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Subject: Is bungie ripping us off?

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  • 07.28.2009 8:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: xRazrsharpx
I don't think it's too bad. It comes with a lot of great content that I haven't payed for in Halo 3 (map packs) and a new campaign and a coop mode. If you bought the map packs, you might feel a little ripped off but for everyone else it's a good deal.


i don't understand why people feel like they are being ripped off because the price would be the same with or without the map packs. the only reason they threw in all the maps and halo 3 mm was to appeal to more consumers to sell more copies of ODST.

  • 07.28.2009 8:17 AM PDT

Posted by: Toxik King
I think it should be an expansion, not a full game. They could make the current ODST package a full game, since it has all of Halo 3 (except for Campaign) in it, but that's is only fair for people without Halo 3, which will make up a % or 2 of the buyers.

We have:
A short Campaign, with a (most likely) boring free roam
Firefight (without matchmaking)
3 New Maps

A good expansion, but not a full game.
Microsoft knew this, so they said to hell with it.
They threw in:
Halo 3 Multiplayer
All Halo 3 Maps
Forge
Theater
Basically Halo 3, without the Campaign

Now that is a great deal for a game!
If most people haven't already bought it.

tl;dr: Yes.

Edit: The Reach Beta is free.


Other than the boring freeroam, it's speculation at this point, this is the truth!

[Edited on 07.28.2009 8:18 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 8:17 AM PDT

Not worth $60, I'm not buying it unless they come out with just the single player and firefight for around $30.

I can't believe how blindly loyal people here are, if they charged $80, people here would still buy it. Why would you think it's worth it simply because it comes with the Halo 3 multiplayer with all the maps you (probably) already payed for.

Just the fact that there's no option means I'm not buying it, and if it still sells really well, it just shows that people are sellouts.

  • 07.28.2009 8:34 AM PDT

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Posted by: Boney526
Not worth $60, I'm not buying it unless they come out with just the single player and firefight for around $30.

I can't believe how blindly loyal people here are, if they charged $80, people here would still buy it. Why would you think it's worth it simply because it comes with the Halo 3 multiplayer with all the maps you (probably) already payed for.

Just the fact that there's no option means I'm not buying it, and if it still sells really well, it just shows that people are sellouts.


apparently people like you don't read my posts or think logicaly at all. there are many, MANY, games that have a shorter campaign and no extra content that sell for $60. and like i've said in my other posts that the halo 3 mm and all the maps were thrown in to appeal to consumers who don't have xbl and can't download the maps. whether or not the maps and h3 mm was included it would still cost $60.

[Edited on 07.28.2009 8:49 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 8:46 AM PDT

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Posted by: Boney526
Not worth $60, I'm not buying it unless they come out with just the single player and firefight for around $30.

I can't believe how blindly loyal people here are, if they charged $80, people here would still buy it. Why would you think it's worth it simply because it comes with the Halo 3 multiplayer with all the maps you (probably) already payed for.

Just the fact that there's no option means I'm not buying it, and if it still sells really well, it just shows that people are sellouts.


apparently people like you don't read my posts or think logicaly at all. there are many, MANY, games that have a shorter campaign and no extra content that sell for $60. and like i've said in my other posts that the halo 3 mm and all the maps were thrown in to appeal to consumers who don't have xbl and can't download the maps. whether or not the maps and h3 mm was included it would still cost $60.


I don't buy those games, not for $60. They said before they weren't looking at a $60 price tag, and when they announced it they justified it by the Reach Beta, H3MM and maps. That's just stupid.

  • 07.28.2009 8:59 AM PDT
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I don't buy those games, not for $60. They said before they weren't looking at a $60 price tag, and when they announced it they justified it by the Reach Beta, H3MM and maps. That's just stupid.

This is exactly the reason that the new price bothers me. It was originally a twenty dollar expansion, but Microsoft said "Are you kidding? That's a full game!", which translates to "Are you kidding? We can charge full price because of the name!".

Everybody says that the new price is justified because of all of the Halo 3 maps being included. The problem with that is that the majority of the people buying ODST will have already bought those maps.
If you take the original twenty dollars that ODST was going to cost, add the price of the three already released downloadable maps, plus the price of the three unreleased ones, you get exactly the price tag that ODST now has.

So, no matter what they say about ODST becoming "more ambitious", we're really just being suckered into paying for something that we've already paid for.

It's just a shame that this cool little addition to Halo 3 has to be tarnished by Microsoft sticking it to us again.

Though, to be fair, we've kind of brought this on ourselves. How many times have any of us read on a forum (even right here in this very topic) how someone would gladly pay way more than the game is actually priced or worth?
What's Microsoft's incentive to not rip us off? They know that anything with "Halo" attached will sell, no matter what, so they might as well set the price higher.

[Edited on 07.28.2009 9:21 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 9:18 AM PDT

facepalm x1000

please, please get over the price, it will not change, so please SHUT THE F**K UP.

[Edited on 07.28.2009 9:22 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 9:22 AM PDT
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Dangerbyrnes, that's exactly the type of attitude that is why the price won't change.
If everybody just "shut up", nothing would ever change, anywhere.

Not that sending Microsoft direct letters/e-mails wouldn't be a better use of the complaints, than on a message board.

[Edited on 07.28.2009 9:27 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 9:26 AM PDT

Hey! Listen! HEY!- The words of Navi

Your a fool.

You get a new game with half of Halo 3.

  • 07.28.2009 9:28 AM PDT

Wielding a double-bladed chainsaw, wearing a potato sack on your head and spinning around mindlessly is amiably quick at getting anything done

I bought all the maps except Heroic (waited until it was free) but my girlfriend plays Halo too. But unless we're both playing together, she can't play on the new maps because we're not buying them twice.

The H3 MP disc is a blessing.

  • 07.28.2009 9:30 AM PDT
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The price is just right,any price is worth Halo

  • 07.28.2009 9:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: Boney526
I don't buy those games, not for $60. They said before they weren't looking at a $60 price tag, and when they announced it they justified it by the Reach Beta, H3MM and maps. That's just stupid.


and not to mention a longer campaign than it was when it started and firefight. see it was intended to be just an expansion worth around $20 but they kept adding more and more to the game. But i guess we can just throw out all logic and reason out the window because everyone is basing ther reasons off of emotion and a general lack of facts right.

  • 07.28.2009 9:33 AM PDT
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i preordered it and had to pay 80 bucks! its canadian money i guess so its probably around 70 but still, come on!
and it didnt even come with seargent johnson , because thats available in so many countries, but not canada. come on!

  • 07.28.2009 9:47 AM PDT

X74

i dont im payin 100 for it bc. i love bungie and microsoft and their games and im proudly buying them from them.

  • 07.28.2009 9:52 AM PDT

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*Facepalm*
And in my opinion the game should be worth more than $60..considering you get Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.
And not to be "flamey" or anything, but I think people just make these threads because they can't afford to buy it,but the time you spend on the forums you could be out getting a job to get money.

[Edited on 07.28.2009 9:54 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 9:52 AM PDT

get out of here stalker

People never really count the fact that, with firefight, there are many new maps to play it on and not just the ones shown at E3/Comic con. With those maps, the Halo 3 multiplayer maps, the new campaign, and some more achievements, I'm happy with the price.

  • 07.28.2009 10:01 AM PDT

Ok, lets talk facts.

A $50-$60 game comes out, called The Orange Box. Oh wait, it's 5 games. And since it came out, there have been near limitless updates and many new maps, gamemodes, weapons, etc. for Team Fortress 2. Cost? Oh let's say somewhere around free. Another game. Left 4 Dead. The new game mode was free. Do you know why? Because it's surprisingly simple to make a new gamemode, especially when it's essentially horde. And single player games? Unless they have a really involved campaign like Bioshock, they usually end up selling cheap on the Arcade, a la Portal, or not selling.

The only reason that you are defending the price is because it's Halo.

  • 07.28.2009 10:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: Pokeh
The game is overpriced, imo. For me, this is tricky, because the game isn't quite an expansion, but it's not quite a full game either. It's sort of in-between.

Finally some one agrees with me lol.

  • 07.28.2009 10:14 AM PDT

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[Edited on 07.28.2009 11:18 AM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 10:35 AM PDT

get someone give me a cheap a$$

  • 07.28.2009 11:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: Its The Pro
get someone give me a cheap a$$


heh?

  • 07.28.2009 11:19 AM PDT

No, it won't have a campaign any where near as involved or in depth as Bioshock. None of the Halo games have, and that isn't their point or style.

To clarify, the Halo series tend to have games with one mission, while games like Bioshock have you completely explore a world.

[Edited on 07.28.2009 2:48 PM PDT]

  • 07.28.2009 11:46 AM PDT

Enjoy that bungie are giving us new material!

  • 07.29.2009 1:54 AM PDT

ITS A NEW GAME, ACCEPT THAT AND STOP WHINING.

  • 07.29.2009 1:56 AM PDT

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