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Subject: is ODST really going to be 60$ ??
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A worker at gamestop said that it will be.. its a damn add on.. Are you serious??

true or not??

  • 08.04.2009 3:29 AM PDT

Yeah, becuase M$ says it's not an add on...

  • 08.04.2009 3:31 AM PDT
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IT is not an expansion anymore, it is a full game now so yes it is $60.

  • 08.04.2009 3:32 AM PDT

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Well, it is a full retail game.

Look, if the price bothers you that much, wait a few months and then buy it either 2nd-hand or for the slightly-cheaper prices a lot of stores usually cut down to.

  • 08.04.2009 3:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: X Old Hag X
Yeah, becuase M$ says it's not an add on...

wow! what a -blam!-...

  • 08.04.2009 3:32 AM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

It's 6-8 hours of Campaign, a new multiplayer mode where you'd have to spend at LEAST a few hours to get the achievements, a free-roaming style to it, ALL the original H3 maps (the DLC along in there are worth at least $30), a beta for a new game, and 1000GS worth of achievements.

Much bigger then originally intended, much more like a full game in every way = full game's price.

  • 08.04.2009 3:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: SonicJohn
Well, it is a full retail game.

Look, if the price bothers you that much, wait a few months and then buy it either 2nd-hand or for the slightly-cheaper prices a lot of stores usually cut down to.


no i can get it but it jusy has caimpain firefight n 3 maps..THATS IT

  • 08.04.2009 3:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: SonicJohn
Well, it is a full retail game.

Look, if the price bothers you that much, wait a few months and then buy it either 2nd-hand or for the slightly-cheaper prices a lot of stores usually cut down to.


no i can get it but it jusy has caimpain firefight n 3 maps..THATS IT


Thje campaign is open world(very long) firefight, forge, theater, all dlc, halo reach multiplayer, and halo 3 multiplayer. It should be worth more money

  • 08.04.2009 3:39 AM PDT
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SOMEONE, STAB HIM!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 08.04.2009 3:40 AM PDT

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dude, do you realize how late you are?

  • 08.04.2009 3:53 AM PDT
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serriously

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  • 08.06.2009 9:00 PM PDT

How's it going?

Nope, it's gonna be $61, just for you.
Enjoy!

  • 08.06.2009 9:01 PM PDT

Yes its 60$. Get over it and shell out already!

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Posted by: Food63
IT is not an expansion anymore, it is a full game now so yes it is $60.
thats lame and suckish

  • 08.06.2009 9:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: flamingFLUID
Nope, it's gonna be $61, just for you.
Enjoy!
lolololol 62$

  • 08.06.2009 9:06 PM PDT

-I was here

sigh... the noobs these days... they added lots of content so its more than an ad on. and in case you all forgot, games used to have less content than this and they would be an equivelant price( i say equivalent cuz of inflation) oh and if your to poor to pay $60 for a game, why the hell did you spend 300 bucks on an xbox and at least 800 for the computor your using to complain on. oh and please use the freakin search bar b4 making a thread

  • 08.06.2009 9:08 PM PDT

Armor Lock isn't overpowered. You just suck at Reach :)

Reach isn't bad, you're just a BK :)

For my gamertag, look up "Ghoulishtie"

What I still cant believe is how people are STILL just finding out, when we have known this for a good few months.

  • 08.06.2009 9:08 PM PDT

yep but its worth it

  • 08.06.2009 9:09 PM PDT

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Stop you -blam!- complaining no one needs you. You don't have to buy it!

  • 08.06.2009 9:09 PM PDT

MW2 is the biggest waste of money I've ever spent. Horrible game, I regret buying it.

Its a Full Game, it has Halo 3s Custom Games, Forge, and Matchmaking. And All new Campaign and Firefight. So its the game you paid 60$ for two years ago, with a new story,new maps, AND Firefight

  • 08.06.2009 9:17 PM PDT

why are you looking at this?

its not an add on anymore, bungie stated it themselves. at first it was because it didnt have fire fight or the new maps (or the second multiplayer disc at all).

  • 08.06.2009 9:21 PM PDT

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I'll have to pay 64.20 because of the tax.

  • 08.06.2009 9:22 PM PDT

MW2 is the biggest waste of money I've ever spent. Horrible game, I regret buying it.

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I'll have to pay 64.20 because of the tax.
$65.84 For me. :|

  • 08.06.2009 9:25 PM PDT

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it is now a full game

ust an FYI it isn't a 5 hour campaign any more. as they said 1 hour per mission and about half an hour between each mission to reach the different way points(Joe Staten said this in the play through of the first mission, it's why he used that teleport 'cheat')

Now lets do some fairly simple math.

-There are 6 missions if the leaked achievements are to be believed.
-That means 6 one hour missions.
-6 x 1 = 6
-That means there is 6 hours in missions alone. Lets store that number away in our head and -move to the next part of our game length calculations.


-if there are 6 missions that means you need to travel to all 6, Correct? that means there are 6 times you need to travel to a new location, (travel to point one, travel to point 2, travel to point 3, travel, to point 4, travel to point 5, and travel to point 6. That's Six travel times)
-now we were told in the mission walk through by Jo Staten that it's about half an hour to walk to a target point when he used his teleport cheat.
-6Travel times of half an hour each
-6 x 0.5 = 3
-this means that that there is about 3 hours of just running to your objectives alone.
-now to move to the final part of our calculations here


-taking that first number we got from the beginning of ODST's development and the leaked achievements and adding them to the travel time result we get:
-6 hours of missions plus the 3 hours of travel time
-6 + 3 = 9
-This means there is about 9 hours of campaign.

Also note this calculation does not include the "final mission" Bungie has alluded to as it has not been directly confirmed to my knowledge.


This number of 9 hours of campaign is the equivalent of an average FULL game these days.
this with alone by game marketing standards warrants a $60 price tag.

The things people argue that you need for a full price game, often are not included in a campaign oriented game.

A full price title does not need:
-Match Making
-Multiplayer of any form(such as co-op/ split screen)
-a second game mode
Please note that with these features included in a large title often increases the price of the game by $10

A full game must include
-A single player campaign totalling a minimum of 6 hour average playtime OR a fully Multiplayer game(unknown standard)
-1000GS (Xbox 360)


Now ODST fits the Retail Requirements of a full game:
-9+hour campaign(larger than 6 hours)
-1000 independent GS(not related to Halo 3 GS in any way there is 750 GS also available on the Halo 3 multiplayer)
This here in the marketing world Labels ODST as a Full Retail game and is being Priced at $60 like any other full retail game.


As well ODST has:
-A second game mode
-Multiplayer Co-op
Please note that with these features included in a large title often increases the price of the game by $10. In ODST it does not.


So in the end is ODST worth $60?
-By marketing standards YES
-By your standards? Read the above and answer your self reasonably and truthfully. Then ask if it is just your disappointment in it now fitting the above requirements and hence being more expensive than you planned, or are you truly being ripped off? again answer yourself tuthfully.

  • 08.06.2009 9:44 PM PDT

Its not Bungies fault, Its Micro$oft. there forcing the price on them. It will still be great game :D

  • 08.06.2009 10:17 PM PDT

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