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Poll: Halo 2 for 360, re-released, $59.99 would you buy it again? [closed]
| Yes, in a heartbeat, even at that price.:
58%
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(29 Votes)
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| No way, I bought it once, not again.:
4%
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(2 Votes)
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| Possibly, I'm still undecided.:
4%
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(2 Votes)
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| If Bungie provides more information, maybe.:
2%
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(1 Votes)
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| Yes, but not at that price. $40 or less.:
14%
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(7 Votes)
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| Yes, but not at that price. $20 or less.:
14%
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(7 Votes)
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| Halo 2 is dead, long live Halo 3 (and more)!:
4%
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(2 Votes)
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| Wait, Halo? Where am I again?:
0%
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(0 Votes)
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Total Votes: 50
PLEASE READ THIS POST ENTIRELY BEFORE YOU VOTE.
Since there seems to be so many "die hard" Halo 2 fans out there, why not pacify them by at least releasing a "Classic" or "Final" version of Halo 2? One that has all the map packs, fully updated, and an unglitched version. Is this too much to ask? I am sure that everyone who still frequents this section of the forum would be more than supportive of this idea. And hey, Bungie, if you release it at full game price (i.e. $59.99), those fans would be more than happy to buy a new copy of the game. The coding would not be that difficult if you re-release the game. You could add 360 achievements if you really feel like it, but most of the work is already done for you (see Windows version).
Let's say that you decide that you still do not want to support such an old and "ancient" game. Because it was all coded to prevent you from having more than 100 friends and yadda yadda yadda. Personally, I still have my old Map Pack disk (I'm a pack rat, sue me), so I can install that on as many systems as I have. Original and 360 alike. But there are those people out there who got their system back from Microsoft for repairs (insert reason here) and now they are totally bummed that they can no longer download the maps. They can update to version 1.5, but who cares? The maps are no longer available. If you re-release Halo 2 (we'll use the Windows version for this example since it is already re-hashed), you can still show your support to your dedicated fanbase while complying with Microsoft so that they can update Xbox Live and give us more than 100 friends on our friend list.
(By the way, I want everyone here to see that I am calling it right now, it is going to be about 3 years before Microsoft fixes that little 'bug' and lets us get past 100.)
What do you say Bungie? The work is already pretty much done for you. Port the PC version to 360, the graphics are not much more demanding, the coding is yours already so there can be no surprises, you could piggyback online game play off the PC servers that are no where near the population that they were on the original servers. And I know for a fact that it can be done because Final Fantasy XI works on the same servers as the PC, 360 and PS2/3 versions. Not to mention there are other PC/360 games that play on the same servers.
It really does not seem like a difficult decision, as a GameStop employee, I know for a fact that the game would sell like hotcakes at breakfast (and as a fat guy, I know how well those sell). Shoot, you could even plug your sales by giving away Mark 1 armor for Halo: Reach with the purchase or reservation of Halo 2 SupaClassic Edition. Now featuring more red versus blue hatred, and introducing the new white versus black, with even more gray in between! (I am so copyrighting that.)
And by the way, anyone who votes for number 8 in the poll obviously did not read this post and is not taking this seriously, so their vote can be thrown out and/or discarded.
So, what do you say Bungie? You put in little to no effort porting the game over, re-sell what's already done and completed, sell it for full price and you guys make out like bandits while keeping your fans happy and turning a decent profit. Sounds like a win/win situation to me. Granted, not everyone would like the full sized price tag on the game. But for a re-port of a game that you have declared dead, but now includes (proper) wide screen, all the maps and patches, online and achievements if you really feel like it...
Sounds like a fair price to me. But hey, I don't work for you guys so what do I know.
Right?
[Edited on 06.18.2010 3:40 AM PDT]