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When you look down deep enough, ODST actually saves you money no matter how you look at it. I know, it's $60, but bear with me.
So at launch Halo 3 had three editions, Standard, Limited, and Legendary. Forsimiplicity I am only going to use the Standard Editions pirce, the other two will be added later. I am tired at the moment and don't feel like doing it all. Sorry.
Halo 3 Standard-$60
Now depending on weather you purchased Xbox Live or not great adds up, after all you needed Live to buy extra content.
Xbox Live
Three 1-month accounts on the Xbox-Free
1-month-$8
3-month-$20
12 month-$50
Now add that to your purchase
Halo 3 Standard
Halo 3 Standard + Three 1-months=$60
Halo 3 Standard + 1-month=$68
Halo 3 Standard + 3-month=$80
Halo 3 Standard + 12-month=$110
Starting to add up huh? Now we add the individual map packs.
Heroic
-$10
-Free (After an allotted amount of time)
Legendary
-$10
-$7 (After an allotted amount of time)
Cold Storage
-Free
Mythic I
-$10
Mythic II
-$10
We are not going to include Mythic II as of right now, but now we add up all the purchases.
Halo 3 Standard
Halo 3 Standard + Three 1-months=$60
-Heroic Paid=$70
-Heroic Free=$60
-Legendary Paid=$70
-Legendary Discounted=$67
-Cold Storage=$60
-Mythic I=$70
Total
-$90 (Non free and discounted)
-$77 (Bought Heroic Free and Legendary discounted)
Halo 3 Standard + 1-month=$68
-Heroic Paid=$78
-Heroic Free=$68
-Legendary Paid=$78
-Legendary Discounted=$71
-Cold Storage=$68
-Mythic I=$78
Total
-$98 (Non free and discounted)
-$85 (Bought Heroic Free and Legendary discounted)
Halo 3 Standard + 3-month=$80
-Heroic Paid=$90
-Heroic Free=$80
-Legendary Paid=$90
-Legendary Discounted=$87
-Cold Storage=$80
-Mythic I=$90
Total
-$110 (Non free and discounted)
-$97 (Bought Heroic Free and Legendary discounted)
Halo 3 Standard + 12-month=$110
-Heroic Paid=$120
-Heroic Free=$110
-Legendary Paid=$120
-Legendary Discounted=$117 (LOL)
-Cold Storage=$110
-Mythic I=$120
Total
-$140 (Non free and discounted)
-$127 (Bought Heroic Free and Legendary discounted)
Okay, now discounting Halo Wars, which gave the Mythic maps free, lets introduce ODST. Don't worry, I will revise and add Halo Wars if you want me to add it later on.
Halo 3: ODST=$60
First let us evaluate the price tag. If Microsoft, the publisher and sole authority in regards to all Halo content pricing, were generous, then ODST as the Campaign Disc would be $40. Add the Mythic II maps and the price increases to $50. That would mean the Mythic Disc would only be a $10 add-on. Remember, the Mythic Disc includes the Halo 3 multiplayer component AND every map in the game.
But wait. Knowing Microsoft's pricing scenarios with games lacking Matchmaking and other content, i.e BioShock, Sonic the Hedgehog 06, and Bulletwitch, all of which originally priced at $60 themselves, ODST would have been $60 regardless of the Mythic Disc. Indeed, the $60 price tag was announced when ODST only had the Campaign and Mythic II maps along for the ride, way before the Mythic Disc, Reach Beta and Firefight came along.
So despite what others believe ODST to be worth to them, it is a $60 game. How does it save money? Let us look at the scenarios.
If you lack Xbox Live, but own Halo 3
-Halo 3: ODST is $60, so the combined cost would be around $120. It may seem like much, but if you look at the maps already released and compare what you have then you will see money saved.
If you only bought the Heroic Map Pack before it was free...
Halo 3: ODST=$60
- Heroic Map Pack=$10
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$50 (You save that much compared to additionally buying full priced Legendary and Mythic. Buying Heroic for free doesn't look to save you much except $40. Lets keep going.)
Halo: ODST=$60
- Heroic Free
- Legendary=$10
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$40 (If you did not buy Legendary discounted and Heroic Paid. Moving on. We will now include Legendary Discounted and not Cold Storage because it is free.)
Halo: ODST=$60
- Heroic Free
- Legendary Discounted=$7
- Mythic I=$10
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$43 (You save that much if you didn't buy Heroic Paid and bought Legendary discounted. Finally, with the release of Mythic II, let us see how much we save shall we?)
Halo: ODST=$60
- Heroic Free
- Legendary Discounted=$7
- Mythic I=$10
- Mythic II-$10
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$33 (With all every map purchased except Heroic Free, you save $33.)
Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST Price Saves By DLC
$120
-$50
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$70
$120
-$40
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$80
$120
-$43
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$77
$120
-$33
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$87
So those without Live save all of that money, but XboxLive users still save too.
Live Users Total Investment In Halo 3 Compared to $120
Total Investment In Halo 3
Three 1-months=$60-$50=$10
1-month=$68-$50=$18
3-month=$80-$50=$30
12-month=$110-$50=$60
Total Investment In Halo 3
Three 1-months=$60-$40=20
1-month=$68-$40=$28
3-month=$80-$40=$40
12-month=$110-$40=$70
Total Investment In Halo 3
Three 1-months=$60-$43=$17
1-month=$68-$43=$25
3-month=$80-$43=$37
12-month=$110-$43=$67
Total Investment In Halo 3
Three 1-months=$60-$33=$27
1-month=$68-$33=$35
3-month=$80-$33=$47
12-month=$110-$33=$77
Conclusion
If you made it this far and managed to make sense of my equations, I hope you can understand where I am coming from. Any other mathematicians around here can weigh in if they want, but I am extremely tired because of my overall day. When you look right down to it, you saved money depending on your ODST purchase by either getting every piece of DLC without Live and by showing how much less of an investment in Halo 3 you make by which maps you do and do not have.
Hope it makes sense.