possible that they put it in after they released the Trailer. There was a huge thread about a horde like mode after the trailer, it got very famous. Anyways there is under ten FireFight Maps (9 so far...), isn't that worth $30?

[Edited on 07.06.2009 3:55 PM PDT]

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Posted by: family chief
It could be possible that they put it in after they released the Trailer. There was a huge thread about a horde like mode after the trailer, it got very famous. Anyways there is under ten FireFight Maps (9 so far...), isn't that worth $30?

They said in their latest podcast that they played Firefight back in christmas. Which was before they said it was 30-35.

[Edited on 07.06.2009 3:59 PM PDT]

  • 07.06.2009 3:58 PM PDT

Posted by: The_omen
Posted by: family chief
It could be possible that they put it in after they released the Trailer. There was a huge thread about a horde like mode after the trailer, it got very famous. Anyways there is under ten FireFight Maps (9 so far...), isn't that worth $30?

They said in their latest podcast that they played Firefight back in christmas. Which was before they said it was 30-35.
Christmas = December. The Thread got really famous at the end of October, they probably started making it in November. Err

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Posted by: family chief
Posted by: The_omen
Posted by: family chief
It could be possible that they put it in after they released the Trailer. There was a huge thread about a horde like mode after the trailer, it got very famous. Anyways there is under ten FireFight Maps (9 so far...), isn't that worth $30?

They said in their latest podcast that they played Firefight back in christmas. Which was before they said it was 30-35.
Christmas = December. The Thread got really famous at the end of October, they probably started making it in November. Err

Perhaps. I mean, with the small team and all the firefight maps, I don't know man. One month sounds a bit too short for all this work.

And what I'm saying is that when Bungie guessed a price, they said it AFTER firefight was made. Which means that the estimated price included Firefight.

The price was 30-35. Which means that Firefight AND Campaign are probably still 30-35.


[Edited on 07.06.2009 4:10 PM PDT]

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Or, you could just go with "ODST is a new game, so it costs as much as a new game."

/price argument.
Honestly, it offers a lot more than other new games even if you remove the second disc.

  • 07.06.2009 4:13 PM PDT