- ChimRicholds MD
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- Noble Member
Bring it back.
Microsoft owes a tremendous debt to Bungie and the Halo franchise.
Without Halo: Combat Evolved, the original Xbox likely would have been a failure. Likewise, without Halo 2, Xbox Live surely would not be what it is today. The former revolutionized console first person shooters and the latter paved the way for mainstream online console gaming.
343 Studios should take some time off from whoring out the Halo name and make themselves useful. They should convert Halo 2 to the new Xbox Live format and leave everything else about the game absolutely untouched, with the exception of fixing problems caused by emulation.
Moreover, this game (available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace) should be free for anyone with an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. Halo fans are the reason that the Xbox brand is as big as it is today. Microsoft owes us nothing, but this would at least be a showing of good faith. More importantly for them, it would probably get people who have never tried Halo (yes, they do exist) on board for Reach. It is a brilliant marketing strategy for them, and a dream come true for us.
The Nintendo Wii now comes with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, so why shouldn't Xbox Live come with Halo 2?